Social Organizer

Act International; Pakistan; On-site; PKR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ACT International in Pakistan seeks a field-level focal person to bridge project teams and communities under the PAIDAR programme in Thatta District. You will mobilize community members, especially women, youth, vulnerable groups, and marginalized households, to participate in project activities with inclusive representation.

You will conduct regular field visits, facilitate meetings and stakeholder consultations, coordinate with local government, partners and civil society, and prepare timely

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Sociology, Social Work, Community Development, Development Studies, or any other relevant social science discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience with an NGO, INGO, Rural Support Programme, or community-development project.
• Good understanding of local communities, socio-cultural dynamics, and development issues in Thatta District.
• Strong skills in community mobilization, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement.
• Fluency in Sindhi and Urdu; working knowledge of English will be an advantage.
• Willingness and ability to undertake extensive fieldwork and travel to project villages and assigned communities.
• Good reporting, documentation, interpersonal, and coordination skills.
• Basic proficiency in MS Office and other digital documentation tools.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusion, gender equality, safeguarding, accountability, and respectful engagement with communities.
• Ability to work independently as well as effectively within a multidisciplinary project team.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary field-level focal person between the project team and communities in the assigned area.
• Mobilize community members, particularly women, youth, vulnerable groups, and marginalized households, to participate in PAIDAR project activities.
• Conduct regular field visits to target grantees and maintain effective coordination and liaison with them.
• Facilitate community meetings, stakeholder consultations, awareness sessions, social appraisals, and other project activities.
• Identify potential grantees, community priorities, opportunities, concerns, and emerging issues and communicate them to the Project Lead/Supervisor.
• Promote inclusive participation and ensure meaningful representation of women, persons with disabilities, youth, and other vulnerable and marginalized groups.
• Support community awareness regarding PAIDAR interventions, eligibility criteria, available services, and project opportunities.
• Facilitate coordination among communities, local government departments, implementing partners, civil society organizations, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Assist in conducting grantee baselines, surveys, household assessments, beneficiary identification, and collection and verification of field information.
• Conduct field visits for social appraisals and provide necessary facilitation and technical support to grantees.
• Maintain updated records of grantee meetings, participants, beneficiaries, field visits, social appraisals, and other project activities.
• Prepare regular field visit and activity reports and submit them to the supervisor within agreed timelines.
• Document community feedback, complaints, challenges, lessons learned, and success stories, and ensure timely referral to the relevant project focal person.
• Monitor community participation and support transparent implementation of project activities in accordance with approved plans, guidelines, and principles.
• Coordinate with local influencers, community leaders, government representatives, and civil society organizations while maintaining the project's neutrality, impartiality, and inclusion principles.
• Support project teams during assessments, monitoring visits, community consultations, and other field-level activities as required.
• Perform any other project-related duties assigned by the supervisor.

Skills

Community mobilization

Facilitation

Communication

Stakeholder engagement

Reporting

Documentation

Interpersonal skills

Coordination

Field travel

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Sociology, Social Work, Community Development, Development Studies, or any other relevant social science discipline

Tools

MS Office

Digital documentation tools

Job description

• Serve as the primary field-level focal person between the project team and communities in the assigned area.
• Mobilize community members, particularly women, youth, vulnerable groups, and marginalized households, to participate in PAIDAR project activities.
• Conduct regular field visits to target grantees and maintain effective coordination and liaison with them.
• Facilitate community meetings, stakeholder consultations, awareness sessions, social appraisals, and other project activities.
• Identify potential grantees, community priorities, opportunities, concerns, and emerging issues and communicate them to the Project Lead/Supervisor.
• Promote inclusive participation and ensure meaningful representation of women, persons with disabilities, youth, and other vulnerable and marginalized groups.
• Support community awareness regarding PAIDAR interventions, eligibility criteria, available services, and project opportunities.
• Facilitate coordination among communities, local government departments, implementing partners, civil society organizations, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Assist in conducting grantee baselines, surveys, household assessments, beneficiary identification, and collection and verification of field information.
• Conduct field visits for social appraisals and provide necessary facilitation and technical support to grantees.
• Maintain updated records of grantee meetings, participants, beneficiaries, field visits, social appraisals, and other project activities.
• Prepare regular field visit and activity reports and submit them to the supervisor within agreed timelines.
• Document community feedback, complaints, challenges, lessons learned, and success stories, and ensure timely referral to the relevant project focal person.
• Monitor community participation and support transparent implementation of project activities in accordance with approved plans, guidelines, and principles.
• Coordinate with local influencers, community leaders, government representatives, and civil society organizations while maintaining the project's neutrality, impartiality, and inclusion principles.
• Support project teams during assessments, monitoring visits, community consultations, and other field-level activities as required.
• Perform any other project-related duties assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Sociology, Social Work, Community Development, Development Studies, or any other relevant social science discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience with an NGO, INGO, Rural Support Programme, or community-development project.
• Good understanding of local communities, socio-cultural dynamics, and development issues in Thatta District.
• Strong skills in community mobilization, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement.
• Fluency in Sindhi and Urdu; working knowledge of English will be an advantage.
• Willingness and ability to undertake extensive fieldwork and travel to project villages and assigned communities.
• Good reporting, documentation, interpersonal, and coordination skills.
• Basic proficiency in MS Office and other digital documentation tools.
• Demonstrated commitment to inclusion, gender equality, safeguarding, accountability, and respectful engagement with communities.
• Ability to work independently as well as effectively within a multidisciplinary project team.

ACT International is committed to maintaining a safe, respectful, and inclusive working environment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA)