COMMUNITY MOBILIZER
Job Description
Title: COMMUNITY MOBILIZER
Company Name: Practical Action - Bangladesh.
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Faridpur
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
∎ Preferably in Social Science, Development Studies, Anthropology, public relation, anthropology, etc.
∎ Good English writing, analytical and communication skills.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 1 to 3 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Programmatic Responsibilities
∎ Organize, Conduction and follow up door to door campaign for source segregation waste to city dwellers.
∎ Responds to inquiries from community members and other interested parties, when arises e.g. price of feedstock.
∎ Assists in social mobilization campaign for community sensitization for plastic waste collection and delivery to pyrolysis plant, support in formation of waste workers cooperatives, sensitize wider level community and facilitate trainings to multilevel stakeholders.
∎ Day-to-day facilitation and progress monitoring of the activities related to social mobilisation carried out by multiple actors
∎ Assist in organize, conduct trainings to waste workers groups, other societal groups, etc.
∎ Promote, facilitate and coordinate a participatory approach among all stakeholders raise awareness on plastic waste management, integrated waste management, waste segregation at source, behavioural change in the community, etc.
∎ Assist in demand creation for city-wide faecal sludge management service delivered by the municipality
∎ Facilitate the capacity building process on FSM of the relevant stakeholders including youth and children through organising different sensitisation and capacity building programmes
∎ Support to organise exposure events, workshop, municipal sanitation planning and social mobilisation events for demand creation
∎ Assist in monitoring of third party driven social campaign such as street drama, miking, postering, etc.
∎ Maintain liaison with community leaders, members of TLCC and MSCC, council members of municipality, committee members of school, hospitals, markets, kitchen markets, etc.
∎ Organise youth groups for social campaign in different events, day observations, etc.
∎ Working closely with the Project Coordinator (Technical), Officer – Social Mobilization, to ensure that the quality project social campaign, events, etc.
∎ Keeping records of all documentations and project implementation process.
∎ Any other tasks assigned by the senior management for ensuring smooth delivery of the projects
∎ Administrative Responsibilities:
∎ S/he will support in organisational administrative works at the local level in coordination with country office people and culture department, finance department, and general support service department.
∎ S/he will be responsible for effective financial management by organisational policies at the local level.
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year of post-graduation work experience in the development sector (preferably in social mobilisation campaigning)
∎ Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.
∎ Capacity to mobilize communities
∎ Ability to work with people of various backgrounds, culture and religions
∎ Some knowledge and understanding of gender mainstraiming
∎ Team player is essential
∎ Willing and able to travel independently outside station.
Salary: Tk. 35000 (Monthly)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill, Provident fund, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance, Gratuity
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 13 May 2022
Company Information:
∎ 29 Apr 2022
∎ Practical Action - Bangladesh.
∎ Address : House # 28/A, Road # 5, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
∎ Web : www.practicalaction.org
∎ Business : Practical Action is an international development organisation putting ingenious ideas to work so people in poverty can change their world.
We help people find solutions to some of the world’s toughest problems. Challenges made worse by catastrophic climate change and persistent gender inequality. We work with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. And we share what works with others, so answers that start small can grow big.
We’re a global change-making group. The group consists of a UK registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent development publishing company and a technical consulting service. We combine these specialisms to multiply our impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone.
Category: NGO/Development
