Field Community Engagement and Partnering Coordinator

Overview

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Job Purpose:

This role provides strategic leadership and technical support to Area Development Programmes (ADPs) within the assigned Cluster/Sub-Cluster, ensuring effective stakeholder engagement and programme implementation. It supports ADPs in building financial and non-financial partnerships with Government Organizations (GOs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), the private sector, Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs).

The position strengthens staff and partner capacity, facilitates Adaptive Program Approach (APA) processes and provides guidance on the formation and institutionalization of community-based organizations, including Village Development Committees (VDC), Village Development Societies (VDS), Urban Neighborhood Development Committees (UNDCs), Urban Neighborhood Development Societies (UNDSs), Child Well-Being Organizations (CWBOs), and Children's Societies (CSs).

It manages partnership mapping, assessments, agreements, documentation, and capacity strengthening of WVB partner staff. The role ensures compliance, monitors programme quality, and promotes alignment with global and national standards across all Area Development Programmes and projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Facilitate capacity building of ADP staff and partner staff on APA steps and Community Engagement (CE) tools.
• Guide ADPs/ projects to prepare community engagement plan and follow up progress time to time.
• Facilitate community engagement process/ event to demonstrate standard practice with ADP and partner team.
• Monitor quality of the community engagement process and provide feedback for improvement.
• Review ADPs reports (Community Engagement tools and APA step wise reports).
• Review the ADP Plan (Detailed Implementation Plan/DIP, budget, and narrative) and provide written feedback using the review tool to ensure that CE&P-related activities are planned in accordance with National Office (NO) guidelines.
• Review micro project proposals and monitor impact of the micro projects implemented at ADPs.
• Train/ orient field team local asset-based development planning process.
• Guide ADPs to develop planning matrix to complete local asset-based development planning / shared plan development process for each Village/ community.
• Provide strategic guidance and support to re/form community-based organizations (VDC, VDS, UNDS, UNDS).
• Ensure ADPs conduct assessment / periodic review of the CBOs (VDC, UNDC, VDS, UNDS, CWBO, CS) within Q1 each year.
• Provide strategic support and Guide ADPs to strengthening capacity of CBOs (VDC, UNDC, VDS, UNDS) for transforming CBOs (VDC, UNDC, VDS, UNDS, CWBO, CS) taking leadership for coordination and implementation of the local asset-based development plan/ shared plan.
• Ensure ADPs monitor functionality of the community-based organizations (VDC, UNDC, VDS, UNDS, CWBO, CS) as per standard frequency.
• Guide ADPs to develop Annual plan CWBO formation and CS registration.
• Guide ADPs and support to organize mobilization session on savings promotion and cooperative registration for Most Vulnerable (MV) and Vulnerable Households (V HHs).
• Assist ADPs / Join with ADP in meeting with Upazila/ District Cooperative Officer regarding cooperative registration.
• Do 1:1 meeting with ADP team (Programme officers, CDOs) to follow up progress of institutionalization plan quarterly basis.
• Ensure ADPs are exercising Maturity checking tool with each CWBO and CS as per standard frequency and share documentation.
• Guide and assist ADPs to organize partnership building workshop for collaborative partnership.
• Support ADPs to identify CWB issue specific collaborative partners.
• Review ADPs list of collaborative partners and updated partnership database for sub cluster/ cluster.
• Support ADPs to draft / review collaborative partnership agreement and ensure timely signing of the agreements.
• Support operations in ongoing partner capacity strengt

ADP re/design processes ensure meaningful stakeholder engagement, with community Engagement and Partnering (CE&P) interventions properly planned and budgeted in line with standards.

Community-based organizations (VDC, UNDC, VDS, UNDS) are actively mobilized to develop and implement local asset-based development plans.

Most vulnerable and vulnerable households are engaged in savings initiatives and prepared for cooperative society registration.

Partnership readiness is strengthened, promoting collaborative practices across ADPs and grant-funded projects.