Community Engagement Specialist

The Community Engagement Specialist will support the Mine Action and Land Rehabilitation Programme in Ukraine by ensuring effective engagement of programme stakeholders, conducting community mobilization sessions, supporting beneficiary outreach and data collection, and implementing the communications plan to foster behaviour change and community ownership in mine-affected areas.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of the Mine Action programme's internal communications plan by liaising between units to ensure accurate and timely sharing of information and production of content that directly enables programme delivery.
• Translate complex technical information from agronomists, land rehabilitation specialists, and survey teams into accessible, plain-language content for farmers and local stakeholders, including key messages, briefs, summaries, and guidance notes.
• Develop outreach materials tailored to affected communities by drafting key messages, short video scripts, brochures, and social media content.
• Serve as the primary point of coordination with the FAO Ukraine Communications Unit for final production, quality review, and dissemination of all Mine Action communication products.
• Develop community engagement sessions using behaviour change communication principles, tracking adoption of safe agricultural practices among target beneficiaries.
• Support procurement activities as outlined in the MA 2026 Communications Plan (raising PRs, finalizing POs).
• Support the field coordination and community mobilization for ARM-led farming community surveys (e.g., needs assessments, impact assessments) by facilitating community liaison and providing feedback on questionnaire accessibility for local contexts.
• Provide ad-hoc translation and interpretation support where operationally required.
• Maintain a dedicated and structured liaison relationship with the FAO Ukraine Communications Unit, coordinating inputs, review cycles, and production timelines for all Mine Action communication materials.
• Provide logistical and coordination support for project activities including workshops, training sessions, stakeholder consultations, and field visits.
• Document community feedback, concerns, and lessons learned during field visits and engagement sessions, providing structured reports to the programme team.
• Support the drafting of project progress and donor reports coordinated by the ARM Unit, preparing concise inputs on community engagement activities and contributing narrative content.
• Contribute to the beneficiary data collection and verification process led by the ARM Unit by developing clear communication materials and guidance.
• Provide project-level implementation updates and community engagement data to the ARM Unit to support tracking of output and outcome indicators.
• Maintain good understanding of contractual commitments.
• Perform any other related duties as required to support the effective implementation of the Mine Action and Land Rehabilitation Programme.

Requirements

• University degree in Communications, Journalism, Development Studies, Rural Development, Agriculture, Social Sciences, or a related technical field relevant to community engagement and programme communications.
• At least three (3) years of relevant professional experience in programme communications, community engagement, behaviour change communication, or supporting implementation of development or humanitarian projects.
• Working knowledge (Level C or native) of English and working knowledge (Level C or native) of Ukrainian.
• National of Ukraine.
• Experience in drafting communication materials, translating technical information into accessible content, and coordinating with technical and/or communications teams.
• Graphic design skills and familiarity with basic design tools.
• Good knowledge of MS Office applications and ability to use information systems/databases for data entry, extraction, and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical information (e.g., agronomic, land rehabilitation, survey data) into clear, structured, plain-language communication products tailored to non-technical audiences.
• Field experience in humanitarian, recovery, or mine-affected contexts will be considered an advantage.
• Advanced-level degree will be considered an advantage.
• Able to work under pressure and adapt to an evolving and complex humanitarian context and within multidisciplinary and different cultural background teams.
• Team player with good interpersonal skills, and facilitation/motivational skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight timelines and without direct supervision.
• Knowledge of humanitarian principles.

Skills

• Programme Communications
• Community Engagement
• Behaviour Change Communication
• Development Project Support
• Humanitarian Project Support
• Communication Materials Drafting
• Technical Information Translation
• Coordination with Communications Teams
• Graphic Design
• Design Tools
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Computer Information Systems
• Data Entry
• Data Extraction
• Reporting
• Plain-Language Communication
• Field Experience in Humanitarian Aid
• Social Mobilization
• Beneficiary Outreach
• Data Collection
• Humanitarian Principles

Languages

English, Ukrainian