Afghans Humanitarian Aid and Development Organization (AHADO) is a non-government, non-profit humanitarian social welfare organization. AHADO established in October 2013 and registered with Ministry of Economy (MoEc), through license Number 3053. AHADO based in Kandahar and delivered humanitarian and development projects in various regions of the country including southern, central and northern regions. Implemented projects were in various sectors of child protection, community education, gender equity, WASH, health/hygiene, capacity building, livelihood and advocacy. AHADO is committed to the humanitarian principals and is PSEA Signatory, therefore AHADO would strictly  follow all its provisions in its daily operation and apply the considered measurement on the perpetrators.

It’s a fulltime job and the position holder would work six days/week. The Education Program Officer is responsible for the provision of technical and managerial assistances to the Education Program Manager (EPM) to ensure sound planning; coordination and implementation of project all affairs in the national, provincial and districts levels. Education Program Officer closely monitor the project implementation process and provides technical assistance to the provincial project manager and district coordinators in addressing of implementation deviations and achievement of project desired objectives.

Education Program Officer assists the master trainers in development of training material and planning of capacity building activities. He/She assist the EPM in preparation reports and success stories. He/She would report to the Education Program Manager (EPM) and would work closely with EPM, UNICEF provincial and regional staff, and Ministry of Education, national, provincial and districts authorities and communities representatives.

Key Responsibilities:  

• Assist and provide technical assistance to the EPM in development of project comprehensive implementation plan.
• Make sure that all activities considered and included in the project implementation plan
• Make sure that all capacity building activates e.g. PSEA training for staff, ToTs, awareness sessions, the Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) Training for CBE teachers considered and included in the project plan and delivered with high quality.  
• Make sure the School Management Shoura’s (SMSs) are active, fully engaged in the project affairs and received all planned trainings including the PSEA awareness sessions.
• Assist the EPM in establishment of sound coordination and communication mechanism with the education cluster, provincial authorities, communities and other stakeholders in the provincial and regional level.
• Present and coordinate, project activities at education cluster meetings and other relevant provincial gatherings and meetings.
• Make sure that the CBEs transition plan developed, implemented and facilitate   the Community-Based Education (CBE) classes’ integration to public schools and certify a seamless and sustainable integration of educational practices and resources.
• Assist the EPM in on time implementations of project planned activities in the provincial level within the allocated budget, and high quality. 
• Manage, supervise, coordinate and monitor project activities in national,  provincial and district levels
• Lead and manage the back to school campaigns to ensure all targeted children enrolled to the CBE with no discrimination based on their ethnic background, or disability status.
• Ensure the project staff take appropriate security precautions
• Assist the EPM and PPM in the management of the project overall operation and resources utilization.
• Ensure implementation of organizational PSEA and other policies and project procedures.
• Regularly visit the conduction of capacity development activities to ensure all capacity building activities are implementing with high quality. 
• Assure proper coordination, and sound implementation of the awareness sessions.
• Make sure that a functioning Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) established in all districts, the communities members, parents, students voice their concerns, suggestion and statsfaction levels through a transparent feedback mechanism.
• Facilitate the monitoring missions of the UNICEF, MoE and other stakeholders to see and visit the project implementation progress.
• Conduct field visits to monitor and visit the project sites and implementation process.
• Responsible to check and verify project financial and technical reports before submission to the EPM.
• Review and verity project weekly, monthly and quarterly progress reports prepared by the field staff.
• Prepare any had-hock report asked by the UNICEF or AHADO management.

Follow any incidence of SEA cases, share detailed report of any SEA cases with EPM and UNICEF for further process. 

AHADO commitment on PSEA awareness and  implementation

AHADO has a zero-tolerance policy for (sexual) misconduct.

AHADO SEA policy sets minimum standards that must be followed by all employees to protect beneficiaries and members of the community from sexual exploitation and abuse. Furthermore AHADO would follow and apply all provisions of the UNICEF, PSEA and Child Safeguarding Policies,

Earlier issuing any contract all candidates must complete the SEA Reference check that include the completion of following steps:

Reference Check for new candidates/employees

The candidates should submit two to three references from his/she former employers and complete the reference check forms Annex 1 to introduce his/her current and former employers for reference check to confirm that the candidate did not commit any ESA and Harassment.

B-Candidates with any committed SEA and harassment back-ground should not be hired.

C- To ensure that the candidate is honest and did not commit any SEA and harassment, AHADO would share the Annex 2, (candidates Reference check table) to be completed by  the candidates references, and based on the provided information, honest candidates who did not commit  any SEA and harassment , should be considered for hiring.  The annexes 1 and 2 would be shared with the final candidates.

• The applicant must have Bachelor Degree
•  Proven experiences in implementation and management of CBE education projects,
• Able to travel to all districts of Nimroz Province.
•  Sign and agree on the Children Safeguarding and PSEA policies

All interested applicants must send their application to hr@ahado.org by stating name and VA number AHADO-24-035 in subject line e.g ( acb, VA AHADO-24-035 or submitted application to AHADO main office in Kandahar to the following address: House no. 00, block, 26, Lane 01, Aino Mina Kandahar City, Kandahar, or  AHADO Provincial Office in Nimroz Province.