Communication Officer - NAD

International
Federation Red Cross and Red Crescent ( IFRC ) on behalf of American Red Cross Tsunami Recovery Program (TRP) had
been established to direct the organization’s response to the South Asia tsunami disaster. The TRP activities focus on
integrated community recovery and preparedness interventions in tsunami affected
countries in Asia and East Africa in
collaboration with Red Cross and non-Red Cross partners. Please visit www.redcross. org/tsunamirelie f

The Indonesia
TRP Delegation operates from offices in Banda Aceh, Calang, Lamno. It also has
liaison offices in Jakarta, and other areas in Aceh province in
collaboration with the Indonesian Red Cross.

We are seeking
dynamic individuals to fill the :

POSITION: Community Officer

No of Hired : 2 Person

Base of Assignment : Calang

Type of contract : Fixed Term


Duties and Responsibilities:
· Conduct field assessment on health
and hygiene (H&H) practice in the community
· Conduct field assessments of the
knowledge of water and sanitation (WatSan) infrastructure operation and
maintenance (O&M) in target communities
· Conduct assessments of community
organization issues in a variety of communities and provide recommendations for
how to organize the community to support ARC WatSan
activities
· Identify and report to supervisor
issues causing the community difficulty with WatSan
facilities
· Conduct household visits to educate
community members on the O&M of water and sanitation infrastructure
constructed by the ARC.
· Be part of WatSan remedial work teams
directly interacting with sanitation systems which are not functioning
well
· Promote and facilitate the community
to form village water and sanitation committees (VWSC),
· Prepare VWSCs to manage WatSan
infrastructure including attitude development, management of funds, community
communication, organizational planning, provide finance training
skills
· Directly assist the VWSC with
community communication and funds raising
· Assist in the preparation of and
assist in the gathering signatures of community agreements related to money and
responsibilities for WatSan infrastructure
· Assist in preparation of material
such as drawings for participatory trainings on H&H and
O&M
· Run interactive community education
sessions and other relevant training
· Contribute creative ideas and
initiatives for H&H and O&M training
· Directly assist specialized
consultants working to advance ARC’s community
programs
· Write weekly report for the PHP
Coordinator


Qualifications:
· At least 2 years experience working
in community development/ health area, preferably with a
NGO
· Functional knowledge of septic tanks,
wetlands, leachfields and water supplies
· Knowing participatory approach in
working with villagers and basic principles of the participatory
approach
· Great personal skills in front of a
crowd and at motivating communities
· Wants to spend most of his/her time
in the village
· Available to work during the week in
Lamno, Pulo Aceh or Aceh Utara
· Good in English (writing, speaking,
reading) and fluent Acehnese language (speaking), fluent Indonesian
language
· S1 degree in social sciences or civil
engineering
· Computer literate, especially
Microsoft Word and Excel



Please submit your application and curriculum vitae to hr@amredcross. org put Job title in Subject line. Only applications in English and short listed candidates will be notified.

Applications submitted after June 5, 2009 will not be considered.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply