Position Summary:
The Community Mobilizer Couple will support community engagement, beneficiary mobilization and field-level implementation of project activities. The couple will consist of a Female Community Mobilizer and her Mahram, who will work together while performing distinct but complementary responsibilities.
The Female Community Mobilizer will primarily engage with women beneficiaries, facilitate family support sessions, support women’s participation in livelihood activities, collect basic field data and identify concerns requiring referral through appropriate channels.
The Male Community Mobilizer (Mahram) will facilitate engagement with male community members, elders and local leaders, support coordination and logistics, and help ensure safe and culturally appropriate access for the Female Community Mobilizer to reach women beneficiaries.
Both mobilizers will support community awareness, participation, monitoring and reporting, while ensuring compliance with gender sensitivity, safeguarding, confidentiality and Do-No-Harm principles.
The Female Community Mobilizer will:
- Mobilize and engage women beneficiaries, particularly vulnerable women, women-headed households and returnees, to support their participation in project activities.
- Conduct regular household and community visits to maintain communication with women beneficiaries and monitor their participation.
- Facilitate family support sessions and discussions on household cooperation, joint decision-making, mutual support and women’s empowerment.
- Support women beneficiaries participating in livestock, agriculture, livelihood and small-business activities.
- Conduct awareness sessions on gender equality, women’s empowerment, GBV prevention, safeguarding and available support mechanisms.
- Collect basic field data through interviews, FGDs, surveys, attendance sheets and pre/post-training assessments.
- Monitor beneficiaries’ participation, progress and challenges, and report findings to the Community Monitoring Officer or Project Manager.
- Identify concerns raised by women beneficiaries and communicate sensitive issues through appropriate confidential reporting and referral channels.
- Support beneficiary follow-up, feedback collection and awareness of the project’s grievance and feedback mechanisms.
- Maintain accurate records of household visits, sessions, attendance, beneficiary feedback and other field activities.
- Coordinate closely with her Mahram and the Community Monitoring Officer or Project Manager to ensure safe, timely and effective implementation of field activities.
The Male Community Mobilizer (Mahram) will:
- Facilitate engagement with male community members, elders, local leaders, community committees and other relevant stakeholders.
- Support safe access and field mobility for the Female Community Mobilizer to conduct household visits and engage with women beneficiaries.
- Coordinate with community elders and families to facilitate women's participation in project activities.
- Support the organization of community meetings, training sessions, awareness activities and other field events.
- Facilitate sessions with men on social cohesion, peaceful coexistence, leadership, conflict resolution and community cooperation.
- Support community committees in understanding their roles in community asset management, fair participation and accountability.
- Assist with field logistics, activity arrangements, beneficiary communication and coordination with local stakeholders.
- Support beneficiary identification and community-level verification in coordination with the project team.
- Promote awareness of safeguarding, PSEA, grievance mechanisms and appropriate reporting channels among community members.
- Report community concerns, access challenges, security issues and implementation barriers to the Community Monitoring Officer or Project Manager.
- Maintain records of community meetings, mobilization activities, attendance and field observations.
- Coordinate with the Female Community Mobilizer to ensure effective communication, safe access and timely completion of assigned activities.
Joint Responsibilities:
- Work as a team to implement community mobilization and beneficiary engagement activities in their assigned villages.
- Support the identification, verification and follow-up of project beneficiaries in accordance with approved selection criteria.
- Promote inclusive participation of women, vulnerable households, returnees and other targeted groups.
- Support community awareness of project objectives, activities, beneficiary rights and responsibilities.
- Monitor beneficiary participation and identify challenges affecting access to or completion of project activities.
- Support community feedback and grievance mechanisms and ensure that complaints and sensitive concerns are referred through appropriate channels.
- Maintain accurate activity records and submit timely updates and reports to the Community Monitoring Officer or Project Manager.
- Respect confidentiality and ensure that beneficiary information is handled appropriately.
- Follow UNDP safeguarding, PSEA, GBV prevention and Do-No-Harm requirements.
- Perform other relevant community mobilization duties assigned by the Project Manager or Community Monitoring Officer.
