Outreach Assistant

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Position main function:
The Outreach Assistant’s will coordinate with various community based structures and committees in both the refugee camp and host community in identifying issues of concern and how to address them. This will be done in coordination with the host and refugee outreach teams and the Senior Outreach Officer.
About FilmAid
FilmAid is a development and humanitarian communications organization that harnesses the power and influence of film and media to address critical social issues by creating multimedia content designed to inform, inspire and empower. FilmAid uses strategic and integrated approaches to distribution including broadcast media, mobile cinema, workshops, community- based screenings and digital media and works with communities to catalyze and drive social change.
FilmAid designs and implements communications initiatives on critical health, protection and environmental issues. FilmAid’s Theory-Of-Change is based on the integration of access, creativity and participation, which drive individual and community change, contributing to positive social impact. Underpinning this approach is collaboration; working together is fundamental to achieving change. FilmAid partners with communities, creators, NGOs, Governments, and the private sector to ensure a collaborative approach to this end.
FilmAid’s work falls into the four integrated components: Media Content, Communication with Communities (CwC), Communication for Development (C4D) and Skills Development that combine to support program delivery. FilmAid produces multiple forms of creative media, which is subsequently distributed through a variety of outreach channels, ensuring that target communities are reached. This CwC/C4D includes targeted screening events and workshops, radio, SMS, as well as digital media platforms. In addition, FilmAid builds skills within the community to deliver the media and outreach components. This participatory approach drives individual change, as well as ensuring community engagement and ownership of all interventions.
Roles and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
· The Outreach Assistant will coordinate with various community based structures and committees in both the refugee camp and in the host community and involve them in all phases of specific projects.
· The Outreach Assistant will work closely with the host community youth groups and messaging committee on various issues of concern and also identifies approaches to addressing these problems within the host and refugee communities.
· The Outreach Assistant will participate in the design of information and dissemination plans for films, audio products and other IEC materials developed to ensure coverage of all areas and variety of target groups both in the host community and the refugee community.
· The Outreach Assistant will work together with senior outreach officer and relevant program staff to develop and interpret program documents and generate work plan/action plans to support these plans.
· The Outreach assistant will conduct regular refresher training for the outreach teams both in the host community and in the refugee camps and provide regular mentorship and coaching to the team members.
· The Outreach assistant will structure regular meetings with program officers, supervisors and outreach team to monitor performance and evaluate the staff for capacity building training and development.
· The Outreach assistant will supervise the work of the host community and refugee outreach teams and support the Senior Outreach Officer in ensuring the planned activities are conducted according to donor commitments and in a participatory manner at all times and in line with FilmAid Theory of Change..
· The Outreach assistant will work closely with the Senior Outreach Officer in providing regular updates of outreach activities through internal and external quantitative and qualitative reports and keeping accurate statistics of all outreach activities.
· The Outreach assistant will organize and supervise the activity of the advisory committees represented in the various sectors of the camp based committees.
· The Outreach assistant will attend sector meetings in the camp and in the host community on behalf of FilmAid as maybe called upon.
· The Outreach Assistant will work closely with the M&E Officer to ensure that the monitoring and evaluation personnel have the prerequisite documents in a timely manner to ensure that the databases for programs are up to date and have the relevant input from the field outreach teams.
· The Outreach Assistant will supervise the SMS agents to ensure that the targets for registration are met and messages are developed in time and shared with the relevant structures for validation.
· The Outreach Assistant will assist in developing facilitation guides for the films to be produced, and conduct on job facilitation skills training for the incentive staff on using the guide developed.
· Act as the liaison between FilmAid, the host community and the refugee community and other agencies in Dadaab on issues pertaining to information dissemination activities in Dadaab.

HOW TO APPLY:
Please e-mail applications with only Cover Letter, CV and 3 references by 11th May 2015 to:jobskenya@filmaid.org
Note that applicants who send letters of references, testimonials or any other documents apart from those requested will be automatically disqualified. Only short-listed candidates will be notified

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