Community Facilitators (Western Cape) at NACOSA

The duties and responsibilities of the Community Facilitator will include, but not limited to:

• Travel daily within the community to perform demand creation, identifying and recruiting beneficiaries into the DREAMS programme according to the prescribed process.
• (May at times be needed to travel and assist outside of allocated sub-district)
• Facilitate profiling and needs assessment of participants.
• Provide foundational training and mentoring which is engaging, fun, and impactful and any other training that may be deemed appropriate and beneficial to the participant.
• Assist to secure resources when needed i.e. (identify safe spaces in the community for group training sessions).
• Ensure weekly/ monthly/quarterly targets for training and mentoring are met.
• Provide ongoing mentoring and support to participant enrolled in the DREAMS programme.
• Facilitate complete and accurate transfer of on-site referral requests to partnered organisation/s.
• Adhere to all administration processes and submit complete and accurate documents to Team Leader within the prescribed time frame.
• Attend weekly team meetings, ad hoc programme meetings, and training, planning and reporting daily, weekly and monthly.

Required qualifications, skills and experience.

• Minimum of Grade 12/Matric or equivalent.
• Reside in the community where the programme will be implemented.
• Experience in group-based facilitation (Youth Facilitator, Community Care Worker, DREAMS Ambassador).
• Experience working within a GBV (Gender Based Violence) programme-preferred.
• Proficient in English and one other South African language (spoken in allocated district).
• Ability to work under pressure and strong interpersonal skills.
• Driver’s License advantageous.