Human Development Facilitator

OUTREACH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

WE ARE HIRING

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FACILITATOR

Outreach Development Program (ODP) is seeking for 2 Human Development Facilitators (HDF) to carry out community organising work in Kasungu.

• Facilitates the participatory human development (PHD) process, an approach of community-led development, in rural communities to enable people to resolve their poverty-related issues, develop their capabilities, raise their consciousness, and organise themselves.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree or some college-level experience in social sciences or other subject suited/related to community-led development work.
• Community organising experience. Significant experience will be considered in lieu of a college degree.
• Academic intelligence, social/cultural intelligence, and/or indigenous intelligence.
• Awareness about poverty and social realities.
• Emotionally mature.
• Capable of carrying out work that is physically demanding (i.e. spending long days on your feet and walking over difficult terrain).
• Possessing the basic attitudes necessary in PHD work, i.e., open to accepting and learning from mistakes, has the interest and initiative to learn, is a critical and creative thinker, democratic, disciplined, able to integrate and be comfortable with poor people.
• Have no other commitments (be it ideological or otherwise) whose principles, practice and time demand are in conflict with PHD work.
• Applicants with motor bike licence shall have added advantage.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Enable the people to collectively resolve their community problems, needs and issues through PHD Process.
• Develop people’s capacity in problem solving, project development and organisational management.
• Facilitate formation of groups or organisation/s which will sustain development work in the village.
• Document community studies and updates on issues, projects and organisational development of the partner village.
• Formulate field operation plans – quarterly and monthly.
• Conduct 3 days’ field work per week.
• Submit agreed reports, stories, photos and other required documents in the different levels of the training.
• Provide a major role in networking of the people in the area with resource agencies, including local government offices.
• Assist in ensuring cooperation and coordination between and among project team and project partners.

Interested applicants should send their application letters together with the CVs not later than 19th October 2026. Through:

The program coordinator, Outreach Development Program, Box 279, Kasungu. OR

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]