About AWEC:

Established in 1991 by a group of educated Afghan women in exile, the Afghan Women's Educational Center (AWEC) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, nonpolitical, and nongovernmental organization dedicated to advocating for and raising awareness about the rights of women and children in Islam.

Our core activities focus on empowering women, eliminating violence, and increasing women's participation in both domestic and societal spheres.

With over three decades of experience, AWEC possesses a profound understanding of Afghanistan's socioeconomic, cultural, and political landscape. We are recognized as a leading organization that addresses the diverse needs of various communities, which are shaped by numerous social and economic factors.

Since 2002, AWEC has collaborated with women and communities to enhance access to education, health, and vocational services in Afghanistan. Our initiatives extend to livelihood improvement, protection, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), humanitarian aid, grant management, capacity building, social rehabilitation, cohesion, and justice. AWEC has successfully implemented projects in Logar, Faryab, Kapisa, Khost, Panjshir, Wardak, Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Paktia, Paktika, Laghman, Nuristan, and Bamyan provinces, maintaining an active presence in Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Paktia, Paktika, Laghman, Nuristan, and Bamyan.

Our vision in AWEC is “an inclusive and just society with sensitized and responsive public and private sector, where all women and children have access to opportunities to improve their quality of life in order to realize their full potential”.

AWEC has zero tolerance approach to the AWEC Code of Conduct including safeguarding, SH, and Fraud violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

Duties&Responsibilities:

• Assessing cases and compiling case reports containing relevant information.
• Providing professional & confidential services and support to the GBV survivors in a survivor-centered case management approach.
• Ensuring that case reports are kept up to date.
• Ensuring accurate client information documentation, maintaining confidential history reports, and safe storage.           
• Interviewing clients to assess their situational needs and planning regular follow-ups to assess progress and additional needs.
• Developing a practical and comprehensive action plan for case monitoring, safe referral, and client's well-being.
• Developing a context-specific GBV referral pathway to any available specialized GBV case management facility in the targeted provinces.
• Participate in the development of case management monitoring systems and help to ensure that GBV community workers utilize these systems correctly and consistently.      
• Supervise and provide training mentorship and other technical support to project staff mainly social workers and community mobilizers directly involved with the psychosocial component of the AAA's GBV Programme.
• Provide leadership and guidance to all safe space officers, psychosocial councilors, and community outreach officers to ensure all Programme activities meet best practice standards.           
• Strengthen and maintain networks through other service providers to ensure that survivors receive compassionate support from the community and to encourage greater communication collaboration and coordination among partners (protection health legal and psychosocial sectors).
• Good coordination and networking with GBV actors and government officials in respective provinces.

Job Requirements:

Qualifications:

          Bachelor Degree in social work, Sociology or Psychology. Master’s degree is preferred.

Experience & Skills:

• Should have at least have 3-4 years of experience in case management and law-related activities and provision of legal advice to victims of violence against women and girls as well as referral of cases
• Active listening, to better understand the needs of their client so they can create a plan of action
• Social context to understand the challenges and opportunities clients face
• Written and verbal communication to interface with government organizations, courts/probate officers and essentials services
• Critical thinking and decision making to plan the best course of action for their clients
• Problem solving to improve the well-being of their clients through advocacy
• Strong knowledge of computer applications including MS Word and Excel.  
• Willing to work under pressure.  
• Fluency in English, Pashto & Dari is a must, including writing clear and concise reports.

Interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with their CVs to the attention of following link: https://forms.gle/9SDSdbjkoP4LDxX18

After submission your information. All eligible shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for test/Interview.

“Being committed to diversity & equal employment opportunity we highly encourage females & people living with disabilities to apply, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, language, religious sect.”