Community Mobilization Officer (Diploma in Civil Engineering)

Job Description

Title: Community Mobilization Officer (Diploma in Civil Engineering)

Company Name: Resource Integration Centre (RIC)

Vacancy: 01

Age: At most 30 years

Job Location: Chapainawabganj

Salary: Tk. 30000 (Monthly)

Experience:

Published: 2025-07-31

Application Deadline: 2025-08-15

Education:

• Diploma in Civil

• Diploma in civil engineering.
• Experience is not mandatory for the candidate with a Diploma in civil engineering.

• Age At most 30 years

• Demonstrated enthusiasm and eagerness to learn about climate change adaptation, community development, and rural outreach are highly valued.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and facilitation skills are essential.

Other Qualifications:

• Experience working with community groups and building local institutions is an asset.
• Fluency in the Bangla language and local dialect is essential.

Background of the project

Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), an apex development organization focusing on holistic and integrated approaches, was established by the Government of Bangladesh in May 1990 for sustainable poverty reduction through employment generation. PKSF has been implementing projects and programs in diversified sectors, including sustainable enterprise, training and education, agriculture, climate change and disaster, and so on. PKSF works with more than 15 million households through its 200 partner organizations. Many development partners, such as the World Bank, DFID, EU, ADB, IFAD, GIZ, GCF, and Adaptation Fund (AF), are working with PKSF. Please visit http://www.pksf.org.bd for details.

PKSF has been accredited to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the only dedicated and largest climate change finance window, established under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in 2013. The GCF has approved the ECCCP-Drought project in the fact that Bangladesh faces an unpredictable drought hazard due to inadequate and uneven rainfall that affects the timing of the onset and end of the monsoon season. The northwestern Barind region/districts of Bangladesh suffer the most from droughts. Climate change is changing the nature of droughts in Barind by increasing temperature and variations in precipitation. During droughts, almost all-natural surface water sources evaporate, leaving none for drinking, sanitation, or agriculture. The human cost is measured in a greater incidence of disease, especially among children and lack of nutrition due to crop failure, increased poverty, and reduced development potential.

Objective of the project

The main objective of the project is to increase the resilience of climate-vulnerable communities in drought-prone areas of Bangladesh. This objective is expected to be achieved by implementing activities covering three main components: i) improved institutional and technical capacities to address climate change-induced drought, ii) increased availability of surface and groundwater for irrigation and drinking, and iii) drought-resilient livelihoods created through sustainable agricultural production.

Resource Integration Center (RIC) was established as a non-government organization in 1981; however registered with Govt. regulatory authority in 1982. RIC developed a traditional focus on rural sector development, targeting particularly women. Since that time, through innovation, dedication, and hard work, RIC has been able to progress and diversify, to become a national-level NGO active across the country and in many development areas.

Today, RIC is conducting its operation with the support of 3484 human resources with 24 (twenty-four) developing projects across the country.

RIC’s operation covers 407 upazilas under 54 districts, through 422 branches with its “Finance for Socio-Economic Empowerment (microcredit) Program for the rural & urban poor, especially women, and old age people of the society, for supporting micro-investment opportunities in income-generating activities for achieving their sustainable livelihood.

RIC is going to implement the GCF & PKSF Funded ECCCP-Drought project at Gomastapur Upazilla of Chapainwabganj District. For implementing the project, Extended Community Climate Change Project – Drought of RIC is seeking qualified candidates for the position of the “Community Mobilization Officer (Diploma in Civil Engineering)” in its Project Management Unit (PMU) of the ECCCP-Drought project.

Location: Gomastapur Upazilla of Chapainawabganj Zilla, with at least 90% of the time spent on field visits in the project areas

Reports to: Project Coordinator (PC)

Duration of the Position: Initially for one year with the possibility of annual renewal up to project periods.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and engage key community members to establish Climate Change Adaptation Groups (CCAGs) in assigned villages/area.
• Facilitate monthly meetings of the CCAGs, ensuring active participation and discussion of climate change challenges, adaptation strategies, and project activities.
• Empower the CCAG to play a lead role in community mobilization and decision-making related to project implementation.
• Organize and conduct awareness campaigns and training sessions on climate change impacts, drought mitigation strategies, and sustainable practices.
• Work with the CCAGs to identify beneficiaries and participants for various project activities like rooftop MAR, pond MAR, pond and canal re-excavation works, drought-tolerant crop and fruit cultivation.
• Provide on-site guidance and support to community members during activity implementation.
• Promote adoption of climate-smart practices and sustainable livelihoods within the community.
• Encourage positive behavioral change toward water conservation, responsible waste management, and other adaptation strategies.
• Assist with collecting data on community demographics, livelihoods, climate perceptions, and project impacts.
• Prepare regular reports on community engagement activities, awareness campaigns, and beneficiary selection processes.
• Liaise with the Technical Officer (Engineer), Monitoring Officer, and Project Coordinator to ensure efficient data sharing and reporting.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the PC as per instructions from PKSF & IE Management.

• Mobile bill,T/A,Weekly 2 holidays
• Festival Bonus: 2

Salary and other admissible benefits.

• Monthly gross salary will be BDT 30,000/- (including all taxes).

• Eid bonus (50% of gross salary) and Nobo Borsho bonus (10% of gross salary) are provided annually upon successful completion of the probation period.

• A mobile phone bill allowance of BDT 600 per month is provided.

• A travel allowance of BDT 5,000 per month is provided.