1  Background

The Sindh People Housing for Flood Affectees is supporting the preparation of a Climate Resilient Settlement Development Plan for Village Haji Ibrahim, an informal waste-picker settlement located next to the Jam Chakro landfill in Karachi. SPHF will serve as the executing agency, while Catholic Relief Services will provide technical and implementation support, including support for recruitment and management of the project team. The planning process will combine household, spatial, infrastructure, environmental, climate, public-health, occupational-safety, livelihood and community evidence to develop practical options for in-situ settlement upgrading, with partial re-blocking considered only where technically necessary and socially acceptable. The Social Mobilizer will support inclusive community engagement throughout the planning process and ensure that the views of women, waste pickers, persons with disabilities, older persons, youth, tenants and other potentially vulnerable groups are properly represented.

2  Scope of Work

• Support community entry and maintain regular coordination with community leaders, households, waste pickers, business owners and local stakeholders.
• Prepare and maintain a stakeholder and community-group map, including groups requiring focused engagement.
• Mobilize participants for household surveys, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, participatory mapping, design consultations and validation meetings.
• Facilitate inclusive consultations in locally understood languages and ensure participation is voluntary, respectful, safe and accessible.
• Support community verification of settlement boundaries, routes, public spaces, infrastructure, livelihood zones, sorting and storage areas, hazards and priorities.
• Document concerns relating to land, services, safety, livelihoods, environmental and public-health risks and possible impacts of proposed improvements.
• Explain in-situ upgrading and any partial re-blocking option in clear language, record concerns and preferences and immediately flag potential physical or economic displacement risk.
• Ensure consultations do not create commitments or expectations beyond the approved feasibility-study scope.
• Maintain attendance records, consultation notes, consent records, authorized photographs, issue logs, feedback records and follow-up actions.
• Communicate survey schedules, project information, feedback channels and grievance-referral arrangements.
• Coordinate with the Urban Planner, Architect, Engineer, Data Enumerators, environment and safeguards personnel and CRS Project Manager or Technical Lead.
• Support community and government validation of draft findings, options and the final CRSDP.

3  Expected Outputs and Indicative Timeline

Note: These outputs are indicative work milestones for supervision and performance monitoring. They are not separately priced deliverables and do not determine monthly payment.

4  Reporting and Performance Management

• This is a fixed-term staff position. The staff member will report administratively to the Project Manager or another authorized supervisor designated in the staffing contract.
• Technical work will be guided by the CRS Technical Lead in coordination with the nominated SPHF focal person and relevant CRSDP team members.
• The expected outputs and milestones in this TOR will be used for work planning and performance monitoring. They are not separately priced or payment-linked consultancy deliverables.
• The authorized CRS supervisor will hold final authority for approving attendance, timesheets and the monthly performance certification required for payment, after considering technical feedback from the CRS Technical Lead and SPHF focal person, as applicable.
• The CRS-SPHF project will provide or facilitate access to the project data, approved hardware, licensed software and other work tools reasonably required for the position, subject to availability, licensing conditions and the approved project budget. Project assets must be used, protected and returned in accordance with applicable procedures.
• Official transportation for authorized field visits to Jam Chakro, site-access coordination and reasonable security arrangements will be organized or approved by the project in accordance with CRS and SPHF procedures.
• Required occupational health and safety gear identified through the site risk assessment—such as safety boots, gloves, masks or respirators, high-visibility vests and helmets—will be provided or arranged by the project. Staff must use the prescribed gear and comply with all security, safeguarding and OHS instructions.
• Pre-approved official field expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with applicable CRS travel and expense procedures and against the required supporting documents. Personal or unapproved expenses will not be reimbursed.
• The staff member must promptly report unsafe conditions, incidents, near misses, equipment loss, data breaches and access or security concerns through the approved reporting channels.

5  Logistics Equipment Safety and Field Expenses

6  Payment Modality

This position will be paid on a fixed monthly basis under the applicable staffing contract, subject to verified attendance or timesheets and satisfactory performance. Payment will not be calculated or released against individual deliverables. Applicable taxes and statutory deductions will be handled in accordance with the contract and relevant procedures. Any approved official field expenses will be reimbursed separately in accordance with CRS policy.

7  Contract Period and Work Arrangement

The position will be for 3 months from the date of joining. The staff member will work full-time in accordance with the approved work plan, combining office-based work in Karachi/Clifton with authorized field visits to Jam Chakro. Work schedules and field deployment may be adjusted by the authorized supervisor to respond to project sequencing, security, site access and coordination requirements.

8  Skills and Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, Anthropology, Community Development, Development Studies or another relevant discipline.
• At least four years of relevant experience in community mobilization, participatory planning, stakeholder engagement, social inclusion or settlement-level programming.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating focus group discussions, community meetings and participatory mapping.
• Experience with informal settlements, low-income urban communities, waste-picker communities or other marginalized groups is strongly preferred.
• Understanding of protection, safeguarding, informed participation, confidentiality, conflict sensitivity and do-no-harm principles.
• Strong communication, facilitation, negotiation, documentation and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in Urdu is required. Proficiency in Sindhi and other locally spoken languages is strongly preferred.
• Basic working ability in English is desirable for attendance records, short summaries and coordination.
• Ability and willingness to work extensively in the field and coordinate with diverse community and institutional stakeholders.