Community Mobilizer
Job Description
Title: Community Mobilizer
Company Name: Village Education Resource Center (VERC)
Vacancy: 2
Age: 25 to 30 years
Location: Gazipur, Dhaka (Savar)
Experience:
∎ At least 3 years
Published: 25 May 2025
Education:
∎ Bachelor/Honors
∎ Bachelor's degree is preferably in social sciences, development and humanitarian studies, social work, or other relevant subject areas.
∎ Bachelor's degree is preferably in social sciences, development and humanitarian studies, social work, or other relevant subject areas.
Requirements:
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 30 years
∎ 3-5 Years practical experience in the relevant field.
∎ Finally, selected candidate will be required to respect, follow and uphold the organization's Child Protection Policy, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy, Gender Policy and the organization's Code of Conduct and others policies in their personal and professional lives.
∎ VERC authority reserves the right to accept/reject any applications without assigning any reason. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to appear for the examination.
∎ Note: In case of candidates with more experience; age limit and educational qualification would be relaxed. Women and persons with special needs will get preference.
∎ 3-5 Years practical experience in the relevant field.
∎ Finally, selected candidate will be required to respect, follow and uphold the organization's Child Protection Policy, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy, Gender Policy and the organization's Code of Conduct and others policies in their personal and professional lives.
∎ VERC authority reserves the right to accept/reject any applications without assigning any reason. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited to appear for the examination.
∎ Note: In case of candidates with more experience; age limit and educational qualification would be relaxed. Women and persons with special needs will get preference.
Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Establish an effective relationship with the garment’s owners, service providers, duty bearers, local government, and other actors to identify the vulnerable children in the communities
∎ Keep regular meetings and communication with the children and their parents
∎ The position holder will be committed to the protection of children from all forms of abuse and exploitation following the safeguarding policy and procedures.
∎ She/He is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the organizational PSEA and Child Protection policy.
∎ Arrange periodical meetings with the garment’s owner, service providers, duty bearers, local government, and other actors to share the findings of gaps in services available for the children and seek the need to mitigate those.
∎ Prepare awareness materials and share those accordingly.
∎ Support the children in the development and implementation of project interventions in a participatory way.
∎ Assist in the delivery of timely reports on field interventions.
∎ Participate in data collection, mapping exercises and organize interviews and group discussions.
∎ Work with the safeguarding focal point to assess risks and local mitigation
∎ Assist in managing case management of children and families, regarding protection of children from violence, harmful labor etc.
∎ Formation and facilitate monthly children Eco-club session and dialogue sessions with service providers and duty bearers.
∎ Facilitate monthly Life skills for success session at child group.
∎ Support STEM Coordinator to organize STEM sessions at school level.
∎ Mobilize children to access the facilities and services of child friendly space.
∎ Referring to children at risk of violence and other child protection concerns the case management team for support.
∎ Assist in preparing reports in the field.
∎ Make need assessment of the beneficiary for capacity development
∎ Arrange/ recommend training for the program participants, duty bearers, service providers, other actors etc.
∎ Act to implement child safeguarding policy of SCI and VERC for everyone concerned at every meeting or gathering.
∎ Make necessary field visits to assess the quality of the action of the project and keep notes of the findings
∎ Undertake any other duties that may be determined by the supervisor.
∎ The Village Education Resource Center (VERC) is a national level voluntary organization. The organization is registered under the Bureau of NGO Affairs and the Ministry of Social Welfare, whose certificate numbers are 133 and Dha - 02272 respectively and it is also registered with the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) with certificate number 01275-00523-00017. In partnership with Save the Children, VERC is going to implement Oporajita Phase 2 project in Savar and Gazipur area.
∎ Recruitment against the following project position will be made on urgent basis for implementation of the project interventions:
∎ Position: Community Mobilizer - (02 position)
∎ Duration: June 2025 to November 2027
∎ Job Responsibilities
∎ Establish an effective relationship with the garment’s owners, service providers, duty bearers, local government, and other actors to identify the vulnerable children in the communities
∎ Keep regular meetings and communication with the children and their parents
∎ The position holder will be committed to the protection of children from all forms of abuse and exploitation following the safeguarding policy and procedures.
