Position: Community Facilitator

Organization: Dr. Reddy’s Foundation

Location: Bihar

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Implement cluster level plan of project in consultation with Area Manager
• Network with village level stake holders like PRI members, community leaders, other community based organisations in village to seek their support in outreach activities and dissemination of technologies through lead farmers
• Conduct community meetings for selection of lead farmer nominees
• Corrdinate the logistics and preparatory activities for capacity building of lead farmers -Support and facilitate Lead Farmer during the process of demonstration.
• Implement different activities related to identity creation of lead farmer in the village 
• Document and report continuous progress to Area Manager 
• Handhold Lead farmers to disseminate key messages on different crop/ non farm PoPs, water management, digital literacy and finance literacy to fellow farmers through informal learning meetings and other active community platforms in the village.
• Plan and organize different engagement activities like lead farmers forum meetings and felicitation of lead farmers who completed the demos successfully as part of sustenance of the lead farmer platform
• Identify the village level challenges in nurturing community platform of lead farmers and come up with possible solutions
• Report project performance to management team on a monthly basis by capturing the data from lead farmers and update on MITRA-MIS portal

Competencies Required: 

• Experience in working with rural/ farming community or any extension related project
• Mobilisation of community through different outreach tools
• Basic Public speaking skills 
• Through understanding of local dynamics of the area
• Fluent in local language and able manage English or Hindi
• Planned and well organised in implementing the daily routine of activities

Qualification & Experience: 

10+2 or Graduate in Rural development/ Social work/ Agri Preferably -    1 year in field implementation role