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Community Outreach-assistant

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community outreach assistant

The organization helps various rural communities in all kinds of areas with the aim of self-reliance.

What are your duties?

You will work with the local team to coordinate and implement community mobilization activities in target locations. You will help establish community mobilization strategies through community workers and identify community leaders and key stakeholders to ensure greater community support. You will closely monitor the community workers in community engagement, organize awareness sessions and provide information about available services of the organization. You work, if possible, in coordination with the community development team.

Duties include:

  • Assisting the project staff in the daily execution of project activities in the district.
  • Supporting the project leaders in the implementation, execution and monitoring of projects.
  • Make regular visits to schools/communities to monitor project activities, collect data and organize staff visits and assessments.
  • Write monthly reports on the projects, programs, and other related issues at their site.
  • Making work plans on a monthly basis.
  • Accountability and fund management.
  • Maintain good relations with local authorities, project schools and communities.
  • Represent the organization at district assemblies.
  • Document, case studies and collect other media for promotional purposes.

Conditions of Participation

  • Familiarity with the internet, social media and phone apps are no stranger to you.
  • Experience working in an ethnically, culturally and racially diverse environment is a plus.
  • Excellent oral, written, organizational and interpersonal skills.
  • This position requires you to travel regularly to different locations in Uganda. You are flexible to move frequently on weekdays, weekends and nights.
  • You must be sociable, energetic, positive and fun.

schedule

You usually work in the office from Monday to Friday between 9am and 16pm.

Because there are regular visits to the communities, the above office hours may deviate.

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