Community Development Officer at Beyond Beans Foundation

Beyond Beans Foundation is dedicated to developing, organizing and implementing projects across ETG’s commodity supply chains in collaboration with other companies, NGOs and government agencies. We aim to boost innovation and deliver maximum benefits for the farming communities and landscapes that form the backbone of our rapidly expanding supply chains.

We believe that the world of today has the knowledge, people, and tools in place to build profitable and self-sustaining cocoa communities, where farming is regarded as a respected profession and sustainable entrepreneurship is the norm. Beyond Beans aims to be a catalyst in achieving this vision, by connecting the right stakeholders and introducing innovative solutions from other sectors to the cocoa supply chain.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Community Development Officer

Location: Ondo
Employment Type: Full Time

The job

• We are looking for a Community Development Officer at our station in Ondo, Ondo state, who will work within the CommDev team of Beyond Beans to ensure smooth implementation of CLMRS system. 
• The officer is responsible for data collection using the digital CLMT tool and be involved in remediation activities to combat child labour. Data collection includes daily interactions with farmers and their families and farm visits. 
• Also, the officer will work to establish and monitor VSLAs and carry out training and awareness sessions on child protection in our supply chain communities.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Continuous digital data collection as part of CLMT and VSLA activities.
• Verify identified cases of child labour in our supply chain.
• Implement remediation activities with our cocoa-growing households
• Carry out awareness sessions at individual households and community levels.
• Report all field activities to the CommDev Project Manager, including the collected data.
• Support in the training of child labour liaison officers in the Assess and Address Committee.
• Work together with other field officers, including assistance, coaching, any other (CERT+) projects, or other relevant activities.
• Monitor the activities of Village, Savings, and Loan Associations.
• Carry out follow-up visits and adequate monitoring of households.
• Carry out any other duties as directed by the CommDev Project Manager.

Requirements

• A well-motivated and proactive person
• Strong communication, Training and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate in the local dialect (Yoruba/Pidgin)
• A good diploma or University Degree in agricultural science, social sciences, social works, humanities, education, or other related fields.
• At least 2 years of experience in handling social issues or work experience in community development specifically data collection and child labour monitoring
• Computer literate and able to use basic digital data collection tools and applications
• Independent, capacity to work with little supervision as well as in a team
• Ability & interest to mobilize and work with farmers in cocoa-growing communities
• Can work under pressure and is keen to continuously learn and improve.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications with relevant Documents to: Sylvester.Samuel@beyondbeans.org and copy felix.Akinrinde@beyondbeans.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.