Community Facilitator
Job Description
Title: Community Facilitator
Company Name: HEED Bangladesh
Vacancy: 04
Job Location: Noakhali (Noakhali Sadar, Subarnachar)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Gradates from social science or a related field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ 1. Mobilize community for the Arsenic and WASH programme activities, organize house-to-house hygiene promotion visits,
∎ 2. Focus group discussions and mass awareness campaigns to promote good hygiene practices within targeted communities.
∎ 3. Mobilize community for the Arsenic and WASH programme activities, organize distribution of hygiene kits to promote good hygiene practices within targeted communities.
∎ 4. Promote safe Arsenic and WASH practices, including appropriate use and maintenance of WASH facilities and services, and improved hygiene behaviors
∎ 5. Enable effective dialogue with the affected / targeted community to allow the organization to be held to account for the quality of the Arsenic and WASH programme
∎ 6. Help identify needs for non-food items relevant to hygiene, participate in the choice of items, targeting strategy, promotion of effective use, and post-distribution monitoring
∎ 7. Assist in selecting, train, and manage Standing Committees from the targeted community (Community Water Management Committee members and other community volunteers) or other hygiene outreach workers within the targeted beneficiaries
∎ 8. Assist the project team in the assessment for selection of upazilla&districts and communities for the Arsenic and WASH programme activities.
∎ 9. Assist in the implementation of community events to raise awareness about key hygiene issues and their implications on the health of the community. Examples include “World water day” or “handwashing Days” and the progammes of hygiene and health education established in Schools, child friendly spaces, etc.
∎ 10. Facilitate and conduct community level participatory hazard vulnerability, community action plans, capacity assessments and WASH assessments;
∎ 11. Mobilize district official and community members for the district level Arsenic and WASH Programme activities and assist the district authorities and communities in preparation.
∎ 12. Prepare and submit narrative weekly, monthly, quarterly, and other reports on the WASH activities including training and community mobilization.
∎ 13. Assist in monitoring and ensuring proper field/camp data collection, analysis and storage
∎ 14. Responsible for mobilizing staff and members of schools, Child friendly spaces and other institutions including establishment of hygiene and sanitation clubs and schools/institutions
∎ 15. Conducting KAP surveys, household water sue/consumption surveys etc.
∎ 16. Give support to the monitoring and evaluation team while performing their activities in the field.
∎ 17. Any other related functions as may be required by the supervisor.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 35 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ 1. At least two years of experience in Field level works, especially in WASH&Arsenic
∎ 2. Excellent oral and written (English and Bangla) communications skills(With Fluency in Local Language).
∎ 3. Knowledge of the internet and good general computer skills.
∎ 4. Highly organized, ability to work to strict deadlines.
∎ 5. Sensitive to social mobilization and cultural issues.
∎ 6. Team player and self-starter.
∎ 7. Ability to priorities and organize work tasks.
∎ 8. Flexible and able to embrace change positively.
∎ 9. High sense of confidentiality and ability to conduct community session
∎ 10. Females are encouraging to apply.
Salary:
∎ Tk. 27100 (Monthly)
∎ Consolidation with festival bonus
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ As per organizational policy / Project Budget Provision
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 21 Feb 2023
Company Information:
∎ 7 Feb 2023
∎ HEED Bangladesh
∎ Address : Main Road, Plot#19, Section-11,Block - A, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216
∎ Web : www.heed-bangladesh.com
∎ Business : HEED Bangladesh established in 1974, HEED Bangladesh has been committed to participate and promote national development through upgrading the socio-economic condition of the disadvantaged and the underprivileged people in the society. As an NGO established by Christian leaders and several western partner organizations in response to post-war needs in Bangladesh, HEED Bangladesh sustained its relevance by redesigning its strategies in accordance with its philosophy of Poverty alleviation and Empowerment of the poor.
Throughout the years HEED Bangladesh has been serving this nation to achieve Eight SDG (SDG 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 13, and 17) in various scopes that include Health, Education (Formal and Informal), Agriculture, Capacity Building, Environmental resource management and Bio-diversity conservation, Disaster management, Socio-economic development of marginalized and underprivileged people, etc.
Presently HEED Bangladesh is working with a motto of ‘Serving the Humanity’ in 32 districts of Bangladesh. Most impactful projects of HEED Bangladesh include Bangladesh has been working in the fields of health, education, agriculture, aquaculture, livestock, forestry, environment & natural resource management, bio-diversity conservation, disaster management, socio-economic development of marginalized and under privileged people, micro finance, nutrition & Hygiene education, water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, Adolescents and young reproductive health, rural development, awareness raising social mobilization, arsenic mitigation , women empowerment, street children, different emergency response ,Heritage preservationand Educational projects in partnership with the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, and numerous well-reputed NGOs and INGOs.
Category: NGO/Development
: If you are passionate about social change process, want to leave your footsteps in the WASH sector, courageous to improve lives of the poor with arsenic mitigation, water, sanitation and hygiene, confident to meet organization’s expectations and fulfill the above-mentioned requirements, please apply accordingly.
