The selected consultant will be responsible for the following tasks:

Community Mobilization and Coordination

Mobilize, coordinate, and maintain strong relationships with community champions, schools, health providers, CHPs, child protection officers, parents, and adolescents.

Serve as the main local liaison for Girl Effect, Tunaweza Empowerment CBO, Migori County Government teams (GBV and Child Protection Units), Nairobi/Migori County Health teams, and other stakeholders.

Support planning, logistics, and execution of trainings, community sessions, events, monitoring visits, and baseline/endline assessments.

Facilitation of Community Sessions

Organize and facilitate community dialogues and forums using Girl Effect’s media assets, discussion guides, and WAZZII 3.0 digital tools.

Lead conversations on child marriage, girls’ education, gender norms, MNH, and adolescent health, encouraging reflection and action.

Promote integration of digital tools (chatbots, concierge, Champions App) into offline conversations.

Gather session feedback and share insights with the project team to inform continuous learning.

Champion Support and Capacity Strengthening

Support recruitment, onboarding, and supervision of community champions under Tunaweza CBO and other partners.

Coordinate and co-facilitate training workshops to build champions’ skills in facilitation, mobilization, safeguarding, digital tool use, and health messaging.

Provide continuous mentorship, troubleshooting, and motivation to ensure champions deliver impactful sessions.

Government and Partner Engagement

Serve as the link between the project and county/sub-county offices (Child Protection, GBV, Health, Local Administration).

Support rollout of community messaging in high-risk child marriage hotspots and WAZZII 3.0 engagement areas, aligning with official reporting, referral, and health service delivery structures.

Facilitate collaboration between champions, CHPs, and government officers to strengthen protection, reporting, and health uptake mechanisms.

Monitoring, Learning, and Reporting

Document attendance, feedback, key discussion points, health service referrals, and champions’ performance.

Submit timely reports, workplans, and recommendations.

Support Girl Effect’s Evidence & Insights team with endline data collection, ensuring community buy-in and data quality.

Capture stories of change and lessons learned for donor and partner reporting.

Flexible Surge Support

Be available for additional tasks such as extra trainings, launch events, urgent dialogues, troubleshooting, or media rollouts to ensure responsiveness to evolving community needs.

Deliverables

Community Mobilization Plan: Detailed plan outlining how champions, schools, parents, and adolescents will be engaged in Migori and Nairobi.

Training Reports: Attendance sheets, training materials, and post-training summaries for all champion and stakeholder training sessions.

Discussion Session Reports: Session attendance, discussion summaries, feedback forms, and photo documentation (where appropriate).

Government Engagement Log: Record of meetings, agreements, and joint activities with Migori County GBV Office, child protection officers, and volunteers.

Final Pilot Report: Comprehensive report summarizing activities, insights, challenges, outcomes, and recommendations for scale-up.

Ad-hoc Deliverables: Any additional reports or updates required to respond to emerging needs or opportunities during implementation.

Qualifications

Proven experience coordinating community-based projects focused on GBV, FGM, child marriage prevention, or similar social issues

Strong background in community mobilization, facilitation, and stakeholder relationship management.

Demonstrated experience working with local government structures, child protection officers, and community volunteers.

Knowledge of participatory training methods and experience delivering capacity-building workshops.

Skilled in documentation, basic reporting, and feedback collection.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse community members, leaders, schools, parents, and adolescents.

Commitment to safeguarding, gender equality, and child protection principles.

Strong cultural awareness and sensitivity about the cultures within which Girl Effect operates.

Excellent written and spoken English and Swahili, with an ability to cut through complexity and communicate effectively to multi-disciplinary audiences.

Commitment to realizing girls' potential and to the Girl Effect's vision and values.

Bachelor’s degree in Communications studies and related fields.

3+ years of experience.