Social Mobilizer

Job Description

Title: Social Mobilizer

Company Name: Rights Jessore

Vacancy: 1

Age: At most 45 years

Job Location: Jashore

Salary: Tk. 26000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• 2 to 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Bachelor/Honors

• Graduate preferably in Social Science or any discipline.

• 2 to 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Age At most 45 years

• Flexible for highly experienced candidates

• Minimum two to three years of practical experience in relevant work for human trafficking survivors/vulnerable groups/communities at grass roots-levels.

• Experience on information collection from the vulnerable and at-risk groups, and documentation.

• Demonstrate positive attitude and sensitivity to support vulnerable and at-risk groups, and communities.

• Strong understanding of gender and diversity issues.

• Demonstrate strong interpersonal communication skills.

• Required Languages: Strong written and oral command in English/Bangle is required.

Project Background

Rights Jessore is a leading human rights organization in Bangladesh dedicated to protection and promotion of human rights, prevention of human trafficking and providing service to the victims of human trafficking. Since 1991, Rights Jessore has been working for providing supports to victim rescue, repatriation, reintegration and rehabilitation.

"ASHSHASH (Phase-II) is a project of WINROCK International which is implemented by Rights Jessore through a partnership agreement. The Ashshash (Phase-II) is funded by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh through WINROCK International. The main objective of the project is to ensure that "women and men who have escaped trafficking will restore their dignity and well-being and become self-sufficient". The survivors will be provided psychosocial counselling support along with other social services and facilitated opportunities for skill-development and entrepreneurship training. Upon completion of the training survivors will be placed in either wage-based and or self-employment. Furthermore, Ashshash will reach people in the project`s working areas; either directly or indirectly, through awareness-raising activities on factors that make people vulnerable to human trafficking, and to ensure the prevention of human trafficking. In this regards, Rights Jessore is looking for suitable candidates for an immediate appointment as well as to prepare a panel list for the following’s positions for ASHSHASH Phase-II project

Rights Jessore will recruit one Social Mobilizer for Jashore district and will work closely with the Psychosocial Counselors and the direct supervision of the Case Manager, Social Services. The details of the position including job responsibilities, educational qualification and other qualities /competency required for the above position are given below.

Position reports to: Case Manager-Social Service, Project Manager, Ashshash II, finally Director Program of Rights Jessore

Responsibilities:

• Social Mobilizer will be full-time position in the project locations

• Social Mobilizer will be responsible for upazila, union and ward-level activities of the project location.

• Identified the potential survivors from project area through maintain project guidelines.

• Maintain close liaison with relevant stakeholders from government and non-government organizations.

• Information collection from the targeted area/district through communicate with local Government and Non-Government organization, Individual communication, family visit etc.

• Provide support to comprehensive `Needs-Assessment` of the survivors to identify primarily the social services (and secondarily, the economic services) that will be required for their specific contexts.

• Establishing a relationship of trust and respect with survivors, maintain survivors` confidentiality of information throughout the ongoing process of counselling, and build trust with their families, peers, and communities.

• The position will be responsible for referral services of the beneficiaries for social protection.

• The position will follow up the services with the support of CTIPs.

• The position will follow up the empowerment process of the survivors as well as their families.

• Participate in different training, meeting, workshop, seminar, symposium organized by the project and other counterpart.

• The position will keep individual records of the beneficiaries with supporting documents and MIS database system.

• The position will coordinate among themselves, with PC, Counselors, CTIPs and other relevant stakeholders.

• Ensure quality work at the field level

• Other admissible benefits as per organization policy and project support.