Organization for Relief Development – (ORD) is a non-profit and non-political Organization has been established in January, 2010 subsequently after the general meeting held in Kabul, which was attended by highly professional and experienced Afghan activists. ORD was established with an overall outlook of assisting the most vulnerable segments (individuals and groups) of communities, in rural, semi-urban and urban communities throughout Afghanistan. The core strategy for achieving the outlook is to nurture a peaceful society where every Afghan individual or groups of individuals can seek protection and become part of the development process through expressing their opinions, identifying the problems/challenges they are confronted with, and recommend local solutions in community participatory manner. The ORD ultimately aims  at  turning  the  poorest,  destitute  and  still  passive  segments  into  active  agents  and owners of their development process.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Overall responsibility for effective and efficient management of the WASH projects across North region.
•  consistent with the project management cycle (including reporting to the desired quality and standard).
• Contribute to all aspects of the implementation of the WASH project, including planning, designing, site selection, coordinating with WASH partners, beneficiary’s logistic department, cost estimation in coordination with Finance department, implementation, monitoring and reporting.
• Lead the planning of WASH project activities and set quality performance targets ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices and donor guidelines.
• Ensure standard curriculum be used for training of community hygiene promoters and WASH committees
• Develop tools survey, plan the survey and report.
• Attend all WASH related Coordination Meetings and share meetings minutes with seniors
• Ensure that procurement of goods and their delivery to the project areas are done in a timely way.
• Prepare monthly project financial pipeline, monitor budget utilization and prepare monthly spending plan in line with work plan and procurement plan
• Prepare and submit weekly, monthly and quarterly reports as per ORD and donor requirements.
• Follow ORD Established policies and procedures, support the successful implementation of program objectives, and provide initiatives aimed at continually improving the quality and performance of ORD’s Afghanistan programs.
• Responsible for providing technical and implementation support and guidance to field-based WASH staff in implementing project(s), including but not limited to providing instructions on work plans, approving expenses/procurement, recruitments, reporting, etc., in close coordination and collaboration with main office management team.
•  To ensure that the budget is spent effectively, and the budget lines are not overspent nor underspent.
•  To ensure both the quality and quantity of the project is achieved in a timely manner.

Education/ Qualification and Employment Benefits                                               

Education: Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Water Resource and environmental is required But, master’s degree is preferred

Experience: At least Five (5) years of relevant experience in WASH projects of NGO is required

Other qualifications’ an advantage:

• Ability in team working, Management skills and ability to properly planning, Organizing and implementing project activities.
• Having skills of Strong reporting, effective communication problem solving and budget management.

Languages: Pashto/Dari & English Fluency in (Written & Spoken) is required.

Interested applicants must submit their CV and application letter with a Subject line “ Project Manager ORD-AF-021" to jobs@ord.org.af