THE ROLE
Job title: Social Mobilizers (No. of Posts 02)
Salary: 30,000 PKR (Gross)
HAY BAND: 2
Reporting to: Project Coordinator
Key peer group: Project Team
Location: Tando Allahyar (With Frequent Travel to Project Sites)
Purpose of the role:
CABI Regional Centre Pakistan is implementing ‘Better Cotton Projects” in areas of lower Sindh-Pakistan for sustainable production and improved quality of cotton under Decent Work conditions. The project objectives are 1) To achieve Better Cotton aims across the social, environmental and economic aspects of cotton production 2) To achieve impact and bring Better Cotton to scale in relation to all 3 primary KPIs: farmers trained and licensed, hectares licensed, BC MT tons produced and licensed 3) To develop partnerships with governments, trade associations or other national scale entities to adopt the BCI principles and contribute for success of project.
The selected candidate for this position would be responsible to mobilize the farming community to adopt the Decent Work practices, support to Producer Units to formulate the activities for women empowerment and models for income generations alternatively. This position is initially to be recruited for one year (01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021) with six months of probation period; however, the successful candidates based on satisfactorily performance are expected to be continued up to extension of project.
Key accountabilities:
- Work under the guidance and supervision of Project Manager and Technical Training Specialist and in close coordination with region coordinators, project team.
- Prepare the detailed plan for implementation of Decent Work practices, cotton picking trainings and income generation models at Learning Groups/Producer Units.
- Contribute towards the sustainability of Producer Units while developing business models for women workers to generate income alternatively.
- Ensure the on-time collection, credibility and quality of all types of data as relate to Decent Work adoption, research or impact assessments.
- Collect and compile the success stories, blogs and activity details as the result of introduced interventions and report preparation.
- Facilitate the conduction of shadow Self-Assessment, BCI, 3rd party verifications process.
- Organize and conduct meetings, workshops, seminars, visits, and briefings as and when required.
- Any other assignments required for satisfactory completion of the key role requirements.
CANDIDATE PROFILE
Education & Qualifications
- Candidates should have earned at least Bachelor’s degree from HEC recognized University/ Institute, preferably related field.
Experience
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in related field.
- Candidates with the certificates of subject related trainings and having experience to work for promotion of Decent Work and ILO/Government Labor laws will be given preference.
- Strong understanding of labor categories, their issues and their involvement in cotton production process.
- Willingness for field visits to interiors of lower Sindh for trainings, evaluations and meetings with farmers.
- Experience and ability to work in tight schedules and within limited timeframes
- Good report writing and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to plan work schedules to meet agreed deadlines.
- Effective team player and conversant with a transdisciplinary approach.
- Practical and pragmatic – preferably with experience of working with international organizations.
- Experience of TNA, Training Design, Training Material development and Training Evaluations.
Personal Characteristics
- Applicant for this role needs to be honest, dedicated, social, motivated, disciplined, and self-organized to deliver quality work at prescribed deadlines.
NOTE
- This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. It is expected that the post holder and CABI will adopt a flexible attitude and accept that the duties may have to be varied according to circumstances, in particular changing corporate requirements and individual development needs.