Sunday, August 21, 2011

Social Organizer-Female

Specific Responsibilities:

She will be responsible to Project Manager Food SecurityShe will be responsible for the planning of the social organization in consultation with the project staff under the supervision of the monitoring officer and Project manager Food Security.She will be responsible for complete understanding of the project and its implementation strategy She will be responsible for identification and selection of the targeted villages in each UC as per set criteria being given by the PM or Monitoring officer. She will be responsible for the initial contact with the target communities for the introduction of the Project and informing the communities of the social organization strategy of the Project and organization She will be responsible for the establishment of the Village Committees (VC) in the targeted villages as per Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) She will be responsible for the training of VC members in the Community management skills such as record keeping etc.She will be responsible for the maintenance of the record of the VC by the VC members in the desired form.She will be responsible for the door to door assessment and identification of the beneficiaries for each component of the project as per SOPs.She will be responsible for the finalization of the beneficiaries through active involvement of the VC members.She will be responsible for regular field visits and conduct the community meetings frequently.Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, she will perform community mobilization activities at community level in accordance with the culture and norms of the target population. She will be responsible for conflict resolution if faced during the project implementation among the beneficiaries on the project activities through social conflict resolution process. She will monitor all the project activities being carried out by the VC members and will reflect them in their daily reports which will be submitted to Monitoring Officer and Project Manager Food Security.     She will be responsible for acting as bridge between community members and the project staff such as Agriculture Officer and Project Manager.She will collect data as required by the program as per formats being issued to them from time to time by the management staff.She will build close partnership with the target communities through regular meetings with them on appropriate intervals. She will be responsible for informing community regarding the HAP and complaint handling mechanism in detail and will facilitate the fixation of the Complaint Box at some suitable site in UC as per consultation with the VC members at UC level.She will facilitate the community in the nomination of the VC members for any training and reach those list to the management staff She will facilitate the community to pass their complaints to the management staff in a transparent manner.She will be participating in weekly meetings of Food Security team to discuss work plan and work related issues.She will provide regular monthly reports to MO/PM.She shall perform all additional duties assigned to him by MO/PM-Food Security. 

Job Specifications: 

For the post of Social Organizer a degree from university in social sciences and having 3-5 years’ experience is considered necessary.Community mobilization and organization skills are pre-requisite for the post.Good reporting skills will be a plus point.Locals will be preferredKnowledge and experience of working in the project area will be considered a plus point. Good English, Pashto & Urdu are essential.The Social organizer must be tolerant and sensitive to the needs of religious and ethnic minorities, women and the poor.In the absence of the supervisors, the Social Organizer must have the confidence, initiative, patience and integrity to work independently.

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