Job Description

The post-holder will implement the project activities in the designated intervention clusters. They will have community mobilization and group work skills especially working with men. They will demonstrate flair, enthusiasm, innovation, and leadership when faced with challenges in the community, and will provide immediate response to local occurrences. The Community Organizer will be willing to work on issues around gender and violence against women and children in the community. The Community Organiser reports to the Community Program Officer and maintains day-to-day contact with all his colleagues and supervisors.

LOCATION - Wadala

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Overall efficient day-to-day implementation of activities in the intervention cluster

• Implement the plan for the intervention cluster with his program officer on daily basis.

• Conduct intervention activities such as community mobilisation, group meetings, training sessions, management of volunteers, and organising events and campaigns.

• Refer and accompany beneficiaries to police, public health providers, and other organisations in the intervention areas.

• Make weekly and monthly activity plans with the supervisor.

• Collect data and report on a timely basis to the community program officer. Enter the field data on a software application.

• Maintain documentation required in the project such as details of identified and referred cases and case studies.

• Ensure confidentiality and anonymity of the beneficiaries in the project.

Applications to be sent via email to sejal.kandalgaonkar@snehamumbai.org with Subject line: “Community Organizer - Male”

Eligibility Criteria

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Educational qualification: Minimum HSC.

• At least one-year experience of community work preferable.

• Oral and written command of Hindi, Marathi and working knowledge of English.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Achievement mind-set to accomplish project goals.

• Effective communication, personal and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to solve problems in the community.

• Commitment to community engagement.

• Sound values and work ethics.

• Open to diversity and respect for everyone.

• Willingness to work late in the evenings and on holidays

Desired Candidate Profile

Others - Others

Organization Details

• Organization Name:SNEHA (Society for Nutrition, Education and Health Action) Ngo
• About Organization:A secular, Mumbai-based non-profit organisation, SNEHA believes that investing in women's health is essential to building viable urban communities. SNEHA is 450+ person strong, innovative and progressive organization that works on health and nutrition in urban slum pockets with women and their families. SNEHA follows the life-cycle approach to health and nutrition, by intervening at critical junctures (adolescence, preconception, conception, pregnancy, postnatal, infancy and toddlerhood, family planning) to ensure improved health and nutritional outcomes for women and children living in some of Mumbai’s most vulnerable and deprived slums and in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) as well.
  
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