Community Mobiliser
Also known as: Community Organiser · Community Facilitator · Field Mobiliser
Works directly with communities to build awareness, form groups and link people to programmes and services.
Starting salary: not added yet.
What you’d do
A community mobiliser works on the ground for NGOs and development programmes, building trust with communities and getting people involved in a programme on health, livelihoods, education or sanitation. NGOs, CSR foundations and agencies implementing development projects hire for this work. A typical day involves village or ward visits, group meetings, home visits and recording data.
- Hold community meetings and surveys
- Form and support self-help and user groups
- Link households to schemes and services
- Record field data and progress
How you get in
Freshers usually join an NGO or project as a mobiliser or field coordinator, often in rural or urban low-income areas. Fieldwork from BSW placements and comfort with the local language count heavily.
Salary in India
Salary data isn’t added for this role yet. When it is, every figure points to its source.
Skills you’ll use
From our guide · a curated list is coming
- Community engagement and facilitation
- Local-language communication
- Survey and field data collection
- Knowledge of welfare schemes
- Handling conflict with patience
About this field · for freshers
Job openings by year
Is demand growing?
Not added yet.
Competition3
How many graduates enter each year?
BSW graduates in 2023-24 at institutions that reported to AISHE — everyone finishing that degree, not only those entering this role.
Who hires
IT firms, banks, government, startups?
Not added yet.
Where the jobs are
Which cities?
Not added yet.
Women in the field3
Is it diverse?
Share of women among BSW graduates in 2023-24 — the entry degree, not people already working in this role.
At a glance
- Common next roles: field coordinator, programme officer, project manager.
- Many posts are tied to project funding and run for fixed terms.
- Field travel, sometimes to remote areas, is a regular part of the job.
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