National Community Outreach Expert - Kitwe/Solwezi

Supports UNIDO’s community outreach for artisanal and small-scale mining skills development in Zambia’s Copperbelt and North-Western provinces. The consultant plans field visits and awareness campaigns, mobilizes training beneficiaries and builds local partnerships, applying gender and social-inclusion considerations to respond to community needs and strengthen participation.

• Support the outreach strategy for Copperbelt and North-Western provinces
• Plan provincial field visits and community-engagement activities
• Build partnerships with community networks and artisanal-mining associations
• Deliver awareness sessions and campaigns
• Identify community priorities and participation barriers
• Source beneficiary profiles for training and capacity-building packages
• Support community coordination with the Provincial Coordinator
• Provide outreach inputs to progress and annual reports

• Advanced university degree in social sciences, community development, gender studies, communications, sociology or a relevant discipline
• At least 3 years of experience in community outreach, awareness-raising, social mobilization or gender programming
• Experience designing and delivering community-level awareness sessions or campaigns
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Fluency or working knowledge of Bemba
• Zambian nationality or permanent residence

• Knowledge of Copperbelt or North-Western province conditions
• Experience with artisanal and small-scale mining communities
• Working knowledge of Kaonde or Lunda

• Community Outreach
• Social Mobilization
• Awareness Raising
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Beneficiary Mobilization
• Gender Inclusion

• 50 consultancy days over 3 months