Social Mobilizer

Technical

• The post holder will conduct a baseline study to understand child marriage issues/challenges through informal dialogues with beneficiaries, faith leaders, and influencers to capture existing social & cultural norms and behaviors in target communities.
• Conduct needs assessment/baseline/surveys for data collection in targeted project areas.
• Identification & prioritization of the most vulnerable/marginalized villages through PRA tools.
• Initial contacts & project introduction of the project in the targeted areas.
• He/she will liaise with community elders, parents, and faith leaders to introduce project activities and encourage their involvement in project implementation.
• Formation, revitalization, and strengthening of community development committees/organizations by ensuring the inclusion of all segments of society on a sustainable basis.
• Conduct regular meetings with community organizations to raise awareness about child rights and child marriage issues.
• Facilitate & support other sectoral leads at the ground in need of identification/prioritization & verification of the project interventions/activities.
• Close coordination with relevant stakeholders working in the project's targeted areas.
• Conducting community awareness sessions and organizing various training sessions/workshops / Campaigns / Special Events for local community organizations.
• Regular follow-up and monitoring of project activities & timely reporting of identified gaps with the best possible solutions.
• Facilitate in arrangement of IRP / donor visits to project areas.
• Conduct CO / LSO profiling i.e. collection of primary level data for situation analysis of the communities and compilation of surveys being conducted on various issues in the project area.
• He/she will be responsible for monitoring child protection interventions including psychosocial support activities, and support the establishment of community mobilization teams and community-based Child Protection Mechanisms, awareness raising activities.
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, and external partners.

Operational 

• Preparation of weekly/monthly work plans against PMT (performance-measured time frame) by ensuring timely completion of assigned tasks in the stipulated period.
• Maintenance of hard records that includes field visit reports, CO meeting minutes, assessment records & other relevant documentation.
• Ensure proper filling of forms & formats as per desired standard.
• Extend support to MEAL / MIS / Communications staff for gathering desired information.
• Ensure availability of up-to-date info in MIS regularly with the consultation of MIS / M&E.
• Close coordination with line manager for effective implementation of project activities.
• CM will identify and proactively communicate any issues that might affect the project implementation and engage community support with guidance from the line manager.

Must be flexible and adapt to changes quickly to the requirements of the changed situation.

Organizational:

• Ensure compliance with IR’s policies & procedures in true spirit for effective delivery of services to communities
• In-depth understanding of IR values and their demonstration in the field while working with communities.
• Abide by the IR zero-tolerance policy towards bribery & corruption through sensitization/empowerment of communities on coping mechanisms so that they can raise their voices as & when feel inappropriate.
• Assist in the identification & documentation of organizational successes for showcasing IR work
• Focused efforts also to be made for mainstreaming of marginalized groups i.e. persons with disability and old age, minorities, women & children, etc in consultation & implementation of project activities at the ground.
• Strengthen mechanism to Influence the decision makers through communities to pay attention to DRR planning, give voice to suffering and the excluded, and highlight the protection needs of diversified groups.
• He should have knowledge of IR’s child safeguarding protocols and Do No Harm principle as the core of IRP's proposed strategy to protect children to protect them from sexual, physical, and mental exploitation.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

It is essential that the post holder shows a good understanding and sympathy with the organizational values & principles, vision, and mission as well as commitment to its SEAH (sexual exploitation abuse, and harassment) protocols. We have a zero-tolerance policy towards SEAH and don’t support any action that promotes or encourages SEAH.

Pre-employment Checks:  

Any employment with Islamic Relief will be subject to the following checks:

• Screening clearance
• Receipt of satisfactory references

Our values and commitment to safeguarding.

IRW is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity, and financial misconduct; and committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults, and beneficiaries with whom IRW engages. IRW expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

The post holder will undertake the appropriate level of training and is responsible for ensuring that they understand and work within the safeguarding policies of the organization.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks. IRW also participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme

In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment.

By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Islamic Relief is an equal opportunities employer.

To cater to the higher living cost, IR Pakistan is transferring the exchange gain (PKR-GBP) on salary to staff at a prevailing conversion rate till further notice. Salaries are paid in local currency.