Job Description

Location: Bandung, Indonesia This intermediate professional is Compassion's primary liaison to the local partners and is responsible for strengthening local ownership, capacity, and resources of local partners to work with children and youth in their own context. As the primary contact, this facilitator is responsible for nurturing relationships with local partners that are characterized by mutual respect, trust, and service that builds up the local community. He or she is accountable for facilitating partner relationships through the Partner Management core process, for improving achievement of local community outcomes, and for bringing a developmental mindset to all other aspects of the partnership. At this career level, the incumbent generally works independently on moderately complex projects or objectives in cooperation with other specialists. He or she may coach other facilitators. Responsibilities

• Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the organization. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.
• Demonstrates a personal commitment to serve, respect, and empower the church according to principles outlined in Compassion’s organizational philosophies.
• Local Partner Maturation - Strengthens local partner's ownership and capacity through a developmental mindset and the Partnership Management core process.
• Facilitates partnerships with local partners to collaboratively reflect on youth and local partner outcomes and plan for how to best grow in capacity and maturity.
• Facilitates the development and implementation of local partner owned strategies that build on each local partner's strengths to engage participation of parents and caregivers, children and youth in all aspects of the organization, including program design, local resource mobilization, decision making, etc. Coordinates with other CFT members to help local partners to actively identify and engage the change makers who influence change in children and youth, such as parents, schools, peers, etc.
• Works with the local partner's leaders and staff to identify capacity development needs. Serves as Compassion’s key liaison with partners by engaging the support of other Team members and financial resources in ways that are consistent with a developmental mindset and the Partnership Principles
• Supports local partners in mobilizing local resources and sharing of resources among nearby churches. Supports churches to identify and utilize local resources, services and relationships, as well as opportunities to help maximize their own resources to support the children and youth. Encourages relationships and alliances to further the impact of partners.
• Needs Assessment – Mobilizes members to compile and organize information to inform the partners about the needs of children and youth they serve. Facilitates the local partners in gathering local information about child and youth needs, and synthesizing with external data.
• Planning - Facilitates local partner planning of their Child and Youth (CY) programs.
• Supports the local partners to develop an effective plan by assisting the local partner to identify and prioritize CY needs as well as select interventions that will address the prioritized needs and challenges.
• Encourages the local partners to invite greater participation of other community leaders, parents/caregivers, youth and other key stakeholders in identifying needs, planning and implementing CY interventions.
• Supports the partners to develop an annual plan and budget to implement their chosen program interventions.
• Implementation – Partners with other members to support partners as they carry out their chosen interventions and monitor progress toward successful implementation.
• Evaluation – Partners with other CFT members to support local partners through a learning and reflection process on effectiveness of the interventions to inform planning in the next cycle.
• Creates and tailors Facilitation Workplans to each church, so that objectives and activities reflect individual local partners needs.
• Cluster operations - Oversees a cluster of local partners while demonstrating responsiveness to the local context and needs of each individual local partners within the cluster.
• Encourages and facilitates cluster level activities and resources.
• Proactively seeks to foster relationships and connection within the cluster.
• Promotes cluster-based collaboration and initiatives between local partners for the purpose of improving program sto children, peer-to-peer learning, and addressing other needs in the families and the community.
• Ensures the timely renewal of the partnership agreement between Compassion and the local partners. May call upon a more senior level facilitator for counsel and guidance.
• Child Protection - Facilitates local partner adoption of child protection standards. Facilitates implementation of local partners owned and contextualized child protection practices. Connects local partners to relevant evidence-based resources and internal and external supports to develop approaches for preventing abuse and promoting safe, healthy relationships with children and youth by the adults in their spheres of influence.
• Supports timely reporting of all child protection allegations through Compassion’s internal reporting processes, including taking direct responsibility for reporting if necessary. In collaboration with child protection specialists and other office leadership, engages in necessary support work to ensure Compassion and the local partner comprehensively and efficiently complete internal investigations in a timely manner. Mobilizes Compassion and community support for follow up actions as needed.
• Is accountable to the Partnership Management strategic process objectives in coordination with other cross-functional members. Coordinates the implementation of local process improvements and self-development improvements based on metrics and feedback from the church.
• Delivers on Compassion commitments to the local partners, and for programmatic and sponsor engagement deliverables. Partners with local cross-functional specialists, and those in Program Support or Business Support who have responsibility for Compassion’s role in those deliverables to ensure quality and completion.
• Utilizes knowledge and capabilities in mobilization and facilitation practices to identify felt needs at partners and consults with cross-functional specialists to select and apply creative solutions.
• May provide expertise to other professionals and support staff in the partnership discipline.

Culture

• Accountable for supporting, upholding, and engaging in Compassion's core "Cultural Behaviors" in all internal and external communication and relationships.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.

Experience

• Three years Relevant experience working in this or a related field.
• Conversant in English (verbal an written)

Travel Requirements May be required to travel up to 50% of normal schedule