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Organizational Context

WFP Colombia has been active since 1969, focusing on humanitarian aid, development, and peacebuilding. The organization supports sustainable food security and works with various partners to reach remote rural populations. WFP Colombia's Country Strategic Plan 2024-2028 aims to enhance the resilience, livelihoods, and socio-economic inclusion of vulnerable populations, particularly those affected by food insecurity, conflict, and climate change.

Job Purpose

The Community Liaison Assistant will support the "Strengthening Livelihoods and Life Fabrics" project, focusing on improving the climate resilience and food security of indigenous and rural communities in the Colombian Amazon. This role involves accompanying technical, functional, and governance diagnostics of community water and sanitation systems to identify infrastructure status, service access gaps, and local operational capacities. The assistant will support community strengthening, formulate technical and social recommendations, and implement nature-based solutions, value chains, and gender mainstreaming actions. Key responsibilities include acting as a technical liaison, participating in community and territorial spaces, collecting and analyzing field data, monitoring partner performance, supporting water committee strengthening, and assessing water and sanitation infrastructure and conditions.

Responsibilities

The Community Liaison Assistant will act as a technical link with territorial entities, facilitating the implementation of adaptation measures and resilience strategies. This role involves participating in community spaces and territorial technical tables, articulating actions with local actors, and integrating traditional knowledge. The assistant will support the collection, systematization, and analysis of information for project monitoring and evaluation, producing monthly technical reports. They will conduct field follow-up on the technical and operational performance of partners, verifying compliance with standards, schedules, and quality of interventions. Responsibilities include supporting the strengthening of water committees and community structures, analyzing local operation and maintenance capacities, and proposing practical adjustments to community management models. The role also entails gathering field information on water and sanitation systems in prioritized communities, assessing the physical and functional status of existing infrastructure, and verifying water availability, quantity, and quality, identifying operational risks and service gaps. Furthermore, the assistant will identify sanitation gaps, provide technical input for the contracting and supervision of implementing partners, and consolidate field technical reports with findings, early warnings, and viable recommendations. Other technical activities related to the role within the framework of field office operations and supervisor assignments are also expected.

Work Experience

Requires a minimum of three years of field experience in rural water and sanitation projects, community development, or environmental management.

Skills

Community liaison, Technical assessment, Water and sanitation systems, Rural development, Environmental management, Climate change adaptation, Community strengthening, Field data collection, Project monitoring and evaluation, Report writing, Infrastructure assessment, Needs analysis, Capacity building, Intercultural communication, Problem-solving, Facilitation skills

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