Job Title: Community Organiser, People’s Health Movement, South Africa
Reporting to: PHM Steering Committee
Main Job Purpose: To promote and implement the RTHC at community level, working closely with RTH Campaign committees and member CSOs; to represent PHM at local and national level meetings and forums and disseminate information about PHM (Global and in SA)
Performance Areas
1. Programme Planning & Evaluation
• Assist with development and coordination of work plans in order to achieve effective results
• Assist with monitoring progress against funding agreements and budgets relating to the RTHC
• Assist with planning and overseeing participatory evaluation initiatives with stakeholders
2. Programme Implementation and Capacity Building
• Establish and maintain new contacts and form links with civil society organisations and groups
• Build links with community radio/newspapers in consultation with campaign committee
• Plan meetings and workshops in consultation with campaign committees
• Organise venues, catering, transport for meetings
• Submit financial reports for workshops and meetings
• Write and submit monthly reports against workplan
• Identify community members with leadership potential
• Participate in identifying training and development needs, and developing training plan based on needs, in conjunction with campaign committees
• Assist with facilitation of RTHC workshops
3. Networking
• Participate in network forums
• Attend meetings, conferences and workshops relevant to RTHC
4. Admin and Finance
• Assist with developing budgets in relation to RTHC; monitor expenditure against budget and workplans
• Maintain own filing system
• Write and submit monthly reports and assist with other reports as required
• Assist with fundraising e.g. through supplying info for proposals, donor liaison and other aspects of the work as required, in close cooperation with the Coordinator
• Contribute data to, and maintain the database on community profiles