Dedicated and experienced professional with a strong background in the social and development sector, specializing in community-based protection, data management, and humanitarian assistance. Since 2019, I have been committed to improving the lives of vulnerable populations, particularly refugees and displaced persons, through effective fieldwork, coordination, and advocacy. Skilled in independent work, multitasking, and maintaining high accuracy in data entry and management. Proficient in English, Urdu, and Pashto with a willingness to learn additional languages to better serve diverse communities.
• Facilitating all stages of community-based action plans by empowering and mentoring community groups through participatory approaches.
• Support the notion of creating a safe environment that is conducive to meaningful dialogue and ensure the integrity of Community-Based Protection mechanisms is upheld.
• Daily implementation of field level activities in accordance with operational priorities.
• Deal with the community as a front line contact with Outreach Volunteers (VOs) and provide support to them to resolve the community’s issues and strengthen the referral mechanism.
• Build capacity of all community structures and host community protection committees.
• Identifying individuals categorized as Persons with Specific Needs (PSNs), Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) who require urgent support and are at risk of harmed.
• Working with community structures to facilitate access to the available services and improve referral pathways.
• Work closely with Outreach Volunteers in identifying and supporting cases in need of individualized support.
• Community awareness raising on available services and respective service providers.
• Ensure inclusion or integration of women and persons with disabilities in all community activities.
• Support community structure in developing yearly plans and adhering to their action plans and also ensuring community structures have working gears.
• Advocate for community participation to ensure refugees especially females have access health care, education, skill building opportunities.
• Build relationships with religious leaders, community leaders and influential people in community.
• Supporting social reintegration of individual cases.
• Work with Monitoring and evaluation team in organizing sessions to receive feedback from the community and provide feedback to the community on the issues raised.
• Any other work assigned by the Supervisor.
• Manage overall community-based protection activities in the refugee settlement areas.
• Data collection and data entry to share with the M&E department.
• Plan and conduct meetings, trainings and awareness campaigns.
• Ensure community participation at all stages of programming.
• Provide guidance and support to OVs on the community mobilization, counseling, recreational activities and other community-protection and engagement activities.
• Coordinate with other UNHCR partner organizations and other NGOs in community mobilization, referral systems and create awareness in an integrated manner.
• Track the cases reported at the office and within the community.
• Prepare work plans, monthly/weekly/quarterly and semiannual along with required activity reports as requested by the Project Manager
• Participate in coordination meetings as assigned by supervisor.
• File and ensure all OVs reports and community structures meeting minutes are well documented.
Field visits Data collection Administration skills Signing and approving bills with hotel management. Moving logistics materials to different areas of KPK. Distribution of logistics materials.