# Community Outreach Worker

**Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
**Location**: Vehari, Punjab
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is initiating a short-term nutrition-focused project funded by UNICEF. The project aims to improve nutrition service delivery and outreach in seven districts of Punjab province.

As a Community Outreach Worker, you will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating project activities in target union councils of the district. Your main responsibilities will include:

- Contributing to the design and implementation of outreach community-focused activities

- Engaging community members in various project-related activities

- Facilitating village-based and door-to-door nutrition screening of children and pregnant and lactating women

- Gathering peer support groups and community committees for orientation sessions

- Conducting regular meetings with peer support groups and community committees

- Coordinating with peer groups and community committees to track and follow up referrals of women and children identified through screening

- Running awareness-raising campaigns in communities

- Collecting data on activities implemented and attendance

- Flagging protection issues that need to be addressed

- Developing and submitting progress reports

The ideal candidate will have:

- A minimum Bachelor's degree, Master's degree advantageous

- An academic background related to nutrition or health

- Minimum 3-year work experience with an INGO or in offices

- Prior experience or familiarity with community health, nutrition, or MNCH programs preferred

- Strong interpersonal and communication skills

- Experience in community mobilization, awareness-raising, or facilitation of group sessions

- Basic data collection and reporting skills

- Sound understanding of local community dynamics, culture with sensitivity to protection and safeguarding concerns

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## Skills

### Required
- community mobilization
- data collection
- reporting
- communication
- interpersonal skills

### Nice to have
- nutrition
- health
- MNCH programs

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