Lowongan Kerja Makassar Posisi Junior Community Facilitator di Revitalising Informal Settelements and their Environments (RISE)

Position Title: Junior Community Facilitator

Program: Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE)
Reporting to: Build Project Coordinator (Makassar)
Relevant Line Managers: Build Team Leader (Makassar), Country Coordinator (Makassar), Deputy Director Intervention (Melbourne)
Duty Station: Makassar, Indonesia
Duration: 4 months

Background:

Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) is a design-research program, which aims to demonstrate that a Water Sensitive Cities (WSC) approach to water and sanitation management can improve human and ecological health in informal settlements. The program is operating in 24 informal settlements across Makassar, Indonesia and Suva, Fiji.

The WSC interventions of the RISE project operate on varying scales – household, neighbourhood, and precinct. They include built elements, such as sanitation and drainage improvements, rainwater harvesting facilities and green infrastructure (wetlands). The success of the RISE interventions will be measured by the health and well-being of residents – particularly children under five years of age – and the ecological diversity of the surrounding environment.

In Makassar, the revitalisation of 5 intervention sites is nearly complete. The next phase will focus on operational and maintenance. The RISE program is committed to enhancing community participation and empowering local stakeholders to take ownership of the infrastructure during the operation and maintenance phase. This is crucial for the sustainability of the system and ensuring that the community has the capacity to manage, maintain, and sustain the provided infrastructure. This will be done using RISE’s participatory design approach.

The Role

The RISE program is currently seeking a Junior Community Facilitator to join our team in Makassar, guiding the community empowerment activities on system operation and maintenance. We are looking for a confident communicator who can guide discussions with a large community group and have experience with community participatory activities, specifically experienced working with RISE program safeguards and processes.

The Junior Community Facilitator will play a key role in supporting the community’s ability to oversee and maintain the infrastructure by building their knowledge, organizing activities, and encouraging local ownership. The candidate will be working within a diverse team of construction specialists, engineers, architects, researchers and community fieldworkers who are based in both Makassar and Melbourne.

Key responsibilities:
Community Engagement & Mobilization:

• Material preparation for community meeting;
• Support the local team in organizing community meetings, workshops, and training sessions;
• Actively engage with community members to promote participation in operation and maintenance activities;
• Build relationships with local leaders, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders to foster cooperation.
• Taking minutes at meeting discussions capturing rise, recommendations, decision and action items.Community Capacity Building: