Community Engagement Associate

RMI is a small island creating state within the Pacific.  The nation is a large-ocean state, with a complete land space of solely 182 km², unfold throughout over 2 million km² of ocean.  There are 24 inhabited atolls and islands, that are largely distant and lie merely 2 m above sea degree on common.  There aren’t any rivers, streams or lakes in RMI and the variety of small floor ponds may be very restricted.

GoRMI, with the help of UNDP, has developed a challenge on adaptation to local weather change impacts to water provide in RMI.  The challenge is co-financed by GoRMI and Green Climate Fund (GCF).  The challenge will construct resilience to the impacts of local weather change on water provide, notably in 24 atolls and islands which are extremely weak to 

• Water Security – Improving family and neighborhood rainwater harvesting and storage constructions to extend resilience of water provide in 77 rural communities within the outer islands and atolls accounting for about 28% of RMI’s inhabitants, together with 7,630 (49%) ladies, presently in danger.
• Water Resilience – Securing groundwater sources from contamination as a consequence of inundation attributable to wave overtopping of seawater.
• Water Governance – Strengthening the technical capacities of nationwide and subnational establishments and key stakeholders to built-in local weather change dangers into water governance processes in order that administration of local weather change dangers are coordinated, efficient, participatory, equitable, and sustained over the long-term when dangers are anticipated to worsen.

The challenge aligns with GoRMI’s key local weather change insurance policies and methods and has been developed by intensive session with authorities, Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), Community-Based Organisations (CBOs) and beneficiary communities. The proposed challenge is aligned with RMI’s NDC and nation work programme to the GCF.  The NDA has issued a letter of no-objection and the proposed challenge is aligned with the work programme of the AE (UNDP) chosen by the NDA.

This GCF challenge might be executed by UNDP, in shut partnership with the GoRMI, given UNDP’s intensive expertise in implementing local weather change adaptation initiatives globally. The challenge implementation might be led by a group based mostly in Majuro, RMI and Suva, Fiji. 

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, the Community Engagement Associate will primarily deal with securing neighborhood assist and engagement with ACWA challenge implementation actions however may also have involvement in different elements of the challenge as described beneath.

The incumpents will work in tandem with the Area Coordinators and Site Coordinators within the implementation of challenge actions on the goal communities and liaising with the Mayors, Members of Parliament, and neighborhood leaders. The Project will function all outreach initiatives to the goal communities based mostly on the 4 Atoll and Island geographical areas which were designated based mostly on their geographical places.  

Summary of Key Functions

• Oversee the implementation of challenge actions 
• Coordinate with varied stakeholders at nationwide and neighborhood degree 
• Oversight Site Coordinators
• Strengthen neighborhood engagement
• Support Grievanec Redress Mechanism

Oversee the implementation of challenge actions

• Establish and keep social rapport with communities within the 24 focused Atolls and Islands. 
• Provide helps for Technical Design Survey disclosure conferences, supply of fabric to Atolls and Islands, insltallation works for rainwater harevesting system, groundwater rehavilitation. 
• Conduct coaching for Site Coordinators and communities, Community-based Water Commmittees for water security administration, local weather change adaptation, catastrophe danger discount and gender equality. 
• Compiles abstract studies to the Project Manager and Area Coordinators following particular person missions and be ready to supply responses to queries.
• Contribute and take part in trainings, workshops, and different actions carried out by ACWA challenge to advertise and keep neighborhood engagement and participation.

Coordinate with varied stakeholders at nationwide and neighborhood degree

• Establish and keep social rapport with the Paramount Chiefs, rating chiefs, and elders of the goal  communities and making certain they’re stored abreast of challenge progress because it pertains to their domains.
• Ensure shut coordination with native leaderships for clear and accountable communication

Oversight Site Coordinators

• Monitor, supervise and oversight Site Coordinator for his or her each day exercise and compile bio-weekly report
• Guide and practice Site Coordinator for monitoring and porting actions

Strengthen neighborhood engagement 

• Conduct visits to focused communities within the 24 Atolls and Islands with the target of informing the individuals about ACWA challenge and its overarching targets and methodology and receiving suggestions.
• Closely work with ACWA Project Management Unit (PMU) group particularly Area Coordinator, Water Governance Coordination Specialist, Field Engineers, and Chief Technical Advisor to make sure neighborhood assist and engagement with ACWA challenge actions

Support Grievance Redress Mechanism

• Support Chief Technical Advisor and Site Coordinator to make sure correct dealing with neighborhood suggestion, concern or request to be accountable and complie report.
• Any different obligations which may be assigned by the Project Manager.

The incumbent performs different duties inside their practical profile as deemed vital for the environment friendly functioning of the Office and the Organization. 

• Achieve Results: Level 1: Plans and screens personal work, pays consideration to particulars, delivers high quality work by deadline
• Think Innovatively: Level 1: Open to inventive concepts/identified dangers, is pragmatic drawback solver, makes enhancements 
• Learn Continuously: Level 1: Open minded and curious, shares information, learns from errors, asks for suggestions
• Adapt with Agility: Level 1: Adapts to vary, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is versatile 
• Act with Determination: Level 1: Shows drive and motivation, in a position to ship calmly in face of adversity, assured
• Engage and Partner: Level 1: Demonstrates compassion/understanding in the direction of others, kinds optimistic relationships
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Level 1: Appreciate/respect variations, conscious of unconscious bias, confront discrimination 

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies:

Business Direction and Strategy     

• System Thinking. Ability to make use of goal drawback evaluation and judgement to grasp how interrelated parts coexist inside an general course of or system, and to think about how altering one factor can impression on different components of the system

Business Management    

• Communication. Communicate in a transparent, concise and unambiguous method each by written and verbal communication; to tailor messages and select communication strategies relying on the viewers. .Ability to handle communications internally and externally, by media, social media and different acceptable channels
• Partnership Management. Build and keep partnerships with huge networks of stakeholders, Governments, civil society and personal sector companions, specialists and others in keeping with UNDP technique and insurance policies

2030 Agenda- Peace    

• Conflict Prevention, Peacebuilding and Responsive Institutions. Community engagement for prevention, response, and social cohesion