∎ She/He is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the organizational PSEA and Child Protection policy.
∎ Arrange periodical meetings with the garment’s owner, service providers, duty bearers, local government, and other actors to share the findings of gaps in services available for the children and seek the need to mitigate those.
∎ Prepare awareness materials and share those accordingly.
∎ Support the children in the development and implementation of project interventions in a participatory way.
∎ Assist in the delivery of timely reports on field interventions.
∎ Participate in data collection, mapping exercises and organize interviews and group discussions.
∎ Work with the safeguarding focal point to assess risks and local mitigation
∎ Assist in managing case management of children and families, regarding protection of children from violence, harmful labor etc.
∎ Formation and facilitate monthly children Eco-club session and dialogue sessions with service providers and duty bearers.
∎ Facilitate monthly Life skills for success session at child group.
∎ Support STEM Coordinator to organize STEM sessions at school level.
∎ Mobilize children to access the facilities and services of child friendly space.
∎ Referring to children at risk of violence and other child protection concerns the case management team for support.
∎ Assist in preparing reports in the field.
∎ Make need assessment of the beneficiary for capacity development
∎ Arrange/ recommend training for the program participants, duty bearers, service providers, other actors etc.
∎ Act to implement child safeguarding policy of SCI and VERC for everyone concerned at every meeting or gathering.
∎ Make necessary field visits to assess the quality of the action of the project and keep notes of the findings
∎ Undertake any other duties that may be determined by the supervisor.
Skills & Expertise:
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Taka 26000-27000 (Monthly) and others facilities will be applicable also based on available the project budget.
∎ Taka 26000-27000 (Monthly) and others facilities will be applicable also based on available the project budget.
Workplace:
∎ Work at office
Employment Status: Contractual
Job Location: Gazipur, Dhaka (Savar)
Apply Procedure:
Hard Copy:
∎ Safeguarding Statement: VERC reserves the Safeguarding Policy of high importance and commits to rigorous procedures to ensure all our personnel and programs are safe for children. All candidates will be, therefore, subject to strict background checks.
∎ Interested candidates are requested to apply with a complete resume highlighting details of experience and achievements, 2 (two) copies of passport size photograph (attested) and copies of other relevant papers addressing the Executive Director, Village Education Resource Center, B-30, Ekhlas Uddin Khan Road, Anandapur, Savar, Dhaka-1340.
Company Information:
∎ Village Education Resource Center (VERC)
∎ B-30, Ekhlas Uddin Khan Road, Anandapur, Savar, Dhaka-1340
∎ Village Education Resource Center (VERC) is a non-governmental organization which started its journey in 1977 as a collaborative project of Save the Children, USA and UNICEF. It became a legal entity under Society?s Registration Act, in 1981, with the Department of Social Services in 1989 and with the NGO Affairs Bureau, Bangladesh. VERC is working with the poor and marginalize community for their empowerment through improving their situation by attaining self-reliance. It always tries to address the emerging needs of the working communities and collaborates with various local, national and international NGOs and government departments in realizing their common goal of social development. Since inception, VERC is working on different development aspects spreading all over the country. VERC implement its activities systematically in a planned way by consulting the community people and other development partners.
Address::
∎ B-30, Ekhlas Uddin Khan Road, Anandapur, Savar, Dhaka-1340
∎ Village Education Resource Center (VERC) is a non-governmental organization which started its journey in 1977 as a collaborative project of Save the Children, USA and UNICEF. It became a legal entity under Society?s Registration Act, in 1981, with the Department of Social Services in 1989 and with the NGO Affairs Bureau, Bangladesh. VERC is working with the poor and marginalize community for their empowerment through improving their situation by attaining self-reliance. It always tries to address the emerging needs of the working communities and collaborates with various local, national and international NGOs and government departments in realizing their common goal of social development. Since inception, VERC is working on different development aspects spreading all over the country. VERC implement its activities systematically in a planned way by consulting the community people and other development partners.
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Application Deadline: 15 Jun 2025
Category: NGO/Development
