Community Mobilizer
Job Description
Title: Community Mobilizer
Company Name: SHEBA MANAB KALLYAN KENDRA-SMKK
Vacancy: 04
Job Location: Bagerhat
Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline. Educational qualification is flexible to the experienced candidates.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Line Manager: Project Coordinator
∎ Job Location: SMKK Project office, Sharankhola, Bagerhat
∎ Sheba Manab Kallyan Kendra (SMKK) was established in 1996 and implements integrated development projects in Bangladesh. The organisation has a particular focus to address the rights of children and women in order to improve their livelihoods. SMKK in collaboration with United Purpose will implement Strengthening Forecast-based Early Actions in Cyclone Prone coastal region at Sharankhola Upazila, Bagerhat district in Bangladesh (STEP) project which is funded by DG-ECHO.
∎ Position Rationale:
∎ Strengthening Forecast-based Early Actions in Cyclone Prone coastal region in Bangladesh (STEP) project will support national and capacitate local authorities in improving institutional, legislative & policy frameworks that are specific to preparedness and response where appropriate, relevant and necessary, in collaboration with respective development actors. Besides, the action will use an approach which strengthens multi-stakeholder coordination for ensuring the right people, right time and right initiatives in the right way (4R). For the ambition of the intervention to be met, the action will maintain very close coordination and collaboration with FBF/A taskforce, FBF Working Group, FbF Forum. This action will also emphasize to build on and contextualising existing protocols, guideline and modules to make this FbA protocol more specific to the locations and context.
∎ Job Nature: Contractual for 16 months with possibility of further extension
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The Community Mobilizers will support the Project Officer and Project Coordinator to implement the project activities at the community level of the STEP project at Sharankhola Upozila, Bagerhat district.
∎ Job Responsibilities:
∎ To ensure project have better plan to achieve their goals
∎ Organize meeting to orient the project activities at community level
∎ Organize meeting with the community people to orient the project activities at field level
∎ Closely work with the community-based organizations to orient the project approaches and strategy
∎ Closely work with the community people to create awareness on cyclone preparedness and disaster risk reduction
∎ Implement the project activities at unions and community level
∎ Select the community-based volunteer and capacity building to work closely with the vulnerable community people.
∎ Assist to organize community and union level meeting with the support of community-based volunteer.
∎ Mobilize CBOs (Women committee, youth groups and adolescent clubs) to create a culture of preparedness at community level through meetings, training and workshops.
∎ Assist to develop the capacity of Shelter Management Committee (SMCs) on shelter readiness to face shock and stress
∎ Organize training for the capacity building of DMCs, CBOs and local stakeholders to develop risk informed early action plan at local level.
∎ Support community level relevant stakeholders to establish networking and promoting risk informed forecast based early action protocol at local level.
∎ Organize dissemination workshop at union and community level.
∎ Select the beneficiaries to implement the small-scale FbF option (Pilot financing) to test the effectiveness of the forecast based early action system.
∎ Assist to collect the information and data from the field
∎ Assist to develop the report of the project.
∎ Results/Expected Outputs:
∎ Assigned Projects under area of responsibility are well managed, reported, and documented;
∎ All quality measures are taken for all works under responsibility and properly communicated to the line manager and other concerned parties;
∎ All reporting requirements are met whether daily/weekly /monthly or annually.
∎ Organizational processes and procedures are followed throughout the works under area of responsibility.
∎ The development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on-the-job training, when working with (including supervising) staff or (non-) governmental counter-parts, including Implementing Partners (IPs);
∎ Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 2 years' experience in the development field specially in DRR projects
∎ Basic knowledge on disaster management system at local
∎ Experience in group formation, group meeting, community meeting and community mobilization
∎ Good team member and rapport building skill with the community people and union parishad.
∎ Experience working within the NGO context at a field level.
∎ Experience in data and collection from filed
∎ Experience to work in hard-to-reach areas in coastal areas of Bangladesh.
∎ Willingness to drive bi-cycle or local transport in remote areas.
Salary:
∎ Monthly Tk. 20,000 (Consolidated)
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Profit share
∎ As per project provision
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 8 Jul 2021
Company Information:
∎ 30 Jun 2021
∎ SHEBA MANAB KALLYAN KENDRA-SMKK
∎ Address : Head Office:
Dashani, Bagerhat Sadar, Bagerhat-9300, Bangladesh
House #KA 59, (3rd Floor) Nordda Bazar, North Baridhara,
Dhaka Office: Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.smkk.org
∎ Business : SHEBA MANAB KALLYAN KENDRA-SMKK was established in 1996 and implements integrated development projects in Bangladesh. The organization has a particular focus to address the rights of children and women in order to improve their livelihoods. With leadership of United Purpose SMKK will implement “Strengthening Forecast-based Early Actions in Cyclone Prone coastal region at Sharankhola Upazila, Bagerhat district in Bangladesh (STEP) project” which is funded by DG-ECHO.
The project duration is initial 18 months and highly possibly to extension for another few years. Therefore, SMKK invites application for the mentioned positions from qualified candidates for this project.
Category: NGO/Development
