Community Organizational Development Facilitator

Project Description

Organizations in Georgia are looking to build internal capacity with your help.
Georgia has identified economic growth, workforce development, and youth empowerment as national priorities, embedding these goals into government strategies that promote entrepreneurship, job creation, and modern skills development. While these initiatives have yielded meaningful progress—particularly in major urban areas—many local organizations, especially in smaller towns and rural communities, continue to struggle with limited skills, resources, and funding. These challenges persist due to ongoing economic transition, dependence on external funding, and a mismatch between education systems and labor market demands. As a result, youth, women, and vulnerable populations often lack practical job skills, digital competencies, and English language proficiency required for today’s workforce. External support is needed to strengthen local organizations’ ability to deliver high-quality training, services, and opportunities within their communities.
As a Community Organizational Development Facilitator, you will collaborate with staff at a local organization to achieve financial and programmatic sustainability. Together, you will equip individuals with practical employability skills, entrepreneurship knowledge, digital literacy, project management best practices, and stronger English language skills. Your supportive role will foster better livelihoods and contribute to stronger, more resilient communities across Georgia.

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree in any field.

Living Conditions

Volunteers are placed across Georgia, outside the capital, in small regional centers, towns, and villages where local partner organizations are based. During training and the first three months of service, you live with host families. Many Volunteers choose to remain with their host families for the full duration of service due to the strong relationships and deeper cultural immersion this arrangement provides. Housing typically includes a private, lockable room and access to essential amenities such as a kitchen, bathroom, and at least one heated space. Conditions vary by community, and accommodations in rural areas may be more modest.

Job Highlights

Build practical skills in entrepreneurship, project management and training design and delivery while supporting vulnerable populations.
Learn a new language from dedicated Language and Cross-Cultural Facilitators.
Immerse yourself in Georgian culture and develop transferable intercultural communication skills.

Activities

Conduct assessments with local partners to identify priority needs.
Identify funding opportunities and provide guidance on grant proposals.
Develop fundraising strategies that include events, partnerships, and sustainable approaches to income generation.
Design and deliver trainings on employability skills, digital literacy, project design and management, entrepreneurship, and English for work settings.
Foster strong connections between the organization and local and international networks.
Develop sustainable and effective communication materials.
Train staff on outreach best practices and effective use of social media.
You may also work on additional projects that meet the community’s interests and priorities, such as an English conversation club and presentations on American culture.

Training

As a Community Organizational Development Facilitator, you will be trained on building skills for employment, entrepreneurship, and organizational effectiveness. Peace Corps/Georgia will teach you the Georgian language to help you comfortably live in and connect with the community. You will also receive language resources and learn ethnic minority languages (Azerbaijani or Armenian) if you are placed in ethnic minority communities.
After 10 weeks of training, you will move to a rural or semi-urban community where you will collaborate with a non-governmental, municipal, or community-based organization. You will work with the community to assess the local needs and develop practical solutions based on community priorities, locally available resources, and sustainable approaches.

Couple Living Conditions

Couples who are selected for the same sector will live together but work with different local partners, which may be in the same community or in neighboring communities (not more than 30 minutes apart)., Cohabitating couples are highly encouraged to present themselves as married throughout service due to cultural expectations.