| Job Location: | Kabul |
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| Nationality: | Afghan |
| Category: | Program |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Salary: | As Per the Organization's salary scale |
| Vacancy Number: | AWCPO-3010-15 |
| No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
| City: | Kabul |
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| Organization: | Afghan Women Coordination and Promotion Organization |
| Years of Experience: | A minimum of 5 years of proven relevant work experience is required. |
| Contract Duration: | One Year (extendable) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Education: | A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Gender Studies, Social Works, Human Rights, International Relations or Development. A higher educational degree will be preferred. |
| Close date: | 2024-09-25 |
Afghan Women Coordination and Promotion Organization (AWCPO) was founded by a group of educated and committed women in 2013 as a non-profit, non-political and non-governmental organization registered with the Afghan Ministry of Economy bearing registration No 3010. Dedicated to the welfare, upliftment and well-being of Afghans with a primary focus on women empowerment, humanitarian assistance, education, livelihood, emergency relief and WASH.
Within Afghan Women Coordination and Promotion Organization, the PSEA Focal Point shall actively promote protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and will be responsible for reporting all concerns and complaints to the AWPCO’s designated team and must complete a PSEA incident reporting form and send this as well within 24 hours of concern being raised, where possible.
The PSEA Focal Point will participate in all relevant meetings, develop necessary documents for the unit, and provide training to staff on preventing all forms of gender-based violence, sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse.
Duties and Responsibilities of PSEA Focal Point:
1. Engagement and Support of AWCPO Staff and Local Communities
a. Facilitate awareness-raising in AWCPO staff and local communities on their rights regarding sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA).
b. Provide support in community consultations, monitoring of complaints, and providing feedback to complainants and communities.
2. Prevention
a. Ensure that the entire organization and your contacts know you are widely available.
b. Work with human resources personnel to include PSEA content in staff inductions, including
all contractors, consultants, temporary staff, and casual laborers.
c. Provide awareness-raising sessions on SEA for all staff and other personnel in the organization regularly, including for newcomers.
d. Make appropriate recommendations to management on enhancing prevention strategies. This
could include collecting and analyzing information on actual/potential risk factors for vulnerability to sexual exploitation and abuse and elaborating measures to address them.
e. Ensure that procedures to guard against the hiring of persons who have a record of SEA offenses are put in place and applied in the recruitment process.
3. Response
a. Immediately refer complainants to the victim assistance mechanism in AWCPO’s PSEA POLICY.
b. Take appropriate measures to ensure the safety and confidentiality of survivors.
c. Ensure the development of internal procedures for staff and other personnel to report incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse.
d. Receive complaints, reports, and questions about alleged acts of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by your organization’s personnel and personnel of affiliated organizations.
e. Take appropriate measures to ensure safety and confidentiality for all visitors/ reporters (AWCPO’s Staff or Local Community) to the Focal Point.
f. Ensure that all materials about complaints are handled strictly in line with applicable grievance procedures.
4. Management and Coordination:
a. Assist the Director of the organization in fulfilling his/her responsibilities under the AWCPO’s Code of Conduct and PSEA Policy.
b. Share information on achievements, best practices, and effective mechanisms in addressing SEA and make recommendations to relevant entities for action.
c. Support the inclusion of the AWCPO Code of Conduct and PSEA standards in contractual arrangements with other entities and individuals.
d. Coordinate training for all staff in their PSEA roles and responsibilities.
e. Track all PSEA-related activities for the Organization and ensure that all information on PSEA-related activities is shared with relevant persons in the Organization.
f. Keep data on reported incidents for general reporting and further development of efforts to address SEA.
g. Keep management updated on PSEA measures taken and plans for future action.
h. Actively Participate in the relevant meetings with stakeholders, donors, and beneficiaries.
Interested candidates are requested to fill in the online job application form through the below link not latter than 12:00 PM, 25/9/2024.
Link here: https://forms.gle/79J8BagYWEzWpXWG7
Only shortlisted candidates whose qualifications match the criteria will be contacted.
Note: AWCPO is a non-discriminatory, equal-opportunity employer. Employment decisions will be made without any regard to the applicant’s race, color, or any other classification.