Community Organizer

Roles and Responsibilities

A. Project coordination & management

• Management of the project at the village level under the guidance of the project coordinator and THF officials.
• Primary, and secondary data collection & implementation of participatory approaches for preparation of action plan.
• Formation & guiding of volunteer firefighters at the village level to achieve intended objectives.
• Regular field visits to the project area for mobilizing volunteer firefighters, and community‐based organizations and sharing progress with the project coordinators.
• Ensuring community engagement for the smooth implementation of the program.
• Mass level awareness drive on forest fire prevention and mitigation.
• Timely achievement of the physical target of the program.
• Implementation of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) and Behaviour Change Communication approaches at the village level.
• Timely submission of field‐level reports to project coordinators and THF officials.
• Collect and present information/reports for the project as and when needed
• Helping project coordinators in collection of data, case study/anecdotes from the field level. Any other tasks and assignments as given by project coordinators & THF officials.

B. Capacity Building of the community

• Helping project coordinators in capacity building of volunteer‐based firefighters and community‐based institutions at the village level.
• Helping project coordinators in imparting different training programs for volunteer firefighters and community‐based organizations.

C. Community Mobilization

• Mobilization of community‐based institutions like volunteer firefighters, gram panchayats, van panchayats, Mahila Mandal dals etc. for Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery at village level.
• Community mobilization for awareness generation and increased involvement of the community at each stage of the project.

D. Location: Bhawarna Block (Himachal Pradesh) E. Reporting to: Project Manager/ Block Coordinator/ Senior Project Coordinator THF is an equal opportunity employer that encourages women, people with disabilities and those from economically and socially excluded communities with the requisite skills and qualifications to apply for positions. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of caste, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other such matter.

What you will need

• Experience in project coordination & management
• Experience in data collection and analysis
• Experience in community mobilization
• Experience in training and capacity building
• Any other tasks and assignments as given by project coordinators & THF officials.

THF is an equal opportunity employer that encourages women, people with disabilities and those from economically and socially excluded communities with the requisite skills and qualifications to apply for positions.