Recruitment for position of two Community Mobilisers at Worker Facilitation Centres, Pune
Location: 1) Chakan (female) 2) Bhosari (male)
About the organisation
Work Fair and Free Foundation is a non-profit organisation committed to advancing worker-centric knowledge and practice so that informal labour migration can be more secure and dignified. Founded in 2022 and incubated by Aajeevika Bureau,a pioneering workers’ rights organisation with a long presence in the western Indian labour migration corridors, committed to protecting rights and well-being of informal migrant workers with strong footprints across urban industrial centres and rural migration clusters.
Our migration practice programmes currently span across two cities - Pune and Bangalore where we operationalize three Worker Facilitation Centres (WFCs) in dense industrial clusters. For our knowledge and teaching – training programmes, we have a more national mandate, responding to requests for research enquiries from both Aajeevika Bureau’s operational areas in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, as well as from other parts of the country.
Strategic practice is one of our core verticals of work that includes operationalisation of Worker Facilitation Centres (WFCs). The function of the centre is to act as a space for workers to walk-in for information, counselling and access to government schemes and benefits. The WFC seeks to provide targeted services to workers in the realms of financial inclusion, social security, occupational safety and health and legal aid with a vision to deepen community engagement.
Roles & Responsibilities
The Community Mobilizer (Worker Facilitation Centre) will be responsible for leading outreach and service delivery to migrant workers in the industrial clusters around Chakan and Bhosari, Pune.
Specific roles and responsibilities are as follows:
- Lead outreach regarding various services provided by the WFC among migrant workers employed in the industrial clusters around Chakan/Bhosari. Building rapport with various worker groups through regular visits and follow-ups.
- Organizing regular meetings and workshops for workers regarding various social security schemes and entitlements, financial literacy, primary and occupational health, legal awareness and other issues related to enhancing the dignity and welfare of workers.
- Enabling access of workers to various government benefits and entitlements.
- Liasoning and dialogue with local government functionaries to advocate for local domicile documents and government benefits for migrant workers.
- Designing and implementing mass publicity events, campaigns and tools around the functions and services of the Worker Facilitation Centre and ensuring walk-ins, enrolments, linkages and facilitation of benefits.
Desired Skills & Experience
- Graduate/Post-Graduate with and educational background in social work/development studies/social sciences or similar disciplines would be preferable.
- At least 2-3 years of work experience. Experience in labour welfare, labour rights would be highly preferable. The position demands a willingness and interest to work in the community and engage with unorganised sector workers, who may be difficult to reach out to. Work hours and the field area would be demanding and the candidate would need to be prepared for the same.
- Sound knowledge of Marathi and Hindi, along with basic knowledge of computers and ability for documentation is essential.
Our salary offer will be in the range of salaries in mid-sized, professionally run non-profit development organisations. We aim to be a gender just, equal opportunity employer with respect to building diversity in our teams.
Applications for this position can be sent to contactus@workfairandfree.org with a copy to swati.jadhav@workfairandfree.org with your latest CV. The last date of application is July 7, 2026 and applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Please mention the position/location clearly in email subject line.