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.
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, functioning, and continuous strengthening of Community Engagement Working Groups (CEWGs).
- Prepare and regularly update work plans for community mobilization activities.
- Provide technical support to communities, local authorities, civil society organizations, and informal civic groups.
- Support community-based reintegration of veterans.
- Contribute to the design and delivery of capacity development activities.
- Ensure coordination, documentation, reporting, and communication of civic engagement activities and results.
- Collaborate closely 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, CEWGs, and relevant oblast level and national institutions.
- Liaise with civil society organizations, academic institutions, and subject-matter experts.
- Systematically document stakeholder feedback, CEWG discussions, 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.
- Assist with ensuring the Programme contributes to the promotion of gender equality.
- Use the principles of gender-responsive communications.
- Be aware of relevant gender issues and concerns.
- Support the promotion of team culture of gender equality and zero tolerance to any sexual misconduct.
- Demonstrate respect for gender equality in professional interactions.
- Assist with informing and briefing personnel and partners about corporate sexual harassment and sexual exploitation and abuse policies.
- Identify, synthesize and document best practices and lessons learned.
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.
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.
