Community Facilitator (CF)

Vacancy Announcement

Aasaman Nepal in partnership with Mercy Corps is implementing the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (ZCRA) program in Madhesh Province. The Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (ZCRA) is an alliance of nine organizations including international NGOs, private sector, and academic organizations, who have come together with the support of the Zurich Foundation to drive better policy and practice to reduce the negative impact of multi hazards (floods and heatwaves) on peoples’ and communities’ ability to thrive. The Alliance finished its first phase in 2018, second phase in Dec 2023 and third phase will run till Dec 2027. During this time, the Alliance will take a system approach and implement a combination of pilot programs, research, knowledge management and work to influence community donors, policy makers, and practitioners to invest in climate resilience through:

• Strengthened DRRM and CCA governance in Province and Local Level.
• Increased financing Government’s financing on DRRM and CCA at all levels of government.
• Enhanced Private Sector’s role in supporting DRRM and CCA efforts.

Mercy Corps is leading the ‘influencing and advocacy’ work within the Alliance, as well as making substantial contributions to work streams on knowledge management, research, and piloting innovative field programming with communities, private sector, and government.

1. Community Facilitator (CF)-1 (Rautahat district)

JOB SUMMARY:

Community Facilitator will be responsible for implementing the Zurich Climate Resilience Alliance (ZCRA) field interventions in the targeted Palika. He/ She will be based at targeted Palika as per requirement of the project and spend 100 percentage time in field to ensure effective implementation of the project interventions, maintain regular coordination and communication with project team, communities, community-based organizations, Palika representatives and Palika thematic line agencies and other stakeholders.

Essential Job Responsibilities

The specific duties and responsibilities of the Community facilitators include, but are not limited to the following, 

1. Program Planning and Implementation

• Prepare Implementation Plan (IP) at Palika level with coordination of Project Coordinator. 
• Assist supervisor to disaggregate project plan as per requirement.
• Ensure the timely implementation of project interventions with on-site direct supervision. And ensure the activities are implemented as per the quality standards.
• Coordinate regularly with project team, communities, community-based organizations, Palika representatives and Palika thematic line agencies and other stakeholders
• Able to conduct assessments, surveys, focus group discussions, Key informants' interview as per project requirement.
• Able to use the mobile phone/tablet based digital data collection/ survey.
• Prepare field reports at Palika level and submit them to supervisor.

2. Palika level Advocacy: 

• Maintain close and regular coordination with communities, gov stakeholders and other relevant stakeholders in respective Palika for effective program implementation, leveraging resources, policy strengthening of Palika.
• Represent the project relevant meeting, workshop and discussion arranged by the line agencies, stakeholders at project level if required.

3. Training, workshop/meeting.

• Organize and facilitate capacity development training/ workshop/ meeting in community, ward, Palika.
• Organize and manage the monitoring field visits by donors, government, senior management team, BoD.

OTHERS

• Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Aasaman Nepal and Mercy Corps Nepal and to not jeopardize their humanitarian mission.
• Expected to be part of humanitarian and emergency response and their regular roles and responsibilities in such situations.
• Other duties as assigned by the direct Supervisor.
• Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

ACCOUNTABILITY TO BENEFICIARIES

• Project team members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of our field projects.
• Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and ASN's policies, procedures, and values always and in all in-country venues.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

NA

ACCOUNTABILITY

• Reports Directly to: Project Coordinator 

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• At least Intermediate Level in any discipline.
• Strong community mobilization skills.
• Proven experience (at least 2 years) in community development, disaster risk reduction and management, climate change adaptation, livelihood, and other related fields.
• Proven field report writing. 
• Ability to work at pace across multiple work streams.
• Strong management and social mobilization skills.
• Excellent ability to work across cultures, time zones and disciplines with a wide range of stakeholders. 

Languages: Strong command of Nepali, English (oral and written) and local language preferred/required.   

Aasaman Nepal has zero tolerance of abuse and exploitation of vulnerable people. We expect all our employees/volunteers to ensure we are protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.

Other Attributes for all positions: Excellent quality of work and commitment to high standards, strong communication skills, team building and willingness and motivated for good service delivery with strong networking and interpersonal skills and comfortable to work under stress and emergencies.

Age Limit: Candidates between 21 years to 55 years are only eligible to apply for the above position, depending upon the nature of job they will carry. For Teaching and Learning Mentor candidates between 18 years to 40 years are only eligible to apply for the above position, depending upon the nature of job they will carry

All employees must adhere to child safeguarding in person’s provisions covered in the project agreement.

Monitor staff and partners’ and ensure adherence to Aasaman Nepal's policies and internal procedures, protocols, Aasaman Nepal's code of Conduct with special attention to Safeguarding Standards and Procedure, Case Handling Framework, Child Protection and Do No Harm Policies. Also, immediate reporting and redress of any complaints and issues based on its severity.

Notes:

Locals, especially women and members of ethnic or marginalized communities are encouraged to apply for this position and (PC-Madhesh Province, CF- same district) are encouraged to apply.

• Applications received after the deadline will not be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be notified for the further process.  
• Canvassing at any stage of the recruitment process shall lead to automatic disqualification of the candidate.

Application Method

Interested candidates are asked to submit their application with an updated CV within 7 days through the link below (05:00 pm, 28 May 2025).

https://forms.gle/i5uNu9gwkZcHn7jQ7

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for participation in the recruitment process. No telephone enquiry is entertained. ASN reserves the right to qualify/disqualify any applications without any reason.