NGO Community Liaison Officer Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Community Liaison Officer
 

Industry: Health Care
 

Location: Nairobi
 

Our Client, an international NGO whose core business is reproductive health and family planning to millions of the world’s poorest and vulnerable women is seeking to recruit a Community Liaison Officer whose purpose will be to foster an environment that supports community involvement, ownership and partnerships with community groups in the organization’s work.  

In particular the role will seek and deliver increased engagement by adolescents and people with disabilities

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate strategies together with channel teams that realize wide ranging engagement with communities who will use our services
• Administration – day to day running of the Community Liaison department
• Coordinate training for key groups – Community Health Workers and Youth Peer Educators
• Liaising with channel teams to collect and analyze on opportunities and threats for increased engagement with the communities in which the organization works to increase impact.
• Engaging and liaising with community organizations and associations partnership agreements with key groups for project work
• Maintain close links and inform the Management Team of all issues likely to affect the project work.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Sociology, Public Health, Arts, or other related field.
• Proven 2 years  experience in effective community engagement and partnership development
• Strategic thinker able to see the opportunities and threats to achieve relevant contact with new potential clients in our communities
• Comfortable and confident in liaising with key government departments and local authorities.
• Experience in identifying and negotiating workable strategic partnerships
• Excellent communicator within teams and with community groups to develop ideas and formal agreements
• Proven experience in developing strategic sets of activities

To apply, send your CV and cover letter to cvs@flexi-personnel.com before 14th February 2015. 

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