Job Description
EACHRights is seeking experienced, engaged and dynamic community liaisons to work on a 3-month education outreach project in Mathare, Mukuru and Dandora informal settlements. The liaisons will be expected to provide community members with information and skills for defending and asserting the right to education and will also work on improving the reporting and referrals of cases or violations within project sites.
Tasks
The scope of work will include:
Increasing community awareness on the right to education
Collecting and documenting evidence of violations to the right to education
Building the capacity of community members to defend and assert their rights
Conducting outreach and disseminating pertinent information to community members
Acting as intermediaries where required which may include accompanying complainants or accused persons to schools, government offices, police stations or courts on occasion.
Developing I. E.C materials
Drafting simple official or legal documents.
Reporting according to prescribed templates
Attending training as required
Minimum Requirements and Competences
Demonstrable ability to undertake community outreach
A minimum of 5 years’ experience in community engagement
Excellent organisational and time management skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) including in presentations, report writing and research, in English or Kiswahili.
Good judgement, discreet, uses tact and discretion
Ability to work well under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
Be able to perform routine office duties and have basic knowledge of how to use computers, especially the Microsoft office suite.
Knowledge and experience in human rights and education issues.
Must be a team player, highly self-motivated and self-driven.
Desirable: Paralegal training, research experience
Supervision
The Community will be expected to be self-motivated and able to work independently. Supervision and support will be provided by the project manager of the education programme who will also provide a general induction to the work, relevant background documents, and links to the relevant entities and/ or individuals.
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