The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat Pakistan is recruiting a Community Engagement Officer for its rural infrastructure improvement activities in Gilgit-Baltistan. The Officer will create awareness about the activities in the target communities and will mobilize them for involvement in those activities.
The role of the incumbent consists of performing the duties that include the following:
Coordinate and ensure community engagement and participation in project activities and facilitate arrangement of community-based meetings, awareness sessions, and assessments.
Ensure beneficiary/household contributions as per agreed terms of participation through close coordination, dialogues and regular visits and follow ups.
Support regional lead and communications team in conducting community and school level mass awareness campaigns including facilitation and process documentation.
Communicate, facilitate, and correspond with relevant stakeholders such as community members, local leadership, and civil society organizations for training of artisans in green retrofitting trades.
Support in promotion of energy efficient products in targeted communities through briefings, presentations, and discussion.
Support in preparation of donor or management visits to project areas.
Ensure equal gender participation, representation, and safeguarding protocols/policies for community engagement in project activities.
Act as a focal point for reporting of social issues and project-related challenges, and developing solutions to overcome those issues/ challenges.
Perform other duties as assigned by the line manager.
The requirements
Basic requirement:
- At least 5 years’ experience in community engagement/ mobilization.
- A master's degree in social sciences.
- Understanding of green retrofitting activities/ BACIP products, and skill enhancement training.
- Excellent skills in building community relationships and mobilization.
- Ability to work in remote areas and show willingness for extensive travelling.
- Experience of working in similar settings and understanding of the local languages of Gilgit-Baltistan.
- Skilled in MS office and In-page.
- Good communication and team-building skills.
Social Development
About the Agency
A new agency, the Aga Khan Agency for the Habitat (AKAH), works to ensure that people live in physical settings that are as safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters, that residents who do live in such high risk areas are able to cope with disasters in terms of preparedness and response, and that these settings provide access to social and financial services that lead to greater opportunities and a better quality of life. The new agency merges the activities of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Services, with its prize-winning water and sanitation programmes and low-cost habitat products, such as smoke-free stoves; the humanitarian arm of AKDN, FOCUS, which promotes disaster mitigation and resiliency and intervenes after disasters; the AKDN’s Disaster Risk Management Initiative, which focuses on disaster preparedness in remote areas; and the environment- and habitat-related activities of the Aga Khan Foundation, including the Prince Sadruddin Fund for the Environment and the Foundation’s highly regarded rural support programmes.
Region
South Asia
Location
Pakistan
Salary
Salary and package to attract the best candidate
Job Expires
19-Jun-2025
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