Birth Registration Project Field Officer

ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT

ChildFund Timor-Leste is the representative office of ChildFund Australia – an independent international development organisation that works to reduce poverty for children in developing communities.

ChildFund Australia is a member of the ChildFund Alliance – a global network of 12 organisations which assists almost 23 million children and their families in 70 countries. ChildFund Australia is a registered charity, a member of the Australian Council for International Development, and fully accredited by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade which manages the Australian Government’s overseas aid program.

ChildFund began work in Timor-Leste in 1990, originally under the management of ChildFund International. Since October 2017 it has operated as an office of ChildFund Australia and works in partnership to create community and systems change which enables vulnerable children and young people, in all their diversity, to assert and realise their rights.

ChildFund Timor-Leste’s projects focus on maternal and child health, nutrition, early childhood development, education, youth empowerment and disaster preparedness. ChildFund Timor-Leste aims to demonstrate effectiveness and accountability in its program activities and add value to the efforts of its partners through quality programs that are respectful, responsive, and relevant in helping children in poverty, their families, and communities.

ChildFund Timor-Leste is working with rural communities to build a new, stable, and prosperous future for what is one of the world’s youngest nations.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

Field officer is responsible for the successful implementation of Child Funds Birth Registration activities at municipality level. The Field Officer will coordinate closely with CRVS officials in the municipality in enhancing coordination of birth registrations processes in the community. The Field Officer will support sucu and aldeia chiefs to deliver socialization sessions of the Civil Registration Vital Services (CRVS) system at the village level through increased awareness raising among parents, caregivers and village officials on the importance of birth registration and CRVS. The Field Officer will assist in the coordination of Mobile birth registration campaigns that will be implemented in close coordination with the ministry of Justice

KEY DUTIES

• Mobilize, and support sucu and aldeia chiefs in the promotion and education of birth registration process and mobilizing parents to seek for birth registration for their unregistered children under 5 at the community level as well as supporting the mobile birth registrations campaigns at Suco/Aldeia
• Collaborate closely with government officials to strengthen the municipalities CRVS committee and support them in development of Standard Operating procedures, capacity building, and oversight of the CRVS system
• Organize and facilitate community events and mobile birth registrations campaigns
• Responsible for project monthly field reports
• Facilitate data collection/entry during mobile birth registration working with selected volunteer to ensure daily collection of data of children registered
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Project Coordinator

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• University Degree or Diploma or Vocational training
• 3+ years’ experience in working with Local or International NGO
• Strong facilitation, organizing campaigns, community engagement and mobilization skills including volunteers’ management
• Knowledge and experience with Birth registration policies and process is a plus
• Valid Motorcycle license
• Fluency in English and Tetum, and the local languages of the of the location
• Must be able to travel extensively to remote villages across the municipality
• Positive and supportive attitude and a willingness to support the overall goals of ChildFund Australia in Timor-Leste

SKILLS

• Good people skills
• Good oral & written communication skills
• Creative community mobilizer
• Event Organization

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Application closes 17 July 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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