Community Mobilizers

About PWWSD

The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) is a Palestinian grassroots non-governmental organization working since 1981 with and for Palestinian women marginalized by the Israeli occupation and Palestinian patriarchal society.

PWWSD is currently seeking to improve the political situation of Palestinian women and youth, by integrating women in the negotiation to end the Palestinian political division and increase women’s participation in peace and address women’s security agenda and strengthen human rights, needs, and priorities of women and men in areas affected by armed conflict. 

To this end, PWWSD is recruiting a community mobilizer under the “Enhanced Role of Women in the Public Life and Minimizing Conflicts- Grassroots Approach-Muwatinat” project that aims to INCREASE A MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION AND DECISION-MAKING OF WOMEN IN CONFLICT PREVENTION PROCESSES AND RESPONSE. The community mobilizer will directly report to the Muwatinat project coordinator.

Main Responsibilities:

1. Establish and maintain partnerships and/or coordination with key stakeholders in four different areas in the West Bank; Ramallah, East Jerusalem, Jericho and Tulkarem.
2. Ensuring all supporting documents are maintained and an orderly filing system is in place.
3. Ensure proper, professional, documented, and clear communication with the project team and partners of all aspects of the project activities.
4. Implement awareness activities in the local communities.
5. Coordinate with the project coordinator to draft the regular narrative activities reports.
6. Inform project staff on progress and obstacles in the implementation and provide necessary documentation upon request.
7. Organize and conduct workshops and meetings with stakeholders, and participate, document, and coordinate results/outcomes of the Steering Committee Meetings.

Requirements:

• Minimum undergraduate degree in political science, planning, business administration, public administration, gender, and development, or related social sciences.
• 1-year experience delivering awareness workshops.
• Understanding of Gender equality and Gender mainstreaming concepts.
• Good knowledge of the Palestinian political context.
• Excellent Arabic and good English language skills.
• Proven ability to collaborate well and deliver work in a timely manner.
• Coordinate for and follow up on the implementation of the community engagement activities including policy dialogue, round table discussions, and campaigns.
• Ensure to plan and implement all the community-based outreach activities in all targeted project sites.
• Develop in cooperation with the project coordinator the link with the local communities, governing structures, municipalities, and other community institutions.
• Ensure relevant target groups are identified and informed of the planned events/sessions in advance.
• Resolve all challenges related to awareness interventions using community-based approaches.
• Prepare activities reports on a regular basis and share them with the project coordinator for review and input and in assembling the narrative report.
• Able to travel between West Bank cities using public transportation.
• Strong Leadership skills.

Interested candidates are requested to deliver a CV and financial offer per 2-hour session in hands to the PWWSD office in Ramallah, no later than Saturday 13.01.2024.