Job Location: | Nangarhar |
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Nationality: | National |
Category: | Program |
Employment Type: | Full Time |
Salary: | As per organization salary scale |
Vacancy Number: | 8423 |
No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
City: | Jalalabad |
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Organization: | Save the Children |
Years of Experience: | 1-2 years of experience in livelihood programming |
Contract Duration: | Fixed term |
Gender: | Female |
Education: | University degree in development studies, social science, or any other relevant technical, 14 grade or credential. |
Close date: | 2024-07-27 |
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
SCI - Afghanistan
Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.
We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
The main areas of accountability and responsibility of this post are to implement the FSL component of the Save the Children’s BHA in the designated province (Nuristan). Details are below.
Support capacity building of FSL assistants and FSL beneficiaries.
Support in the development of project monitoring tools and FSL-related training materials.
In support of other project staff, finalize the project locations and project beneficiaries targeting strategy and criteria.
The incambinate will strengthen close coordination with stakeholders, district authorities, and community Shoras for the better implementation of the project.
Take part in community-based mobilization and sensitization meetings and introduce the FSL component of the project to target communities.
Take part in the process of beneficiary identification and registration. Based on the skills and knowledge of beneficiaries, recommended feasible Cash for Food beneficiaries.
Support the Senior FSL officer in the development of the project procurement plan and project detailed implementation plan.
Support Save the Children’s procurement team in the procurement of required goods that will be distributed to selected beneficiaries.
Support the livelihood beneficiaries in developing their business plans.
Support implementation of project baseline, mid-term, and final evaluation.
Collaborate with FSL Senior officer, FSL assistant and CM(community mobilizers), and MEAL staff to design community mobilization strategy and project implementation plans - including all technical specifications.
Develop project weekly and monthly narrative reports and submit them to the Senior FSL officer on a timely base.
Assist joint monitoring visits with the government officials (Provincial/district relevant authorities) to the project sites.
Establish positive working relationships with local communities, and provincial/district government officials such as line departments, UNHCR, UNOCHA, and NGO representatives.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning
Ensure that all projects are equipped with MEAL systems like quality benchmarks, billboards, and posters to exhibit MEAL messages for activities
Ensure action plans from quality monitoring and accountability systems are generated and implemented in a timely manner in collaboration with the MEAL team
Contribute to the generation of lessons through finalizing issues for Operations Research and participating in lessons learned workshops and providing a report.
Ensure that projects are reported against the M&E Plan
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, take responsibility for their own personal development, and encourage their team to do the same
widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners, and supporters
values diversity, and sees it as a source of competitive strength
approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS
14 grade or University degree in development studies, social science, or any other relevant technical credential.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
Having field report writing skills along with developing an Activities Plan.
Having 1-2 years of experience in livelihood programming.
Good coordination skills and dealing with government entities, institutions, and communities.
Good communication skills (both oral and written) and understanding of English and local languages, and also have the skill of minor conflict resolving and negotiation.
Computer proficiency in Ms. Office Packeges (MsWindow, Word, PPT, Excel, Access).
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
QUALIFICATIONS
14 grade or University degree in development studies, social science, or any other relevant technical credential.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential
Having field report writing skills along with developing an Activities Plan.
Having 1-2 years of experience in livelihood programming.
Good coordination skills and dealing with government entities, institutions, and communities.
Good communication skills (both oral and written) and understanding of English and local languages, and also have the skill of minor conflict resolving and negotiation.
Computer proficiency in Ms. Office Packeges (MsWindow, Word, PPT, Excel, Access).
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within the reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
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