Introduction:

Human Appeal is an incorporated UK charity and a global humanitarian and development organization. We save lives, alleviate poverty, transform and empower local communities whilst championing humanity, impartiality, neutrality, and independence and establishment of self-sustaining development programmes. Our vision is ‘’ to become the global agent of change for a just, caring, and sustainable world’’.

Position Summary:

The Social mobilizer will be responsible for project field level implementation activities including community mobilization, conducting assessments, selection of beneficiaries as per criteria and ensure ground level implementation of project structural and capacity-building activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Prepare activity implementation plan and discuss the required resources to undertake the activity
• Ensure the community participation the project activities
• Form / re-organize Community Based organizations (CBOs) male/female
• Conduct Village mapping/profiling through different PRA tools (i.e. is BBCMs, Mapping/profile, conflict resolution wealth ranking etc).
• Mobilize community and orient project and organizations' mandate
• Work with community members to map and prioritize community needs
• Identify and organize appropriate capacity building, and technical resources to support project implementation.
• Ensure efficient and effective implementation of Food Security, Livelihoods and WASH related interventions at community level.
• Write regular weekly, monthly and other reports (as per suggestion and need)
• Facilitation and support in conducting the awareness sessions
• Mobilize community groups, sensitize and train them on specific topics as required, organize and facilitate meetings.
• Follow the Social Mobilization guidelines of Human Appeal and implement it at community level.
• Perform other duties as requested by the line supervisor
• Prepare daily field visit reports after commencing the visit in the field
• Prepare and submit weekly progress report well on time
• Prepare any other reports when required/asked by the supervisor
• Actively participate in staff meetings

Qualification & Experience:

• Graduation in any field of social sciences, community health or related fields.
• Good level of spoken and written Sindhi and local languages.
• Excellent behavior change communication and counseling skills.
• Excellent skills in organizing workflow, capacity to follow protocols and take own initiative.
• Excellent ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work in an environment where there are physical discomforts associated with change in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust or dirt.

Skills and Proficiencies:

• Ability and willingness to autonomously travel to duty site/ health facility and villages when required.
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions like long distance walking to work/distribution sites
• Excellent spoken and written local language /Urdu and English language skills
• Good computer skills – ability to write weekly and monthly reports and data analysis
• Good interpersonal and communication skills

Note: As we are looking for immediate hires, we will be reviewing candidates on rolling basis.