Community Development Facilitator - Fort-Liberté, Haiti

About the role

Plan International is hiring a Community Development Facilitator (Grade 11) in Fort-Liberté, Haiti, reporting to the Sponsorship Coordinator. The postholder works alongside the project's Child Protection Manager to implement the project, including setting up child protection committees and strengthening children's and youth clubs, while ensuring procedures are followed and activities are monitored on the ground.

Key responsibilities

• Define strategies for setting up child protection committees in the North-East communes and develop training modules on community mobilisation, protection risks, gender-based violence, child trafficking and other topics.
• Help committees set up identification sheets and complaint mechanisms, and link them with children's clubs, local and national authorities and other Plan projects.
• Organise information-sharing meetings and trainings on child protection, and help communities map risks and existing services.
• Ensure child protection specialists, club facilitators and external facilitators follow administrative procedures and the child protection policy, and submit weekly activity reports.
• In emergencies, promote child protection, maintain and distribute kits, and guide children and youth to local protection services.

Required profile

• At least 2 years of experience in human rights, especially child protection, family reunification and child trafficking.
• At least 1 year of experience working with an NGO.
• Good knowledge of French and Haitian Creole; English is an advantage.
• Experience in community mobilisation, facilitation and participatory methods such as Child to Child, PRA and SARAR.
• Ability to travel outside the region or country.

Required skills

• Basic knowledge of planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of development projects.
• Basic computer software skills.
• Teamwork, negotiation and conflict management, good oral and written communication, and ability to analyse and synthesise information.