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IRD project Community Engagement SpecialistEmployer RID PIU |
| Information on vacancy | |
| Period of publication | 22.04.2024 - 21.05.2024 |
| Field of activity / position: |
Other |
| Duties | The scope of work of the selected candidate is to oversee the community mobilization components of the project to ensure consistent, high-quality facilitation across the IRDP working areas and to encourage learning. More specific tasks include: - Oversight overall participatory project cycle through coordinating work implemented in districts and selected villages by Facilitating Partners (the Republic of Karakalpakstan, Khorezm, Bukhara and Navoi regions) . - Make regular visits to regions to oversight and coordinate participatory project cycle related work specifically: (i) project socialization to each level of government, mahalla citizens assemblies, and community members; (ii) the formation of project implementation teams at the regional, district and mahalla levels; (iii) the selection of villages to participate in the Project and the Project year (1,2,3) in which they will receive Project financing; (iv) participatory needs assessments, prioritization, and decision-making over the Project's infrastructure investments and the development of a three-year Integrated Rural Development plan; This includes guidance to Facilitating Partners Community Mobilizers and their supervisors to ensure quality facilitation of resources maps, well-being analysis, seasonal calendars, as well as health and education analysis, so that the Integrated Rural Development Plans reflect the needs of the community and the poor and marginalized, in particular; (v) elections of Mahalla Development Units as outlined in the training manual; (vi) participatory monitoring and oversight by Mahalla Citizens Assembly project committee members, which will include oversight and sign-off on the construction and delivery of the infrastructure projects, social audits and scorecards (i.e., participatory monitoring and evaluation), and participating as a member of tendering committees for the infrastructure projects at the regional level; (vii) establishing and supporting community-level structures responsible for participatory operations and maintenance. - Arranging training of trainers for Facilitating partners on topics such as project procurement monitoring, social audits, grievance redress mechanism, labor relations, social including providing outreach to vulnerable and excluded groups, etc. - Working with the MIS/Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist to: (i) ensure that the requisite community participation forms and data are uploaded to the MIS in a timely manner; (ii) analyze community mobilization data to ensure that meaningful participatory processes are occurring throughout the process; (iii) revise procedures/addressing problems as needed. - Regularly meeting with communities, Facilitating Partners, district implementation teams, Mahalla development (MDU) units to discuss the quality of the participatory processes and help them to address any operational and technical issues. In these sessions champion Mahalla Citizens Assembly (MCA)/MDUs should be identified and learning visits to the best performing villages should be organized. - Ensuring that there are continuous knowledge exchanges between members of the Mahalla Development Units in different villages within and across regions. - Gather best practices and examples of pro-poor and pro-women development and draft reports on successes and challenges. |
| Requirements to the candidate | |
| Age: | n/a |
| Gender: | Irrelevant |
| Residence: | Tashkent |
| Education: | Irrelevant |
| Professional requirements | - A university degree in the area of social sciences (minimum bachelor's degree, master's degree preferred); - 3-5 years of experience utilizing participatory approaches, such as Participatory Rural Appraisal with a particular focus on community-based infrastructure or water supply; - Proven track record in developing training modules; - Proven track record as a master trainer; - 3-5 years' experience supporting institutional development for basic rural infrastructure in Uzbekistan; - Experience with internationally financed projects ( IsDB, Asian Development Bank, EU, USAID, UNDP, or other international or bilateral donors) would be an asset; - Strong communication skills in Uzbek or Russian - verbal and written. Working level of English. |
| Working conditions | |
| Region | Tashkent |
| Employment | Full |
| Salary offered | to be negotiated in interview |
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