Job Purpose: Lead to organize dalit communities and increase their access and control to livelihood resources and decrease food shortage period following agro-ecology and solidarity group-based community intervention approach

Contract Type: Initially, a probation period of six months and following the probation period, a full-time engagement for one year with possibility of renewal on annual basis; field-based mobile position, loose beginnings and endings of the day unlike 09 am to 05 pm; Sunday to Friday.

Duty Station: The Livelihood and Empowerment Field Officer will be a 100% field-based mobile position based in Dolpa district.

Project Location: Project locations are situated in areas of Thuli Bheri, Tripurasundari and Mudkechula RM/Ms in Dolpa district in Karnali Province. Traveling to and within the project site involves extensive walking and living with community members.

Minimum Requirement and Competencies:

• Has extensive knowledge and skills on organizing communities and undertaking advocacy and solidarity group-based development interventions based on the concept of people-led development
• Is contextualized with remote and isolated rural context.
• Can live and extensively walk in remote areas for extended periods.
• Has good interpersonal skills with ability to build personal and team-based relationships with staff, partners and leaders at different levels.
• Is analytical, finds and proactively shares sources of knowledge and is a problem solver.
• Has proven leadership skills and experiences in capacity building including trainings, coaching and mentoring.
• Has proven capacity to manage program supporting organization expectations, reporting, and training requirements (as required).
• Has ability in collaborative policy advocacy and joint action with various stakeholders including local political parties, municipal leaders, officials and civil society actors.