Male Facilitators for BLiSS”- Mazar

Job Summary:

Organizational Vision: To work in partnership with others to restore hope, grow capacity, and promote

Community through relief and development initiatives that help transform lives, including our own.

Department Goal: To build capacity in local communities, amongst men and women, to understand

The needs and problems of women and babies in pregnancy and delivery, and for new born babies, in order to work towards reducing the maternal and infant

Mortality rate in poor and marginalized communities.  

Accountable to:  Regional BLiSS Manager

Responsible for: BLiSS groups

Date of Next Review:  January 2018 

Skills Required:

Requires travel to provinces:

Skills Description:

Respectable appearance

Basic computer skills

 Preferred

Pashto language 

English (reading and writing) 

Duties & Responsibilities:

Major Goal of the Position: To implement Birth Life Saving Skills (BLiSS) within a community development program within a Region, with excellence.

KRA #1 Training 

A) The Facilitator will successfully conduct training in the Regional BLiSS groups and encourage

Participants to pass on their knowledge within their communities.

B) The Facilitator will collect baseline survey and follow-up information, from groups for which she/he is responsible, and report to the BLiSS Manager.

C) The Facilitator will ensure good communication with the Community, and with local health care

facilities.

KRA #2 Administration, Logistics 

A) The Facilitator will provide regular narrative/anecdotal and statistical data about the status and needs of the BLiSS groups.

B) The Facilitator will engage with and suggest changes for possible future project plans 

C) The Facilitator will maintain good communication with the BLiSS Manager and the regional office.

KRA #3 Professional Development

A) The Facilitator must observe BLiSS training and take part in a BLiSS Facilitator Training (ToT) before

commencing work as a BLiSS Facilitator.  

B) The Facilitator will participate in training opportunities which have been identified as being helpful to the development of their role.  Such training opportunities can be suggested by the Facilitator, but must be approved by the BLiSS Manager and National BLiSS Director.  

Profile of BLiSS Facilitator:

 Required

Very good interpersonal skills, ability to express his/her thoughts clearly and teach other as well as being teachable Friendly, kind and able to communicate and be with people with limited educational opportunities .

Long-term vision for the work with Operation Mercy

Firm and able to guide groups in a diplomatic way 

Good Dari (written and spoken) Op Mercy BLiSS Project / Facilitator / 2016    

Able to travel up to 5 days per week to training areas 

Able to travel to exposure and training events outside the project location

12^th grade school education.

Strong interest in women and children’s health and well being

Respectable appearance

Basic computer skills

 Preferred

Pashto language 

English (reading and writing)

Work experience in group facilitation, 

Midwifery or health education training 

Experience in maternal-child health