Community Mobilizer

ABOUT Acted PAKISTAN:

Acted is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris, founded in 1993. Independent, private, and not-for-profit, Acted respects a strict political and religious impartiality and operates according to the principles of non-discrimination and transparency. Acted has been present in Pakistan since 1993, providing assistance across all provinces to an estimated 6.9 million people. This assistance has included emergency responses to meet the immediate needs of households affected by natural disasters and complex emergencies, as well as recovery and development support through education and livelihoods promotion.

Job Purpose:

The Community Mobilizer, under the operational guidance of the Deputy/Project Manager, is responsible for ensuring proper implementation of ACTED’s project in Mithi District. The Community Mobilizer oversees field operations, ensuring effective and timely completion of activities, delivery of quality outputs, and achievement of outcomes with maximum impact for beneficiaries. This role involves day-to-day management of all aspects of the project while liaising with relevant internal departments, external partners, and project stakeholders.

Duties And Responsibilities:

• Support beneficiary selection, preparation of lists, voucher distribution, and follow-up in the target communities and district.
• Identify and proactively communicate any issues that might affect project implementation and engage community support with guidance from the Project Manager and Deputy Project Manager to address these issues.
• Support the identification of new home-based businesses/enterprises in target communities.
• Lead necessary orientation, mobilization sessions, and training in the field.
• Ensure active community support for project activities and ownership.
• Be responsible for the collection and dissemination of information between communities, project staff, and stakeholders.
• Provide facilitation in the formation of community groups, record-keeping, weekly meetings, and training/capacity building of community group members, if needed.
• Assist the PM and DPM to ensure the completion of the project in a timely manner and within budgetary limits.
• Prepare field reports on a timely basis.
• Maintain and manage records of all field-related documents in hard and soft forms.
• Support the PM and project team in mapping, identifying, and selecting beneficiaries in target districts as per the agreed mechanism.
• Support data collection, management, and field reporting on a regular basis.
• Work closely with Project Team members to ensure that all activities are executed in a coordinated and timely manner.

Requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent local language (Sindhi) proficiency skills; good English and Urdu language proficiency skills and familiarity with local customs and traditions will be an added advantage.
• Excellent management, team building, communication, and networking skills.
• Must be flexible and adapt quickly to changes in the situation.
• Ability to work effectively with colleagues from varied cultures and professional backgrounds.
• Ability to travel for work assignments in targeted union councils.

Skills:

• Proactive, well-organized with sound planning, organizational, prioritization, and problem-solving skills as well as effective verbal and written communication.
• Great mobilization skills.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:

• % of milestones completed on time as per the original plan.
• Project completed on time without the need for a no-cost extension.
• Project completed within budget flexibility (not requiring a budget amendment for project lines).
• % of contractual performance indicators achieved.
• Project records and documents (beneficiary lists, donation certificates, attendance sheets, payment sheets) available for all project activities.
• Positive monitoring and evaluation reports (internal and external).

PSEAH Obligation:

• Acted has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (SEAH) and strives to recruit those who share our values.
• All candidates will be subject to a pre-employment check that includes satisfactory references, screening, and criminal checks in line with legal requirements.
• All candidates who have been offered a position will sign and respect Acted’s Code of Conduct and related policies as part of their work contract. All staff are expected to abide by the standards of behavior outlined in those documents.
• Staff will have a responsibility to foster a safe environment.
• Misconduct can lead to serious disciplinary sanctions.

“ACTED is committed to protecting beneficiaries and staff within our programs from sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). ACTED has a Code of Conduct and organizational policies, which outline the expected behavior of all staff, consultants, and other stakeholders and reminds ACTED’s zero-tolerance approach. Any candidate offered a job with ACTED will sign those documents as part of their work contract and is expected to abide by them.” “ACTED is committed to zero tolerance to all forms of violence against children, beneficiaries, and staff. ACTED is an equal opportunity employer. Females and minorities are encouraged to apply. Candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Final selection will be based on the security clearance of the candidate.