Community Engagement Specialist

Job Description

Location: Ndola or Kitwe

Reports to: Projet Manager

Positions supervised: 7

About Us

Copper Rose Zambia (CRZ) is a youth-led and youth-focused organization working towards the empowerment of youth and women in Zambia. We exist to create a conducive environment for young people to thrive in all aspects of their lives as we envision a world in which every young person is happy, healthy, and living to their full potential. We are currently implementing around 3 thematic areas namely,

Health and Wellbeing,

Gender Equity

Youth Development and Leadership.

Position Overview:

The community engagement specialist (CES) is accountable for the activity implementation of the USAID Zambia Integrated Health (ZIH) consortium project, which aims to improve health outcomes for Zambians by ensuring equitable access to high-quality, client-centered HIV, TB/HIV, MNCH, and family planning/reproductive health services, products, and information. The CES will be responsible for providing technical leadership and guidance to the Copper Rose Zambian ZIH project officers and coordinators, on program design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.

The CES will serve as the programmatic lead. He/she will lead the design and oversee the implementation of demand creation and uptake of high-impact interventions, ensuring coherence and alignment among all project activities and supporting the highest level of quality in the execution of capacity building/transfer and any direct implementation.

Responsibilities:

Coordinates project officers/coordinators in day-to-day management and implementation of the ZIH interventions and community strengthening activities in targeted districts.

Supports ZIH project officers/coordinators to ensure timely reporting of activities, monitoring and analysis of results against set targets, and use of data to adjust implementation strategies as necessary

Provides day-to-day oversight, as well as strategic and technical input and direction in the implementation of all ZIH activities.

Working closely with project officers/coordinators, implementing partners, and community based volunteers in the design and implementation of activities and deliverables.

Working with local stakeholders, identify and prioritize key behaviors of providers, system actors, and policymakers, as well as individuals, families, and community leaders, to help achieve results of high-impact interventions across all IRs. This will include all technical areas.

Use identified interventions to formulate detailed activities in response to identified factors, together with local groups.

Provide input into identification of indicators for priority practices and critical factors associated with enabling change, along with methods for tracking progress on those indicators and adapting implementation as necessary.

Revisit and adapt strategy as necessary over the course of project implementation, in response to monitoring data as well as any other changes.

Assists project officers/coordinators to build technical skills in HIV prevention, as well as strengthening organizational capacity to improve the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency.

Participate in annual work plan and project review meetings, leading the discussions on progress, and potential.

Develop stories and abstracts of ZIH work upon request.

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree equivalent in one of the following or related fields: Social Sciences, Health Sciences. A masters degree is an added advantage.

Five years of relevant experience in design and implementation of evidence-based behavior and social change strategies in Zambia, ideally related to adolescent health and HIV Prevention

Strong facilitation skills, including the ability to build consensus among partners and stakeholders, with demonstrated success working with local government and NGO stakeholders

Demonstrated capacity for strategic and tactical programming and use of creative, innovative program approaches and actions.

Ability to work in a dynamic team with colleagues of different backgrounds and to develop new ideas and perspectives in a team environment

Demonstrated ability to articulate concepts well in writing and verbally in English, with proven ability to communicate effectively in diverse multi-stakeholder settings.

Willingness to travel to the field and community levels as required.

Note: The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. The job description may change from time to time.