National Community Outreach Expert - Luapula

Supports UNIDO’s community outreach for artisanal and small-scale mining skills development in Zambia’s Luapula province. The consultant plans field engagement, helps deliver awareness campaigns, mobilizes beneficiaries for training, develops local partnerships and reports outreach results, applying gender and social-inclusion considerations to make activities responsive to community priorities.

• Support the community outreach strategy for Luapula province
• Plan field visits and community-engagement activities
• Build relationships with community networks, authorities and mining associations
• Deliver outreach and awareness-raising sessions
• Identify community priorities and barriers to participation
• Source beneficiary profiles for training and capacity-building packages
• Support community-level coordination and reporting
• Contribute outreach inputs to project progress 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

• Experience with artisanal and small-scale mining communities
• Knowledge of Luapula province conditions
• Experience with UN agencies or international development organizations

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

• 32 consultancy days over 3 months