Community Development Officer

KEY RESULT AREAS 

Technical Level

• Formation of Child & Women Facilitation (CWF) Groups at community level in the project area as per need.
• Capacity building of the community members through orientation and in house trainings.
• Resolve conflict among the target community through effective dialogues.
• Identification of beneficiaries for multiple project interventions i.e. MPCG, NFIs, WASH, Livelihood and Advocacy.
• Assist Senior Project Officer in identification of multiple assessments of project activities.
• Assist Senior Project Officer to identify the beneficiaries for assistive devices for families, having persons with disabilities.
• Assist Safeguarding Protection and Inclusion Officer to conduct orientation sessions of Dignity Groups established in at community level.
• Identify the targeted communities
• Assist Psychosocial support officer in identifying and conducting individual/group based psychosocial support sessions.
• Assist project leads to identify the locations for establishment of women and child friendly spaces in the project areas.
• Assist project leads in field monitoring visits
• Ensure inclusion of vulnerable and marginalized groups in project interventions.
• Proper maintain record of project activities at community & office level both in soft & hard form with pictorial views.
• Organize advocacy based events at Tehsil and District level.
• Ensure strong coordination with the stakeholders.
• Conduct regular meeting with community groups and ensure community ownership in project activities.
• Provide data to maintain a regular database system of project monitoring and evaluation.
• Consult with the project lead(s) regarding appropriate adjustments in program design or implementation strategies.
• Assist and facilitate project staff at field level for smooth implementation of project activities.
• Develop case studies/success stories to reflect project impacts.
• Preparation of daily, weekly and monthly work plans.
• Ensure the timely submission of activities reports (weekly and monthly).
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.
• Conduct regular field visits in field and in office for reporting
• Weekly and monthly reports.
• Perform any task assigned by project lead as and when required. 

Operational Level

• Development of work plans for timely implementation
• Surveys, Data Collection & report generation
• Record management – field visits, CO meetings, beneficiary data etc.
• Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Power point, Outlook, ERP systems
• Communication, Planning & Scheduling, Time, Stress & Conflict Management, Situation handling, Leadership Skills, People & team management  

Organizational Level 

• Demonstration of IR Values while working with communities
• Empowering communities to ensure organizational accountability
• Knowledge of IR strategic priorities
• Identification & documentation of organizational successes
• Adaptation of environment friendly & cost effective approaches / activities for community development
• Special attention to inclusion during the implementation.
• Strengthen mechanism to influence the decision makers through communities’ advocacy & campaigning. 

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 zero tolerance policy towards SEAH and doesn’t support any action that promote or encourage SEAH.

“Please note, Islamic Relief is only able to accept applications from candidates who are eligible/allowed to work in the Pakistan.”

All the positions will be filled on priority basis and applications will be closed as soon as positions are filled

Additional Requirements

All offers of employment will be subject to;

Satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records checks.

IR 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. 

Qualification & Experience :

• Bachelor / Master Degree in Social Sciences
• Minimum experience of similar role in NGO setup:
• 2 years with Master degree and/or 3 years with Bachelor degree 

Language:

Sindhi, Urdu and English