Announced Date: 13 August, 2023 Expire Date: 30 August, 2023
Job Location: Takhar
Nationality: National
Category: Education
Employment Type: Full
Time
Salary: As per
Organization Salary Scale
Vacancy Number: VA-40-2023
No. Of Jobs: 3
City: Rustaq
Organization: ACDO
Years of Experience: 4 years’ relevant experience in
implementation of education or similar projects in a humanitarian/recovery
context
Contract Duration: 9
Months
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Completion of higher school,
bachelor degree is desirable
Close date: 2023-08-30
About ACDO:
Asia Community Development Organization (ACDO) is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit humanitarian organization established in 2014 and registered with the Government of Afghanistan under the supervision of Ministry of Economy (MoEc) with a mission to provide humanitarian and development assistance to the vulnerable, at-risk, and underserved people throughout the country.
ACDO responds to the needs of deprived and marginalized rural and urban communities by managing and utilizing the available scarce resources in a well-organized, efficient, effective, transparent, and dignified manner to enhance resilience, boost access to education, health services, and infrastructure, ensure food and livelihood security, and promote social protection and inclusion.
ACDO has an active presence in most parts of the country and intends to expand its operations to the remaining provinces, as to transform itself into a leading and developed organization that will deliver to and support large number of people who have been affected by the long-protracted and sudden on-set emergencies and regardless of the hardest circumstances that exist in Afghanistan, ACDO has managed to deliver humanitarian and development assistance in most part of country.
Job Overview:
The aim of this project is to enable vulnerable and at-risk out-of-school children (OOSC) in emergency settlements/settings and host communities to access quality basic education in a safe and protective environment in Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar province. The Community Mobilizer will be responsible to maintain close relationship with the communities to facilitate smooth project implementation through public awareness, community mobilization and contribution in the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will spend 80% of his working time in the field, and should regularly visit the targeted areas. the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
Job Description:
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Conduct surveys and
assessments in the communities and provide feedback and suggestions for the
strengthening and development of the education program.
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Create positive relations
with communities through regular meetings and discussion for identifying and
addressing education needs and issues.
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Lead community-based
mobilization and sensitization meetings, introduce the project activities to
community members and project beneficiaries.
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Support project location
and project beneficiaries targeting strategy and criteria.
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Create plans for
establishing School Shuras with community members and elders to monitor and
support the education activities in the community.
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Work with community to
identify education needs, create work plan, assuring that community members are
supporting the education program and School Shura members.
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Facilitate the
establishment of CBSs/ALCs and ensure the registration and integration of students
and teachers in the MoE formal system.
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Establish and maintain
productive work relationship and coordinate activities with PED, DED, Hub
Schools and other relevant stakeholders.
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Ensure the transparency in
classroom repair/maintenance and material distribution activities in the
community and records.
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Take part in the process of
beneficiary identification and registration.
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Conduct campaigns and
trainings for raising awareness about gender, especially for improvement of
female education and their further participation in education.
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Conduct meetings and
trainings for other members of the provincial education team with MoE
Provincial CBE Officers (PCO), Teachers and School Shura members for developing
their capacity in planning and implementing CBE activities.
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Develop and maintain a
network of external contacts with key individuals in the government, NGO sector
and civil society at district level.
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Support feedback mechanism
within the project to ensure voices from direct beneficiaries and wider
community are continuously shared, captured, and fed into project activities.
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Support the child
protection staff and community-based committees in case management under the
child protection component of the project.
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Communities aware on
project objectives, outputs, activities, MEAL systems and ACDO Child Protection
Policies.
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Facilitate project
activities information at all events such as training, workshops and awareness
sessions.
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Provide classroom support
for teachers inside the EiE classes.
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Follow up day by day
project activities and guide teachers at the field level.
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Assist joint monitoring
visits with the government officials (Provincial/district relevant authorities)
to the project sites.
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Support implementation of
project baseline, mid-term, and final evaluation.
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Support and advocate school
Shuras to fill full their activities and guide them accordingly.
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Develop project weekly
narrative reports and submit them to Provincial Officer timely.
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Any other related task as
assigned by Provincial Officer and/or Senior Management Team (SMT).
Job Requirements:
Qualifications:
12 Grade, Priority will be given to bachelor degree holder.
Bachelor degree holder with 3 years of relevant experience and 6 years
of relevant experience with 12th Grade.
Experience in the relevant or similar position in humanitarian projects is required.
Skills:
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Strong oral and written
communication skills in Pashto and Dari, English skills will be an asset.
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Knowledge of the community
structure, dynamics and development.
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At least 3 to 6 years of
experience in community mobilization, particularly for community participation,
conflict resolution and resource mobilization.
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Knowledge of the value of
education in Holy Islam, child development and the current trends of education
in Afghanistan.
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Ability to cope well under
pressure, work irregular hours and meet tight deadlines.
·
Sound organizational skills
and ability to prioritize and deliver assignments in a timely manner often
under severe time pressures.
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Experience in needs assessment,
project monitoring & evaluation, and program development
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Good knowledge and
experience in Afghanistan education system/context, education in emergencies
(EiE), and child protection (CP)
· Experience of coordination with government authorities, communities, donors and beneficiaries.
Language skills:
Fluent oral and written skills in Pashto and Dari, fluent in English is plus point
Submission Guideline:
Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position and submit their applications (Cover Letter and CV together) NOT Educational and Work Certificates, to the attention of the Human Resource Department at https://forms.gle/rZgcJCRddBSzpnPt8 until 04:00 pm (Afghanistan Standard Time) on August 30, 2023.
Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and consequently for an interview. If you are not contacted TWO WEEKS after the closing date, please know that your application has not been successful for the post.
Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Submission Email:
https://forms.gle/rZgcJCRddBSzpnPt8