Community-Based Mobilization Officer (Positions available by Contingency) Center For Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development (Ccresud)

Community-Based Mobilization Officer (Positions available by Contingency)

Job Objectives

• Mobilization, Community awareness and engagement
• Stakeholder engagements with Government at district level, traditional and local leaders, NGOs and communities.
• Development of Project Proposals
• Facilitate the formation of livelihood activities in Community Forest Management Groups (CFMG) and Natural Forest Regeneration (NFR)
• Training needs identification
• Organizing, conducting and facilitation of meetings, trainings and community mobilization, engagement and social engineering
• Centered change agents and a unifying player in multi-sectoral teams

Specific Duties

• Mobilize, engage and raise awareness to local communities about the project using cultural appropriate mechanisms.
• Build effective work relationship with district stakeholders including Government at local level, traditional and local leaders, NGOs and communities.
• Together with the project team, help targeted communities to develop bankable project proposals.
• Support and help beneficiaries at local level on how to access grants for livelihood sub-projects, farming inputs that improve productivity and management of post-harvest loses.
• Facilitate the formation of livelihood activities in Community Forest Management Groups (CFMG) and Natural Forest Regeneration (NFR) and development of community plans.
• Provide relevant information and training to the community and beneficiaries on the project, producers, markets and linkage strategies for sustainable livelihoods.
• Other duties as assigned by Provincial Project Coordinator or Project Team, by project demand and Employer.

Reporting

The Community Based Mobilization Officer shall report to the Provincial Projects Coordinator at the Mansa office.

Qualification and Experience

The candidate will have a Diploma or higher in a relevant field (Community Development, Social Inclusion, Communications, Public Relations, Sociology) with at least a minimum of three (3) years of experience working in the field of Community Development/ Social Inclusion, Agri-Business, Rural Development, Extension Services or any other relevant field related to the assignment at hand.