Title: Community Mobiliser- CLARISSA Programme
Company Name: Terre des hommes
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka (Dhaka Sadar)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Science
∎ No preferences
Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 3 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s):
Others
Job Context:
∎ CLARISSA is a consoritum partnership programme, led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), to generate a strong evidence base on, and innovative solutions to, the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) in Bangladesh and Nepal. The programme is designed to build on the strengths of all consortium partners to work towards a decrease in the number of children in the WFCL in the programme countries. Its focus is on surfacing key drivers of the worst forms of child labour and developing interventions to counteract them. The primary beneficiaries of the programme are children in the worst forms of child labour and those who are vulnerable to being drawn into it. The families of these children will benefit from greater resilience to shocks, better options for their children’s safe and healthy future and less intra-family stress and conflict.
∎ The Community Mobiliser will take an active role in day-to- day operations of complementary activities as part of a ‘cash plus’ intervention in urban slums in Dhaka. The intervention provides regular cash transfers, which is accompanied by additional support through needs based community organising and community mobilisation. This position will work in close supervision of the Lead Community Mobiliser. S/he will be responsible for the day-to-day interventions related to community mobilisation and casework of children and their households that are part of the intervention. Community Mobilisers will also assist the Lead Community Mobiliser in organising the community groups and collective action that form a critical part of the implementation of the CLARISSA programme in Bangladesh.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ • Establish effective relationship with the community, including children, their families, community people, employers, and association
∎ • Visit and meet key community members to inspire and engage in social protection intervention including cash transfer and cash plus activities
∎ • Support adults and children in the slums in the development and implementation of project interventions, developed in a participatory fashion
∎ • Operationalise cash transfer and community intervention in the community
∎ • Assess risks in the field and consider possible risk management strategies
∎ • Assist in the delivery of timely reports on cash transfers and cash plus interventions
∎ • Assist to the participatory action research processes and groups
∎ • Participate in data collection, and mapping exercises and organize interviews and group discussions as part of different research studies
∎ • Work with the safeguarding focal point to assess risks and local mitigation (e.g. referral resources)
∎ • Manage case work of children and families, assess services, and identify referrals
∎ • Assist in preparing report on social protection interventions in the field
∎ • Make the community space in the slum visible and maintain the high standard to organise community mobilisation-related activities in the field
∎ Undertake any other duties that may be determined by the supervisor.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 18 to 50 years
∎ • Preference will be given to incumbents who have at least 1-year experience of working with children and communities in disadvantaged context, especially Dhaka slums
∎ • Experience of community mobilisation, community organising, rapport building with the community members, mediation, conflict facilitation, needs analyses, and participatory action research.
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply
Salary: Tk. 35247 - 35300 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Prorated Festival Bonus
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 10 Jun 2023
Company Information:
∎ 1 Jun 2023
∎ Terre des hommes
∎ Address : House no: 52 (1st and 2nd Floor),
Road no: 15,
Block: D,
Banani, Dhaka – 1213
∎ Web : www.tdh.ch/en
∎ Business : Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an International Non-Profit Private Organization operating in Bangladesh since 1974 in the fields of Child Protection, Healthcare, Nutrition, Emergency Relief, Water/Sanitation and Hygiene.
Category: NGO/Development
: Application should include Curriculum Vitae and Motivational Letter addressed to the Country Representative, Terre des hommes Foundation with “Community Mobiliser” in the subject field at https://hiring-bd.tdh.ch/application-form-community-mobiliser-clarissa-programme/ . Please mention “CV Full name” and “ML_Full name” you are applying for the file name. The deadline will be on 10 June 2023. The motivational letter with an updated CV should include current salary (if in employment) or last salary drawn salary, names of two former supervisors to serve as references with phone and email contact info, and earliest date of availability. Only properly complete applications will be considered for short-listing. Short-listed applications will subsequently be called for written and interviews.Women are highly encouraged to apply for this position. Tdh is an equal opportunity organization and recruitment procedure follows the Terre des hommes Child Protection Policy.
Source: bdjobs.com