**This fixed term role is supported by grant funding that is approved for a one-year period**
Position: 10
Locations: Regions of Oromia, Central Ethiopia, and South Ethiopia.
This professional supports last-mile community implementation of the Faith & Community Initiative (FCI) grant-funded work by strengthening links among households, community structures, faith institutions, community health workers, health extension workers, village health leaders, spoke facilities, and hub facilities. The position implements approved community activities, supports demand generation and referrals, contributes to follow-up and community-level information flow, and documents activities under the supervision of the Regional Health Specialist.
Responsibilities
1. Community Mobilization and Health Promotion
- Implement approved community mobilization, health promotion and awareness activities according to the FCI workplan.
- Promote appropriate health-seeking behavior and awareness related to HIV, TB, malaria, MCH and nutrition.
- Engage community leaders, faith institutions and other community structures in agreed FCI activities.
- Support reduction of community-level barriers to service uptake and continuity.
2. Demand Generation and Referral Support
- Support identification of individuals and households requiring health services and facilitate linkage to spoke facilities.
- Promote referrals and follow up on referral completion where appropriate and within role boundaries.
- Support continuity-of-care and adherence follow-up activities as directed by qualified health professionals.
- Provide feedback on community-level barriers affecting access, referral, and retention.
3. Community–Facility Linkages
- Maintain regular communication with assigned spoke facilities and the Regional Health Specialist.
- Support approved outreach schedules and coordination with CHWs and frontline health workers.
- Help strengthen bidirectional communication between communities and health facilities.
- Support community participation in agreed FCI activities and service-linkage processes.
4. Activity Documentation, Information and Reporting
- Implement and document assigned community activities using approved tools.
- Maintain accurate records of mobilization, outreach, referrals and other assigned activities.
- Submit timely activity information to the Regional Health Specialist. Escalate sensitive cases, protection concerns or urgent health issues through established channels.
5. Training, Supervision and Learning
- Participate in required FCI training, coaching and supervisory sessions.
- Apply approved health messages, referral procedures, safeguarding and ethical standards.
- Share community feedback, implementation challenges and lessons learned.
- Support timely completion of assigned activities and communicate barriers that may affect implementation.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Community Health, Health Extension, Public Health, Community Development, Social Work, Sociology, Health Education, or another relevant field.
- A minimum of 2 years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 3 years of relevant community-based experience with a diploma.
- Experience working with local communities, health facilities, or faith/community structures is required.
- Fluency in English and the the local language(s) of the assigned district is required.
Required Knowledge and Key Competencies
- Good understanding of community engagement and health-promotion principles.
- Strong interpersonal communication, facilitation and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work respectfully with diverse communities and stakeholders.
- Basic ability to collect, record and report information accurately.
- Reliability, confidentiality, safeguarding awareness and willingness to work extensively in communities.
- Accountable for supporting, upholding, and engaging in Compassion's core "Cultural Behaviors" in all internal and external communication and relationships.
- Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
Required Travel
Extensive local travel within assigned districts, including household, community, spoke and hub visits.
