UNV Community Organizer

Contract

This is a UNV Community Volunteer contract. This kind of contract is known as National UN Volunteer. It is normally only for nationals. More about UNV Community Volunteer contracts.

The Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities (LIUPC) Project (also previously known as National Urban Poverty Reduction Programme-NUPRP) builds on the experiences of the DFID, UNDP and GoB funded Urban Poverty Reduction Project-UPPR (2007-2015), one of the largest urban poverty reduction intervention in the world which established a community based approach to reduce urban poverty working with more than 2,500 Community Organizations in 23 Pourashavas (Municipalities) and City Corporations.

LIUPC will be implemented over a period of five years (2017-2022) and will cover up to 25-36 Pourashavas and City Corporations. LIUPC is to provide support towards contributing to balanced, sustainable growth and reduction of urban poverty in Bangladesh. LIUPC will work nationwide and cover poor people living in slums and informal settlements in Pourashavas and City Corporations in Bangladesh. LIUPC will initially focus on 11 Pourashavas and City Corporations in Phase-1 and Phase-2 will be initiated for the remaining Pourashavas and City Corporations upon successful completion of Phase-1. This programme will contribute “To ensure a sustainable improvement in the livelihoods and living conditions of 4 million poor people living in urban slums/informal settlements”.

The programme has five Outputs:

Output 1: Strengthened pro-poor urban management, policy and planning

Output 2: Enhanced Organisation, capability and effective voice of poor urban communities

Output 3: Improved economic and social well-being for the urban poor

Output 4: More secure tenure and housing finance for the urban poor

Output 5: Improved resilient infrastructure in, and serving, low-income settlements

The ultimate intended beneficiaries of this intervention are the poor and vulnerable urban people, now and in future years. Based on evidence outlined in the previous UPPR reviews and similar types of urban interventions in Bangladesh, the LIUPC reasonably expects a wide range of benefits to resu

Under the overall supervision, control and guidance of the Town Manager and with direct day-to-day supervision by the Infrastructure & Housing Experts of NUPRP and Close collaboration with Slum Development Officer/Town Planner of Municipality/City Corporation the National UNV Community Organizer will undertake the following but not limited to tasks:

Assist Implementation of Settlement Improvement Fund



Assist CDC to preparation of SIF community contract.
Effective communication with CDC, Cluster and Infrastructure & Housing Expert/ Engineer to prepare the community contract.



To assist the community organization to effective communication with the vendor or supplier during the SIF community contract implementation.
To ensure that the SIF contract will implement as per the approved design and proposal with quality control.
Formation the Community purchase committee and provide training to increase the capacity of Community purchase committee.
Assist the community to need based survey, progress monitoring for the infrastructure and house to house survey etc.
To assist the I&H Expert for planning, implementation and progress monitoring for the SIF infrastructure.
Assist to coordination with Community purchase committee and Social audit committee
Assist the community to operation and maintenance the infrastructure properly



Organized the Poor and Extreme Poor urban community & Conduct capacity building activities for Community Organizations



Facilitate Federation/Clusters/CDCs to conduct their regular monthly meeting



Facilitate capacity building training, Meeting, workshop or Seminar for the CDCs/Clusters/ Federation leaders, Social Audit Committees, Purchase Committees and elected representatives.
Organize exchange/Learning visits for community members, Local Government representatives
Form Social Audit Committee (SAC) and conduct capacity building training and orientation
Form Community Purchase Committee (PC) and conduct their capacity bu

, Accountability, Adaptability and Flexibility, Building Trust, Client Orientation, Commitment and Motivation, Commitment to Continuous Learning, Communication, Ethics and Values, Integrity, Planning and Organizing, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity, Working in Teams

At least One year of relevant experience or more in urban community development or urban poverty reduction programmes in either donor, NGO or the government sector.


Experience in working with local communities, society partners, municipal government officials.


Demonstrate working experience in the field of community mobilization, settlement improvement, socio economic development, training and capacity development.

Bangladesh is divided into eight administrative divisions, each named after their respective divisional headquarters: Barisal, Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Mymensing, Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Sylhet. Divisions are subdivided into districts (zila). There are 64 districts in Bangladesh, each further subdivided into upazila (subdistricts) or thana. Bangladesh's climate is tropical with a mild winter from October to March, and a hot, humid summer from March to June. A warm and humid monsoon season lasts from June to October and supplies most of the country's rainfall. Power outage is common at any time of the day without prior announcement. There is easy access to schools, health facilities, markets, foods and good accommodation at almost all places. There are available local means of transportations. Colleagues in the office are useful resources in providing information on accommodation, shopping etc. The UNV and project office can also be an additional resource in providing relevant information for living in Bangladesh. The local UNDSS will provide the needed information regarding security.