Women for Afghan Women (WAW) is a grassroots civil society organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls in Afghanistan and New York. In particular, WAW works to help Afghan women and girls exercise their rights to pursue their individual potential to self-determination, and to representation in all areas of life—political, social, cultural, and economic. WAW relentlessly advocates for women’s rights and challenges the norms that underpin gender-based violence to influence attitudes and bring about change.

Job Overview

The incumbent will be part of the protection monitoring team that conducts systematic monitoring of the protection concerns of conflict induced internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugee returnees.

Protection concerns (i.e., risks, rights violations, trends, discrimination, and exclusion) will be monitored and documented under the project. These activities will lead to: 1) an increased understanding of the protection environment, including essential demographic data, vulnerability mapping, available services, and existing gaps impacting the displaced and returnee communities; and 2) the sharing of reports detailing needed actions by all actors (humanitarian community and government) to address protection concerns/gaps and contribute to identifying community protection measure (CPM) projects aimed at mitigating protection risks and supporting the (re)integration and solutions of displaced and returnee communities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist the community in understanding the project activities and goals;
• Encourage and promote positive learning between the project staff and the communities.
• Work with the Protection Project Manager and other members of the team to build relationship with the communities and local authorities, specifically DoRR.
• In the assigned area of responsibility, conduct monitoring visits to internally displaced and refugee returnee communities and, through focus group discussion, key informant interviews and observation, identify main protection risks and concerns affecting displaced persons and returnees
• In coordination with other actors, participate in joint assessments and monitoring of internally displaced persons during the first phase of displacement;
• By using an age, gender and diversity approach, engage displaced and returnee communities to identify existing coping mechanisms, capacities and assets that can mitigate their protection risks and support their stabilisation;
• Through participatory assessment, mobilise the communities to elaborate on initiatives and projects that can support their stabilisation and mitigate their protection concerns.
• Based on results of the monitoring and discussion with displaced and returnee communities, identify areas in need of referral to specialised agencies and support the reporting officer and UNHCR in drafting of proposals for community protection measure projects.
• During monitoring visits, conduct information dissemination sessions to raise awareness among displaced and returnee communities on available services in their current location;
• During monitoring visits, identify people with specific needs and ensure they are referred to the appropriate service provider;
• Monitor the progress of protection monitoring in the field and report to Protection Project Manager/Reporting Officer on trends and developments affecting protection environment.
• In coordination with Protection Project Manager/Reporting Officer, maintain monitoring work plans covering the target locations
• Ensure confidentiality and respect of core humanitarian principles, including the principle of do no harm and impartiality.
• Perform any other tasks related to project activities

Data Collection:

• Record results of protection monitoring visits using the relevant tools and maintain electronic records for each visit;
• Maintain record on number, date and location of protection monitoring visits, including number of beneficiaries benefiting from information dissemination sessions, and number of persons with specific needs identified and referred;

• Report the collected data to the Protection Reporting Officer/Data Management Officer, and Protection Project Manager.

Communication/ Coordination:

• Report on a daily basis to the Protection Reporting Officer, Data Management Officer, and Protection Project Manager.
• Coordinate on daily basis with UNHCR Provincial Focal points on mission planning and monitoring schedules in the field.
• Ensure to involve the Protection Reporting Officer/Data Management Officer and team in all the major work-related decisions.
• Ensure to inform the Protection Project Manager with all the related security issues and other vital information.

• Maintain good relationships with the beneficiaries and their families in order to understand their perspective on the project and to assist in its success of the project.
• Maintain a good relationship with the other members of the team.

Personal Qualities:

The candidate should

• Uphold the highest humanitarian standards and principles;
• Have ability and willingness to travel and spend long hours in the field locations;
• Have capacity to work independently and as part of a team;
• Have excellent interpersonal relationships, networking and communication skills;
• Have good analytical skills and capacity to coordinate with a variety of humanitarian actors and local institutions;
• Be able to represent WAW mandate and principles with communities and local authorities, using appropriate messages and methods
• Understand and be sensitive to local customs
• Be able to prioritize work.
• Be flexible and adaptable to ever-changing environments
• Be able to work under pressure

• A minimum of 3 years of work experience in Community empowerment, field work, outreach, and/or monitoring; previous experience in protection programs and/or participatory assessment programs for internally displaced persons and refugee returnees is a strong asset;
• Desirable knowledge of core elements of protection, GBV, child protection, and legal aid;
• Bachelor's Degree in political science, public administration or gender issues  
• Fluency in Dari,Uzbeki, Pashtu, and English is an asset
• Experience in the usage of Office package (MS Word, Excel, etc.)

Interested Afghan applicants should submit a cover letter along with their CVs in one PDF file explaining their interest in and suitability for the position. Please indicate the vacancy number (VA#1434 Protection Monitor/Badakhshan) clearly in the cover letter and in the subject line of your email and send it to: hr@womenforafghanwomen.org

Note: Kindly avoid sending your educational and work certificates at this stage of recruitment. Applications received after the closing date without mentioning the location in the subject line of the email will not be considered.