Community Outreach Worker - Vanuatu

About the role

IsraAID, a non-profit humanitarian aid agency operating in Vanuatu since 2015, is hiring a Community Outreach Worker for a full-time, ongoing local position in Port Vila. Reporting to the Programme Manager, the worker supports the Project Officer, Project Manager and Country Director in implementing projects across WASH, health and nutrition, mental health and psychosocial support, and disaster risk reduction. The starting date is ASAP.

Key responsibilities

• Assist in ensuring the quality of project deliverables and contribute to monitoring and evaluation frameworks, helping stakeholders communicate and organise.
• Support logistics such as community mobilization, training facilitation and liaison with local authorities.
• Help write timely project narrative reports in line with donor and internal requirements.
• Work with the Vanuatu team to build project tools, including training modules and manuals, aligned with government and IsraAID priorities.
• Represent IsraAID in working groups and forums when needed, and foster partnerships with government departments and organisations on protection (MHPSS, gender), WASH and health/nutrition.
• Document and share stories, case studies and best practices.
• Maintain supply inventory, attend staff meetings, report activities to the Project Manager, compile case reports and attend meetings, trainings or workshops as required.
• Keep relationships with other field agencies, liaise with community and other organisations under programme parameters, and cooperate with the MCFS committee and CBSs.

Required profile

• Previous experience working directly with communities, community groups, NGOs, humanitarian or development programmes or local organisations.
• Experience in community awareness, outreach, mobilisation, training or information-sharing activities.
• Experience working with vulnerable or at-risk individuals and groups, with an understanding of safeguarding and protection principles.
• Experience collecting and reporting community-level data, feedback and activity information.

All candidates undergo reference checks with a focus on safeguarding; IsraAID has a zero-tolerance policy toward misconduct and sexual exploitation and abuse.