The Liaison Office (TLO) founded in 2003 as an Afghan non-governmental organization (NGO) that emerged from a Swiss peace pilot project (supported by the Heinrich Böll Stiftung) with the aim of improving local governance, stability, and security through systematic and institutionalized engagement with customary structures, local communities, civil society groups, and government institutions. TLO is based in Kabul, with regional offices in Paktia, Khost, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar, and Nangarhar and additional field offices across Afghanistan. TLO works to achieve its objectives through key program activities: research and analysis, dialogue facilitation for peacebuilding, access to justice and governance, humanitarian assistance, third party monitoring and evaluation, and environment & natural resources management. 

• Represent VAP in the region and be the liaison person for civil society activists including, women, religious scholars, tribal leaders, people with disabilities, minorities and other groups in respective region.
• Build and maintain relations with people and civil society actors in community, district and provincial level and identify grassroot peace related activities.
• Provide technical assistance and support for CSO networks and facilitate local and grassroot events, consultations and dialogues.
• Connect local CSOs and VAP and make sure that the people inputs are transferred to VAP.
• Be in regular contact with local community and update VAP on establishment of civil society organizations networks.
• Schedule meetings with various organizations in the region and coordinate efforts among different institutions.
• Update the regional database of the contact list of civil societies organizations and individuals on a regular basis.

• Provide capacity building support:

• Formulate and implement strategies for strengthening the capacities of civil societies groups to undertake effective activities for people engagement on the sub-national level.
• Support the ideas of the civil society groups and public in the peace process.
• Ensure the provision of training and technical assistance required by the civil societies, groups, individuals, tribal elders, religious scholars, internally displaced people (IDPs), people with disabilities, minorities including Sikh community on the sub-nationals, to be aware of the peace negotiation process and be part of this effort to bring the social cohesion.
• Organize and lead the workshops, events, consultations and dialogues on the sub-national levels.
• Provide overall administrative and logistic support for the Civil Society Component activities in the region;
• Provide inputs into every training/workshop for CSO partners.
• Facilitate meetings/ training /workshops to be carried out for CSO partners in the region for the discussion on peace and the needs of the people.
• Ensure necessary technical assistance is available for CSO partner and serve as a technical backup.

• Reporting:

• Document people’s voices, messages, and suggestions and their inputs regarding peace process.
• Develop monthly plans and share for approval with VAP outreach department.
• Lead and participate in the sub-national surveys and data collection process.
• Keeping VAP updated on peace related activities on the region, province and district level.
• Conduct frequent field visit, collect information and report to main office. Collect essential data from CSOs in respective region as per requirement from the central civil society team.

• Public Relation:

• Build relations with local media and be in direct contact with media at the provincial and district level.
• Introduce VAP for various groups at the local and community level.
• Cooperate in organizing VAP’s events press conferences at the respective region.
• Meet with VAP media advisory board member at the region on regular basis.

Bachelor degree in public relation/business administration or other relevant field with 3-5 years’ experience
Initiative and creativity Training and facilitation skills Working experience with Civil Society relevant zone   
Excellent verbal and written skills English, Pashto and Dari.

Strong interpersonal and negotiation abilities including the ability to address sensitive issues with diplomacy respect and tact.

Travel to provinces and districts of relevant zone

Preference will be given to the applications received from its relevant province.

Interested applicants must submit their letter of interest and CV to: n.habibi@vap.org.af and CC: sadaf.karimi@vap.org.af  

Applicants are required to indicate the vacancy number and job title while applying.

CVs received after the closing date and or without vacancy number will not be accepted.