Community Mobilization Specialist/Full-time

Project Overview

USAID Makanati Women’s Economic Empowerment and Leadership Activity is a USAID-funded 5 year program implemented by EnCompass LLC in partnership with JoWomenomics, Integrated and Nathan. is supporting (USAID). The purpose of the USAID Makanati Activity is to contribute to increasing women’s access to waged employment and leadership opportunities in Jordan by improving women’s access to the job market, addressing inequalities and prohibitive social norms and traditions, and enhancing the workforce enabling environment.

JoWomenomics, as a subcontract, supports the Activity to achieve these goals through working with the Makanati Local partnership committees (LPCs), communities’ stakeholders, institutions, and individuals to change mindsets and attitudes around women’s employment. Under that scope, the Activity engages local government champions and private sector firms, in implementation of Makanati’s tri-angular approach, to improve the enabling environment around women’s increased and improved economic participation and employment as well as leadership opportunities in fulfillment of  Makanati’s strategic objectives at the government, private sector, gender, and communications component levels.

Background on JoWomenomics:

JoWomenomics envisions a just world, providing equitable opportunities and an enabling environment for women to partake in its economic and social development. JoWomenomics values women's work within the private and public sphere, encourages mindset change towards women's economic participation, advances women's agency and leadership, and influences policies and policymakers.

The Position:

The mid-level Community Mobilization Specialist will focus on the intersection of local community knowledge and the enabling environment around increased and improved women’s economic participation, leadership and private sector employment at the community level with relevant knowledge in community research and mobilization tools and outreach/communication. She/he will implement the following tasks:

• Follow – up on the Makanati Local Partnership Committees (LPCs) action plans including designing and delivering awareness, lobbying and advocacy interventions as specified by the priorities of the LPCs aimed at building community support for women’s waged employment focused on individual and community champions.
• Support in designing community engagement methods and communication materials targeting different audiences and identifying local channels of communication with community members.
• Support in designing and facilitating awareness, knowledge and dialogue sessions for Makanati LPCs, community members, especially women, to build their understanding of creating an enabling environment for women focusing on employment rights, social protection, relevant policies, work conditions in the private sector, etc.
• Establish new trusting relationships with related stakeholders and local community members, including municipality, CSO, civil society, private sector level to understand their needs and community dynamics.
• Work alongside the MEL and CLA component to assist in the periodic and ongoing monitoring of community perceptions and attitudes towards proposed policies and initiatives aimed at supporting women's employment and economic participation. Additionally, contribute to meeting program requirements and targets, ensuring the quality of services provided and the number of beneficiaries reached.
• Support in drafting and finalizing the biweekly and field reports in an accurate, organized, and comprehensive manner according to reporting protocol and support the collation of material in deliverables.

Section C: Key working relationships

• Position Reports to: Senior Community and Mobilization Specialist
• Position directly Supervises:  N/A
• Targeted Governorates: Amman, Zarqa, the Dead Sea, Ajloun, Jerash, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Irbid, and Petra.
• Key External Contacts: All partners

Section E: Requirements and skills

• Bachelors’ degree or equivalent in Social Sciences or other relevant areas.
• Three to five years proven and successful track record within local community activities/USAID initiatives.
• Strong expertise in designing and implementing awareness, lobbying and advocacy interventions related to creating an enabling environment for women’s work.
• Strong experience in working with local and international partners, local/government authorities, and donor guidelines.
• Strong knowledge in the Jordanian context including the challenges and opportunities related to women economic participation in the private sector.
• Excellent facilitation and training skills and having the ability to manage discussions and dialogue sessions with different stakeholders including local government, private sector, etc.
• Highly developed writing skills; able to write policy, position or briefing papers, and reports, in English.
• Skills in developing training and providing coaching for capacity building.

• Experience with team management and technical support.
• Positive personality, with a strong orientation toward solutions.
• Excellent communications and analytical skills.
• Proactive, constructive, and dynamic personality.

Section F: Languages

• Professional working proficiency in English.
• Fluency in spoken and written Arabic.

Section H: How to apply

To apply, applicants should submit a two-page CV and letter of motivation before 31 March 2024, to the following email address: [اضغط هنا لمشاهدة البريد اﻹلكتروني]. Kindly mention ‘Community Mobilization Specialist’ in the subject line.