Job Description

Duties of the Watershed Community Facilitator

Under the supervision/guidance of the Watershed Technician, the Community Facilitator shall be responsible for proper implementation of the IWM plans through effective communication of project objectives to communities, community mobilization and through organizing community engagement related events professionally.

The specific duties of the community facilitator shall include:

• Responsible for the overall implementation of project activities at community level with the participation of the community, local government and other stakeholders.
• Bridges the link between the project experts team and the communities and local government representatives and engage in community/institutional capacity building activities,
• Facilitate the targeting task of project intervention areas and beneficiaries,
• Participate and support in the assessments, studies, surveys, monitoring, review and evaluation activities at the community level,
• Actively involve on regular data collection as per agreed guideline
• Facilitate field visits, experience sharing visits at the community level,
• Support to identify training needs,
• Ensure adequate consultation and participation of Woreda and village/community level stakeholders ensuring active participation of women,
• With support of the field technical team, provide expertise and advice for community institutions/Organizations on gender mainstreaming in the project scheme,
• Follow and provide adequate support to the different initiatives in the watershed including Homestead Development initiatives, credit and saving groups, IG groups, youth and women groups
• Supervise and follow all project activities within the watershed including their sustainability
• Follow zero or control grazing agreements and enforce bylaws
• Facilitate community meetings, Watershed use association bi weekly and together with kebele leaders and government employees bi monthly meeting,
• Responsible for mobilizing the watershed community for Natural Resource Management activities on watershed basis.
• Play a lead role in forming the watershed users association as per the regional guideline
• Responsible for ensuring active community participation so as to ensure the successful execution and sustenance of the interventions
• Supervise seedling production and plantation in his/her watershed
• Ensure community ownership in watershed project
• Proactively identify community perceptions and needs, and effectively communicated this to project team,
• Prepare clear plan and submit monthly, quarter, six month and annual progress reports of each watersheds, on the scheduled time for the watershed technician,
• Undertake other assigned responsibilities and duties by the hierarchies,

Job Requirement

Qualification and Experience. The community facilitator shall have BSc/BA degree in Natural Resources Management, Watershed Management, Sociology, Agricultural Communication, Agricultural Extension, Rural Development, or other related disciplines, and a minimum of 2 years and above experience working with communities in development projects or regular government led agricultural extension. Applicants must be from North Achefer Woreda while knowledge and experience in Kunzila area will have an advantage

Number of positions – 12

Duty station, Contract Duration, and Salary: Duty station is in one of the Kunzila Watersheds with occasional travel to Woreda and Regional Project Office. Contract will be one year with possible extension upon performance. Salary will be as per the project scale.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above criteria for the different jobs can make online registration by visiting http://wlrc-eth.org/vacancy site and upload all necessary documents including their CV as per the specification in the website before June 20, 2020. For clarification, the applicant can ask  by telephone +251 918 350 939 or

send an e-mail to [email protected]

Any application that is outside the specified criteria will be disqualified. Those eligible for exam will be notified by e-mail and list will be released through the above website. Cost of application and exam will be covered by the applicants themselves, WLRC will not be responsible for this.

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