Overview
The Community Mobilization Officer will support the implementation of programme activities related to civic engagement, participatory governance, and community-led recovery at the local level within the Area-Based Recovery approach. The role involves conducting community-level assessments, facilitating participatory processes, and supporting the functioning of Community Engagement Working Groups.
Key Responsibilities
- Support implementation of programme activities related to civic engagement, participatory governance, and community-led recovery.
- Conduct community-level assessments and stakeholder mapping.
- Facilitate inclusive participatory processes in partner hromadas.
- Support the establishment and functioning of Community Engagement Working Groups (CEWGs).
- Prepare and update work plans for community mobilization activities.
- Provide technical support to communities, local authorities, and civil society organizations.
- Support community-based reintegration of veterans.
- Contribute to capacity development activities for community actors.
- Ensure coordination, documentation, reporting, and communication of civic engagement activities.
- Collaborate with Area-Based Recovery (ABR) thematic teams.
- Ensure regular and structured engagement with key regional and local stakeholders.
- Facilitate participatory consultations, dialogue meetings, and working sessions.
- Promote meaningful inclusion of veterans, youth, women, IDPs, people with disabilities and other underrepresented groups.
- Support coordination and communication between local-level stakeholders and institutions.
- Liaise with civil society organizations, academic institutions, and subject-matter experts.
- Systematically document stakeholder feedback and agreed action points.
- Coordinate closely with UNDP programme, operations, and technical teams.
- Support coordination with implementing partners, service providers, and contractors.
- Contribute to monitoring implementation from a community and civic engagement perspective.
- Provide support to procurement-related processes.
- Support organization of coordination meetings, consultations, and field missions.
- Assist in preparation of progress, monitoring, and results-oriented reports.
- Ensure the mainstreaming of gender equality and women’s empowerment considerations.
Required Experience
- Minimum 2 years (with Master’s degree) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of relevant experience at the national or international level in civic engagement, inclusive recovery and/or community development.
- Experience in the use of computers, office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and web-based management systems, and advanced knowledge of spreadsheet and database packages.
- Demonstrated professional experience applying the Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) and/or Area-Based Recovery approaches in community-level programming, including participatory planning, stakeholder engagement, and inclusive implementation.
- Demonstrated experience in providing advisory support and/or advocacy to civil society organizations and local authorities in the areas of civic engagement, social inclusion, and community based reintegration of veterans is a strong asset.
- Previous experience with UN/UNDP, public sector institutions, and/or international organizations.
Qualifications
- Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in Social Sciences, Public Administration, Law, Political Science or related field is required; or
- A first-level degree (Bachelor’s degree) in the areas stated above, in combination with additional two years of qualifying experience will be given due consideration in lieu of Master’s degree.
