Community Mobilization Project Manager - South Sudan

Department: Programme
Position: Community Mobilization Project Manager Contract duration: 6 months Location: Maban, South Sudan
Starting Date: ASAP

I. Background on ACTED

ACTED is an independent international, private, non-partisan and non-profit organization that operates according to principles of strict neutrality, political and religious impartiality, and non discrimination.

ACTED was created in 1993 to support populations affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. Based in Paris, France, ACTED now operates in 32 countries worldwide, with over 200 international and 4000 national staff. ACTED has a 110 million € budget for over 340 projects spanning 8 sectors of intervention; including emergency relief, food security, health promotion, economic development, education & training, microfinance, local governance & institutional support, and cultural promotion. For more information, please visit our website at www.acted.org

II. Country Profile

Capital Office : Juba National Staff : 136 International Staff : 28 Areas : 10 On-going programmes : 8 Budget : 2.9 M €

In 2012, ACTED has undertaken an expansion of activities in South Sudan. A Juba level coordination office was opened in 2011, and in 2012 the capital office has expanded to provide additional support to our field offices that opened in Bentiu, Unity State, and Malakal, Upper Nile State. The rapidly changing situation in South Sudan over the past months has led ACTED to up-scale its emergency response capacities, while also continuing to provide basic services in the traditional areas of intervention. Since January 2012, ACTED has been providing refugee and IDP assistance in Unity and Upper Nile states. In Maban County, this assistance has focused on the life-saving assistance to refugees from Blue Nile State, Sudan. ACTED as camp manager for Jamam refugee camp has strived to provide the basic needs for the population including shelter, waste management, livelihoods, and construction of community infrastructures. Additionally, ACTED has responded to the new refugee influx in May with the provision of shelter and emergency latrines at transit sites while providing transportation assistance to refugees relocating to permanent settlements. In Unity state, ACTED has focused on the provision of livelihoods assistance to refugees in Nyeel and Pariang refugee camps. ACTED also continues to build on its traditional areas of intervention, focusing on food security and livelihoods in Western Bahr el Ghazal and Warrap, and water, sanitation and hygiene in both states as well. Tonj North in Warrap was also a new area for ACTED where a Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project is being implemented in the underserved area. All of these interventions continue to provide both basic and live-saving assistance to vulnerable populations throughout South Sudan.

III. Position Profile

ACTED has been intervening in Maban since February 2012 mainly in both Jamam and Gendrassa refugee camps and with the host community. ACTED has actively been supporting the relocation of the Jamam population to Batil and Gendrassa and supporting UNHCR in registration, transportation, and provision of services (food, emergency latrines, and shelter) to the newly arrived refugees in Hofra and Km18. With the massive rate of arrivals over the past few month, ACTED has been able to contribute to the rapid response in support of the newly arrived refugees, duplicating its camp management strategy which includes working through traditional leadership in order to rapidly identify and organize the population to facilitate immediate assistance.

The main responsibilities entail the direct management and supervision of the camp mobilization staff in the ACTED managed refugee camps in Maban, ensuring that a transparent and equitable participation of all the different communities to the mobilization mechanisms established by ACTED. FUNCTIONS Understanding the social organization of the targeted communities 1.1 Identifying the social profile of the targeted communities and the traditional conflict resolution 1.2 Producing reports on the social profiling

Camp mobilisation 2.1 Supervising the implementation of the camp mobilization activities in the camp; 2.2 Preparing weekly work plan; 2.3 Following up the expenses vs budget for Community Mobilization components for Gendrasa under the different project; 2.4 Supervising the recruitment of CFW for mobilization activities (relocation, facilitation of food distribution and NFI distribution, waste management, support for livelihood initiatives) in line with the agreed incentive policy and ACTED procedures; 2.5 Direct oversight on information management for the relocation; 2.6 Ensuring the compliance of camp, women, youth and sheik committee with the agreed ToR and Code of Conduct; 2.7 Organising the camp committee weekly meeting and preparation of the minutes to be circulated among partners; 2.8 Ensuring a transparent info flow towards all the camp communities and develop measures to mitigate eventual communication bias; 2.9 Preparing of memo and reports on camp mobilization mechanism and assessment of the status of the participation of the community representatives into the decision making process; 2.10 Promoting the engagement of volunteers for watching groups and community outreach workers;

Youth 3.1 Supervising the community center and the activities organized for the youth and the women

Host communities / Refugees 4.1 Playing a key role in fostering the dialogue between host communities and refugees 4.2 Supervising the use and the programming of the community radio station

Secondary responsibilities 5.1 Provide support to the other departments (INFRASTRUCTURE and LIVELIHOOD) 5.2 Provide support to the other partners requesting community mobilization services (WASH, HEALTH, PROTECTION); 5.3 Contribute to the preparation of proposal and strategic documents;

IV. Qualifications:

• Masters degree in relevant discipline
• A significant experience in working in humanitarian relief or international development • Experience living and working in difficult, insecure areas preferable • Proven experience and education in community mobilisation / participatory approaches • Ability to work independently • Strong English communication skills; Arabic a preferable

V. Conditions:

Net monthly Salary according to the internal salary grid of ACTED. benefits include: a 300 USD per month living allowance, coverage of all accommodation, food, and travel costs, a luggage allowance of 50 kg., and the provision of medical, repatriation, and life insurance

How to apply:

VI. Submission of applications:

Please send, in English, your cover letter, CV, and three references to jobs@acted.org Ref : CMPM/SSUD/SA

ACTED Att: Human Resources Department 33, rue Godot de Mauroy 75009 Paris FRANCE

Fax. + 33 (0) 1 42 65 33 46

For more information, visit us at http://www.acted.org