Our client supports the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our client’s mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.

Working in some of the world’s most challenging environments, our client’s vision is to advance sustainable implementation practices, always satisfying or surpassing partners’ expectations. With a global presence and extensive expertise, our client offers partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, wherever they need it. A flexible structure and global reach enable our client to quickly respond to partners’ needs while offering the benefits of efficiency and scale.

Background Information: Somalia Country Office (SOCO)

Our client has been operating in Somalia since 1995. The Somalia Country Office (SOCO) manages and coordinates a diverse portfolio across a variety of sectors, including health, rule of law, crisis recovery, and security and justice. Located in Mogadishu, SOCO works with multiple partners including the Government of Somalia, bilateral and multilateral donors, United Nations agencies, funds, and programmes.

The Activating Climate-Resilient Agricultural Livelihoods in Somalia (ACALS) programme directly responds to these challenges by strengthening resilience through sustainable water and land management, climate-smart agriculture, diversified livelihoods, and climate risk management. The programme aims to enhance food security, income generation, and resilience for vulnerable communities, with particular attention to women and youth. The ACALS programme is financed by the African Development Bank, with additional funding support from WFP, and implemented as a joint programme led by WFP in close collaboration with the FGS and the AfDB. Within this framework, our client supports the delivery of selected components in line with its comparative advantage in implementation, contributing to national priorities for inclusive growth, climate resilience, and sustainable development.

The ACALS Programme aims to enhance the resilience and livelihoods of vulnerable smallholder farmers and pastoral communities in Hirshabelle and Puntland States through climate-resilient water infrastructure, improved agricultural productivity, and strengthened market access.

Summary of Key Functions

The Community Liaison Officer embedded within the Client is responsible for liaising with the local community, local government authorities, and other project stakeholders to ensure the ACALS project activities are implemented as per schedule and scope, addressing the day-to-day concerns of the community and ensuring acceptability among all stakeholders.

The position roles and responsibilities include maintaining regular contact and networking with project stakeholders and updating the Client on the status of project activity implementation.

The Community Liaison Officer will manage project implementation liaison between Administrative Districts, local authorities, the Client’s supervision team, communities, and the works implementation Contractor(s).

The role includes coordinating and managing the organization of meetings between the Client and project stakeholders, including the community, when requested by the Client.

The Community Liaison Officer will maintain detailed and accurate records of meetings, including agendas, attendance records, meeting minutes, follow-up actions, and agreed commitments.

The Officer will deliver project documents to all relevant parties and receive documents from external and internal stakeholders, ensuring they are shared with the appropriate project personnel.

The Officer will manage dissemination of project information on behalf of the Client, ensuring that communities at construction sites are kept informed of project developments and that communication channels remain open.

The Officer will share community concerns with the Client, facilitate the resolution process, and communicate the Client’s responses back to the concerned communities.

The Officer will ensure that all community consultation and communication records are properly maintained and organized.

The Officer will document lessons learned and best practices in community consultation and project communication to support continuous improvement in project implementation.

The Officer will perform other community liaison duties as required by project circumstances.

This role will report to line manager

Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Development Studies, Economics (or similar discipline) is required.

Experience
A minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience in communication and liaison, interpreting/translation-related fields is required.
Local knowledge and understanding of the Beledweyne and Garowe context is required.
Experience working with Local Government institutions is desirable.
Familiarity with Microsoft Office tools and Google Suite products is required.

Language
Excellent command of the Somali and English languages (oral and written) is required.

This role has no team management responsibility.

To be advised