Community Facilitator

Job Specification:

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• At least Intermediate Level in any discipline.
• Strong community mobilization skills.
• Proven experience (at least 2 years) in community development, disaster risk reduction and management, climate change adaptation, livelihood, and other related fields.
• Proven field report writing.
• Ability to work at pace across multiple work streams.
• Strong management and social mobilization skills.
• Excellent ability to work across cultures, time zones and disciplines with a wide range of stakeholders.

Languages: Strong command of Nepali, English (oral and written) and local language preferred/required.

Job Responsibilities :

1. Program Planning and Implementation

• Prepare Implementation Plan (IP) at Palika level with coordination of Project Coordinator.
• Assist supervisor to disaggregate project plan as per requirement.
• Ensure the timely implementation of project interventions with on-site direct supervision. And ensure the activities are implemented as per the quality standards.
• Coordinate regularly with project team, communities, community-based organizations, Palika representatives and Palika thematic line agencies and other stakeholders
• Able to conduct assessments, surveys, focus group discussions, Key informants’ interview as per project requirement.
• Able to use the mobile phone/tablet based digital data collection/ survey.
• Prepare field reports at Palika level and submit them to supervisor.

2. Palika level Advocacy:

• Maintain close and regular coordination with communities, gov stakeholders and other relevant stakeholders in respective Palika for effective program implementation, leveraging resources, policy strengthening of Palika.
• Represent the project relevant meeting, workshop and discussion arranged by the line agencies, stakeholders at project level if required.

3. Training, workshop/meeting.

• Organize and facilitate capacity development training/ workshop/ meeting in community, ward, Palika.
• Organize and manage the monitoring field visits by donors, government, senior management team, BoD.

OTHERS

• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Aasaman Nepal and Mercy Corps Nepal and to not jeopardize their humanitarian mission.
• Expected to be part of humanitarian and emergency response and their regular roles and responsibilities in such situations.
• Other duties as assigned by the direct Supervisor.
• Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES

• Project team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of our field projects.
• Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and ASN’s policies, procedures, and values always and in all in-country venues.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: NA

ACCOUNTABILITY

• Reports Directly to: ASN Project Coordinator

How to apply for this post ?

Interested candidates are asked to submit their application with an updated CV within 7 days through the link below (05:00 pm, 23 April 2024).

https://forms.gle/7a3tvTBm399T45799

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for participation in the recruitment process. No telephone enquiry is entertained. ASN reserves the right to qualify/disqualify any applications without any reason.