DACAAR is a non governmental, humanitarian organization that supports sustainable development in Afghanistan through promoting the ability of local communities to decide upon and manage their own development process. The organisation employs around 900 staff of whom 05 are expatriates. Core thematic areas are: Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Natural Resource Management; Small Scale Enterprise Development; Women’s Empowerment.

Position Description:

The SO will establish village-level Community Organization CDCs which will take responsibilities Make decisions with the partners to DACAAR in all interventions.

 Complete the village profile in collaboration with the Field officer or project in charge. Community

 mobilization is a concern with Empowerment and sustainability development.

Responsibilities:

• The SO should disseminate the objectives of the projects different interventions to villages’ organizations.
• The SO will arrange meetings, appointments, regarding field days, and training of farmers (and other beneficiary groups in the area).
• The SO resolves any dispute related to projects interventions.
• Apply FFS rule and regulation on the ground and train farmers accordingly.
• Should understand the importance of sustainability and promote its concept among the beneficiaries through dissemination, mobilization, and active participation of the community in the project interventions.
• The SO should facilitate the work of the project staff through dissemination of the project objectives, and provide inputs.
• Help Field officers and technical staff in community awareness-raising regarding the importance of income generation activities.
• Coordinate with the village communities and the authorities.
• Train community leaders in recording minutes of meetings between the field staff and amongst themselves, record keeping, capacity building, other organizational aspects and community development.
• Promote the concept of, find community activists and train them in community work, and in consultation with the project officer propose to the section management their training in special technical subject matters to offer needed services to the communities;      
• Report monthly progress to the project in-charge officer according to the format requested by DACAAR. 
• Coordinate with Community organization and able to solve internal small disputes with community / CDs.
• Collecting related information/data and coordinate with field Officer to finalize reports.
• The holder of this position must strictly follow the organization existing security policies, procedures and daily instructions of the safety personnel.
• Any other tasks giving by the supervisor.

Education: Bachelor Degree in Economy or Social Science is required.

Experience: At least 3 years of relevant experience in alternative livelihood and food security assistance, climate smart agriculture, crop value chain analysis and management is required.   

Other qualifications’ an advantage:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective community engagement and report writing.

Ability in team working, Good Interpersonal Skills, Good Organizational Skills

Languages: Oral and written fluency in (English, Dari, Pashto)

Employment benefits:

• Good training opportunities to enhance employees’ skills
• Eid bonus on both Eids (after the completion of three months’ service)
• 36 days of paid annual leave per year
• 10 days of paid sick leave per year
• 30 days of paid Hajj leave (after the completion of one-year service)
• 90 days of paid maternity leave for female employees (after the completion of three months service)
• 5 days of paid paternity leave for male employees (after the completion of three months service)
• Public holidays (According to the approved public holiday’s list)

Procedure for submission of applications:                                                                                      

Interested and qualified candidates should submit an updated DACAAR Job Application Form along with introduction letter and CV online to jobs@dacaar.org or a Hard copy to HR Department in DACAAR main office Kabul.

Important Note:

• Applications without DACAAR’s UPDATED Job Application Form will not be considered.
• Application without Vacancy Number will not be considered.
• UPDATED DACAAR job application form can be obtained from; DACAAR website www.dacaar.org/, acbar website www.acbar.org/; jobs.af websites, and DACAAR Main Office kabul.
• Applications submitted as .RAR file or if the size exceeds 2MB, will not be accepted by the system
• Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted and called for the written test/ interview.
• The salary would be paid in AFN according to the actual exchange rate.

DACAAR is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all sections of the society. While all applicants will be strictly assessed on their individual merit, qualified women, people with disabilities and members of minority communities are especially encouraged to apply.

Kabul Office Address:
DACAAR, Main Office, Paikob-e-Naswar, Wazirabad, Kabul, Afghanistan

Postal address: Central P.O. Box 208, Kabul, Afghanistan
Phone: (+93) 0202230752/ (+93) 0202230753
E-mail: jobs@dacaar.org
Web site: www.dacaar.org