Community Liaison Assistant

Functional Prerequisites:

• Relevant advanced education - university degree is preferable, ideally in the field of education, social sciences, community development, or psychology.  
• Previous working experience in non-governmental organizations and/or conducting community interviews or surveys is desirable.
• Candidate must have good knowledge of the area.
• Experience conducting interviews with community members, municipal and other officials is desirable.
• Good command of English and Arabic.
• Good computer skills.
• Good communication, cultural understanding, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines.
• A valid drivers’ license.
• Ability to work outdoors in occasionally difficult environments, to work calmly under pressure, and with limited supervision.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Mine Risk Education

Provide support in:

• undertaking research on newly emerging and innovative approaches to the delivery of mine risk education;
• implementing Mine Risk Education sessions in communities, schools, agricultural/pastoral fields, and other places where people living near or vulnerable to explosive remnants of war can be reached.
• undertaking research on newly-emerging and innovative strategies for measuring the impact of MRE and
• reporting on all of the above.  
• meeting with LMAC officials to discuss and plan MRE activities.
• preparing a monthly implementation plan for conducting MRE in target communities.
• providing the Information Management Officer with reports for submission to the RMAC/LMAC.

Socio-Economic Impact Assessment

Assist in undertaking community-based socio-economic Impact Assessment by:

• visiting communities to liaise with leaders and other key people to gather details about their land and the impact of explosive ordnance and its clearance on their lives.
• undertaking related desk-based research
• accurately documenting this information using agreed forms, templates, maps, and additional notes as per NPA IA guidelines.

Additional Duties

The Community Liaison Assistant may occasionally be asked to support the work of Non-Technical Survey (NTS) teams.  This may entail identifying appropriate people to interview and conducting interviews, review of existing records and documents, and reporting using approved formats and templates.  Desirable skills include:

• Use of handheld GPS to take coordinates
• Use of compass to take bearings
• Ability to read and draw maps including:

• Measuring distances
• Selection of reference points and positioning benchmarks

The Community Liaison Assistant will also be required to:

• take photographs of areas visited and to write occasional case studies or articles related to any of the activities outlined above.
• attend training workshops, coordination, and other meetings.
• update the Operations Manager and/or Programme Manager about the above activities.
• perform other duties as assigned by the line manager.

Additional Considerations

• NPA’s values are based on equal rights for all, irrespective of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or social status. 
• NPA practices ethical, fair, and impartial selection procedures.
• We are committed to equal-opportunity and discrimination-free recruitment processes.
• We aim to include women and employees from disadvantaged groups in our recruitment processes.
• NPA employees are expected to work under NPA’s core values, code of conduct, safeguarding policy, and other policies that guide staff actions and relationships
• The two required courses (Safeguarding Essentials and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) are to be taken upon the candidate’s selection.