Consultant - Community Mobilizer

ChildFund; Mumbai; On-site; INR 670,000 - 1,116,000; Part time

Job summary

ChildFund in Mumbai, India, seeks a Community Mobilizer for a grant project on a consultancy basis. The role involves planning and implementing community actions in villages, under guidance of the Field Officer, with field travel as required.

Responsibilities include mobilizing communities, supporting nutrition assessments, and maintaining proper reporting and safeguarding practices. This 11-month consultancy emphasizes capacity building, teamwork, and gender-sensitive approaches.

Qualifications

• Education: 12TH Pass / Graduate or equivalent in Development Studies or Social Sciences.
• Work Experience: Minimum 2 years experience in community mobilization preferable in health and nutrition sector.
• Language Proficiency: Good communication in Hindi and English; local language ability required.
• Skills: Capacity building and training; organized, team player, self-starter; gender sensitive with empowerment focus.
• Job Knowledge: Marathi and Hindi communication; capacity building and training skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement project activities as per plan for the assigned block/village.
• Engage and mobilize community members, leaders, frontline workers.
• Assist in nutrition assessments and surveys as required.
• Liaise with govt. officials as needed.
• Undertake regular home visits and nutrition counseling.
• Develop documents, case studies and share with Field Coordinator.
• Report and document all activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Line Manager.

Skills

Capacity building

Training

Communication

Hindi

Marathi

English

Teamwork

Gender sensitivity

Education

12th pass / Graduate

Job description

Job Summary

Assignment: Consultant - Community Mobilizer (Grant Project)

Location: Mumbai, with travel as required

ChildFund office: Mumbai Office, India

Reporting to: Consultant - Field Officer, Program

Assignment type: Consultancy up to 11 months

Work environment: Office-based in Mumbai with field travel as required

Role Overview

The Community Mobiliser will be responsible for the community level actions in all villages of working block under the project. The Community Mobiliser will plan and implement the activities under the guidance of the Field Officer in line with the implementation plan of the project.

Remain alert and responsive to any safeguarding risks; acquire and maintain the relevant knowledge and skills necessary to promote strong safeguarding practices; understand and adhere to ChildFund India s Safeguarding Policy and Procedures; and conduct yourself at all times in a manner consistent with ChildFund India s safeguarding principles and standards.

Requirements

• Education: 12TH Pass / Graduate or equivalent in Development Studies or Social Sciences.
• Work Experience: Minimum 2 years experience in community mobilization preferable in health and nutrition sector.
• Language Proficiency: Good communication skills (both verbal and written) in Hindi and English. Ability to communicate in local language is a must.
• Skills and Abilities: Capacity building and training skills. Be an organized, team player, self-starter and results-oriented individual. Be gender sensitive with strong conviction and skills for the empowerment of excluded and disadvantaged children.
• Job Knowledge: Good communication skills (both verbal and written) Marathi and Hindi. Ability to communicate in local language is necessary. Capacity building and training skills.

Scope of Work / Responsibilities

• Be responsible for implementing project activities as per project plan for the assigned location / village / block.
• Engage and mobilize community members, leaders, front line workers for better outcome of the project.
• Assist in implementation of nutrition assessments and surveys as required.
• Support in liaison with relevant govt. department officials.
• Undertake regular home visits and nutrition counselling.
• Develop documents, case studies and share the same with Field Coordinator.
• Be responsible for reporting & documentation for all activities.
• Any other responsibility as assigned by the Line Manager.

Competencies

ChildFund s Core Competencies

• Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
• Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
• Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
• Decision making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
• Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
• Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.

Other Competencies

• Be an organized, team player, self-starter and results-oriented individual.
• Be gender sensitive with strong conviction and skills for the empowerment of excluded and disadvantaged

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