Community Mobilization Assistant

Job Description

Title: Community Mobilization Assistant

Company Name: HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor's degree in any relevant subject.

Experience Requirements:
∎ 2 to 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ HELVETAS, in partnership with ACTED, is launching an emergency operation to respond to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in the sector of Site Management and Disaster Risk Reduction in the Camps of the Kutupalong-Balukhali Expansion Site, Cox`s Bazar.
∎ Line Management:
∎ The Community Mobilization Assistant will report to and operate under the supervision of the Senior Project Officer (COM).

Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Community Mobilization Assistant will be responsible for the following tasks:
∎ Management of Community Groups:
∎ Together with UNHCR and under the supervision of the Senior Project Officer, take part in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the community group program activities.
∎ Put in place structure and appropriate means to ensure Community Groups are accessible to all refugees according to the type of the groups such as men, women, or youth male & youth female.
∎ Support community groups to be run by the group members in a way that enables the highest level of participation and engagement by members.
∎ Draft Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on documentation and filing and ensure a decent and secured filing and documentation system is in place in each camp with regular monitoring on compliance to the SOP.
∎ Administration:
∎ Identify, secure and manage space for the community group, training, daily meeting, and other activities conducted by a community group.
∎ Facilitate keeping attendance sheet, community groups records, volunteer information, service projects inputs procurement, receive, issue, stock and use plan, warehouse information, reports records, and communication records.
∎ Practice papers and documents as per the guidance of the AAB program unit to ensure payment of service projects, support costs, and other programmatic costs as per the guidance of the community group. Follow the AAB Rules and Regulations.
∎ Ensure proper planning is in place and the community group needs in terms of material supports (equipment, gear, stationery, visibility materials) are met promptly.
∎ Ensure that the program and community group are equipped with the equipment (laptop, desks, stationery, documentation, etc.) and utilities needed to perform work. Regularly update operation progress to the Senior Project Officer.
∎ Together with community group members, the other team and CBP partners identify gaps in knowledge, skills, and required attitudes of the community group and design and facilitate learning/self-development; activities/organize support to improve the community group performance.
∎ Train and coach community groups on identified learning needs.
∎ Reporting & Information sharing:
∎ Ensure the community group teams are kept abreast of information related to services and relevant actors in the camp.
∎ Attend coordination meetings, share and respond to questions related to the community group program and report back key issues/matters that concern the program.
∎ Ensure dissemination of information by CBP and other service providers to the community group and their supervisors ensuring that they have relevant, up-to-date information necessary to perform their duties.
∎ Regularly review the information collection and referral forms, assess the quality of information obtained, adhere to standards and procedures, address gaps and provide feedback to the volunteers and their supervisors.
∎ Collate, review and submit timely and accurate reports on the following:
∎ Daily community group activities, types of persons with specific needs identified, actions and recommendations made by the community group
∎ A weekly summary of the activities of the community group
∎ Detail of specific needs cases under monitoring, actions/measures taken, and outcome
∎ Community group basic profile (personal information and training record) and changes in the number of community group members in each camp
∎ Daily/Weekly/Biweekly/Monthly report on protection concerns of refugee communities/groups raised by the community group
∎ Types and nature of community-based solutions identified by the community group and/or members of the refugee communities
∎ Other:
∎ Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program's goals of safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
∎ Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
∎ Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure if any reportable incident occurs, and encourage others to do so.

Additional Requirements:
∎ 2-3 years of experience in team management is essential
∎ Fluency in English (writing and speaking) and Chittagong local language (speaking) is a must
∎ High level of competence with Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint
∎ Ability to conduct relevant information management and protection training for stakeholders
∎ Ability to work independently and organize a team
∎ Ability to translate various data and documentation from English to Bangla and vice versa
∎ Excellent liaison and communication skills
∎ Good knowledge of humanitarian principals

Salary: Tk. 57000 - 59000 (Monthly)

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 18 Jun 2022

Company Information:
∎ 6 Jun 2022
∎ HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Bangladesh
∎ Business : Helvetas Bangladesh is part of a network of independent development organizations. With head offices in Switzerland, Germany and the USA, Helvetas is working in 29 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. We bring about real change in the lives of over three million disadvantaged people every year. We implement development projects in the areas of water and sanitation, agriculture and nutrition, education, economic development, democracy and peace, and climate and the environment. Helvetas also provides emergency response after disasters.

Category: NGO/Development