Community Engagement Officer

Background/IRC Summary:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home. IRC has been working in Pakistan for over 30 years, and manages & delivers large, complex programs to meet needs in health, education, safety, environmental health and livelihoods for displaced, poor & conflict-affected communities. IRC works in partnership with local government and non-governmental organizations and currently works in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh provinces.

Job Overview: The Community Engagement Officer will play a pivotal role in facilitating workshops, conducting situational analyses, and supporting the district manager and Senior Program Officer in the smooth implementation of educational activities in the field.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develop a Detailed implementation plan and conduct mapping of community organizations.

• Establish Community Organizations and facilitate training sessions for capacity building.

• Actively participate in data collection and assessments within the districts.

• Attend district-level cluster meetings and provide project updates accordingly.

• Form or reactivate PTSMCs and organize capacity-building training for all PTSMCs.

• Arrange training for Teachers, Academic supervisor, Headteachers and mentors and manage in-service professional development activities in the district.

• Establish linkages between the community, PTSMCs, and other service providers.

• Develop reading and learning materials for targeted schools within specified timelines.

• Support Senior Program Officer and District Manager in Managing the documentation and dissemination of project results, including preparation and submission of progress reports, presentations, and other program documentation.

• Develop a Community Engagement Strategy for refugees and host populations in Chaman and Chaghi to foster social cohesion and organize events for enhancing social cohesion between refugee and host populations.

• Must possess expertise in social-emotional learning, student and teacher well-being, and cross-cultural interactions.

• Will be responsible to maintain accurate data, MOVs in both hard and soft.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Social Sciences, or related field.

• Prior experience in community engagement, preferably in education projects.

• Strong organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in diverse cultural settings.

• Proficiency in relevant computer applications.

• Strong analytical and report writing skills.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Good understanding of Gender and vulnerability

• Good community mobilization and conflict resolution skills.

Position Reports to:

Administratively District Manager and Technically to Project Manager Position directly supervises none. Language Skills:

• Fluent in local languages Pashto- Balochi along with good English speaking/writing

Working Environment: Works well in teams and promotes teamwork; is flexible and able to handle pressure well

The IRC Core Values and Commitments:

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

• IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

• Level of interaction with children: Less frequent direct contact with children

• IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment. The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, theIRC operates and enforces policies on Adult Safeguarding, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons.

• IRC is committed to ensuring that IRC staff is suitable to work with children and have the knowledge s/he needs to uphold and abide by the IRC’s Child Safeguarding Policy as well as Adult Safeguarding Policy.

• Level of interaction with Adult (Above 18): Frequent direct contact with adult and less frequent direct contact with children.

• IRC ensures that its staff must actively practice the roles and responsibilities related to client responsiveness, accountability to people in affected communities and must have competencies to solicits and listens to feedback and other’s perspectives, responds to feedback with maturity and sensitivity and takes appropriate decisions and makes changes to behavior or actions in response to feedback.

• IRC recognizes that gender equality is fundamental to the achievement of our organizational mission. As such, IRC is committed to the promotion of gender equality in all aspects of our operations and programs. Our organizational policies, procedures and actions demonstrate this commitment.

IRC is an equal opportunity employer. Women and persons with disability are highly encouraged to apply.