Community Mobiliser

**Position title**:Community Mobilizer-II

**Location**:1 position, based out of Bangalore

**ChildFund office**: India

**Manager/Supervisor title**:Field Coordinator Programs

**Position type**:Full-time regular

**Work environment**:On-site

**About ChildFund India**
- ChildFund India, a child development organization registered in India in 1984, has been working with children, youth and families from the most remote, extremely backward and hard-to-reach areas, with a vision to build “an India where children lead a dignified life and achieve their full potential”.

**ChildFund’s Values**

ChildFund values a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible environment where everyone is welcomed and celebrated equally. In our culture of connection, you will have ample opportunity to grow, learn, and lead while contributing your talents and innovations to our inspiring mission.

In India, ChildFund works towards ensuring that children from the most marginalized sections of the society become able, confident, and responsible adults. For over seven decades, we have been committed to addressing critical issues related to children’s holistic development by engaging key stakeholders including families, communities, schools, government and the children themselves. We provide comprehensive support to children through interventions that integrate health, nutrition, gender, education, livelihoods and child protection.

**ChildFund’s Commitment**

**About This Role**
- The Community Mobiliser will be responsible for the community-level actions in all villages of the working block under the project. The Community Mobiliser will plan and implement the activities under the guidance of the Field Coordinator in line with the implementation plan of the program.

Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with ChildFund’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

**Required Experience and Education**
- Graduate or equivalent in Development Studies or Social Sciences.
- 1-3 years of experience in community mobilization.
- Good communication skills (both verbal and written) in local language & Hindi. The ability to communicate in local language is a must.
- 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.

**Primary Responsibilities**
- Be responsible for implementing project activities as per the program plan for the assigned location/village/block.
- Engage and mobilize children, youth, parents, community members, leaders, and frontline workers for a better outcome of the program.
- Assist in the implementation of assessments and surveys as required.
- Preparation of monthly action plan and progress report.
- Support in liaison with relevant government department officials.
- Undertake regular home visits.
- Be responsible for reporting & documentation for all activities.
- Participate in learning and review meetings.
- Develop documents, and case studies and share the same with the field coordinator.
- Any other responsibility as assigned by the Line Manager.

**Required 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 Required Competencies**
- _Strong knowledge of community mobilisation, rapport building and organisation of community and block level activities._
- _ Understanding of national and global frameworks on child protection and safeguarding would be an asset._