Applications are being accepted for appropriate individuals in Strengthening Participatory Organization-SPO to fill their vacant job published in daily Classified Source newspaper dated 12 March, 2024.
Strengthening Participatory Organization-SPO
Date Posted:
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12 March, 2024
Department:
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Strengthening Participatory Organization-SPO
Category | Sector
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NGO
Newspaper:
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Classified Source Newspaper
Education:
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Bachelor
Total Vacancies:
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Details in attached ads
Vacancy Location:
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Khanewal,
Job Type:
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Full Time
Expected Last Date:
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18 March, 2024
Vacant Positions: Community Facilitator
COMMUNITY FACILITATOR
Now, the Strengthening Participatory Organization-SPOKhanewal is looking for a Community Facilitator candidate.
JOB Description: Community Facilitator
Social mobilization and community dialogue for behavior change
Lead the social mobilization process, identify hotspots, villages and members for establishing Aawaz II Village Forums (VFs), with the support of the Project Coordinator.
Coordinate regularly with VFs and their Focal Persons and lead the identification process of Aawaz Aagahi Centers (AACs) and Resource Persons.
Manage VFs and other community structures and organize behavior change activities with local communities on programme thematic areas.
Support Resource Persons in organizing community dialogues for formation of the AACs and engage with key community stakeholders in identified villages.
Lead VF formation, in coordination with Project Coordinator and support Resource Persons for managing VF meetings and activities.
Support Resource Persons and VFs for developing workplans, maintaining records, organizing activities and holding dialogues etc.
Information and awareness for behavior change
Create awareness and share information about Aawaz II priority themes i.e. child marriages, gender-based violence, social cohesion, and other harmful practices, etc. at the community level and target villages to facilitate behavior change in community;
Assist the Project Coordinator in mapping of services, mandated and non-mandated structures and preparing a Referral Directory. Ensure that the printed Referral Directories are available in all AACs and AAC RPs are facilitating the information provision to communities including legal information about relevant laws, information related to various government policies and programmes.
Conduct orientation and capacity building activities with communities and other stakeholders on Aawaz II thematic areas focusing behavior change.
Build and strengthen linkages with local communities focusing Aawaz II thematic groups and duty bearers.
Facilitate behavior change by sensitizing key stakeholders e.g., elders, influencers and specific service providers and support leadership development among the marginalized groups.
Support the Resource Persons, ACAs and communities in accessing the relevant government and non-government service providers through the formal referral mechanism (legal aid, protection centers, women shelter, social protection etc.)
Capacity building
Participate in ToTs and be the facilitator to cascade capacity building sessions to Resource Persons, Village and District Forums and ACAs.
Support ACAs and VFs in implementing Social and Collective Community Action Projects (SAPs/CCAPs).
Support AAC (Resource Persons) and district team in behaviour change campaigns on Aawaz II themes such as ending gender based violence and child marriage, campaigns on the rights of vulnerable groups.
Support RPs to conduct and organize meetings with relevant duty bearers.
Ensure that the printed copies of all training modules and EWS-ERM SOPs are displayed in all AACs
Early Warning System and Early Response Mechanism
Facilitate VFs in establishing the Early Warning System (EWS) and Early Response Mechanisms (ERM)
Support establishment of Early Response Mechanisms (ERM) in village forums and their referrals in collaboration with the AACs to relevant mandated and non-mandated structures, for example the Child Protection and Women Protection Committees, District Vigilance Committees, Vigilance Committees (Punjab)/Police Liaison Councils (KP).
Ensure monitoring and validation of EWS/ERM records maintained by RPs.
Progress reporting
Develop and maintain profiles of members of VFs, DFs, ACAs and other volunteers
Develop and share periodic progress reports with Project Coordinator and support AAC and district team in collecting and documenting relevant information and success stories.
Weekly reporting of EWS-ERM data to the Project Coordinator
Lead to prepare training reports, databases, and narrative reports for all the activities held by VFs, ACAs and AACs etc.
Safeguarding
Ensure that the Resource Persons, Village Forum Members, ACAs and volunteers are aware of the Safeguarding policy and reporting mechanisms and escalate safeguarding concerns arising from the field to the relevant focal person.
Undertakes any other task assigned by the supervisor.
Interested candidates should submit their CVs (together with any other papers specified in the attached advertisements) by the Closing date: 18 March, 2024. The applicant must provide the job title in the subject line of the application. Strengthening Participatory Organization-SPO ensures equal opportunity for all equally qualified candidates.
