Welthungerhilfe it is one of Germany's biggest non-governmental relief organizations. Non-profit making, politically independent and non-denominational, the organization is run by a Supervisory Board of honorary members under the patronage of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its work is funded by private donations and public grants. Welthungerhilfe is working since the 1980’s continuously in Afghanistan and opened the first offices in 1992. Since this time Welthungerhilfe has implemented some 165 projects in Afghanistan. Main fields of Welthungerhilfe intervention in Afghanistan are emergency relief, food and nutrition security, rural and regional development and water and sanitation.

Purpose of the position:                                                                                     

Ensure the full compliance of project operations adhering to WHH rules, regulations, and policies The Livelihood Assistant will support WHH’s Agriculture based -food production development projects, as well as other private sector and market-based livelihood projects as needed.

Main Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain good relationships with local communities and project participants.
• Organizing and holding meetings with local communities and other stakeholders.
• Assist with project participant selection, registration, and mobilization of communities prior to distributions and training activities.
• Participates in needs assessments, participatory rural appraisals, feasibility studies, stakeholder analyses, and community consultations.
• Various fieldwork including but not limited to assisting with distributions.
• To assist LFS Team in the identification of vulnerable and eligible households for agribusiness Food production support and other income generation activities. 
• Support the Project team on technical as well as extension methodology and the introduction of staple food crops, off-season production, and exploring opportunities and models for contract farming.
• Support the project team on Integrated Pest and Diseases Management (IPM) Techniques, Surface irrigation, Storage, and transportation techniques.
• Support the project team in applying Good Agricultural Practices for Staple vegetable crops such as Potatoes, Onions, and Tomatoes and Promoting staple crop production opportunities.
• Help the project team to ensure that the poorest and most vulnerable groups in the community (including women) are targeted and included in all livelihood and Food security activities.
• To deliver agriculture-related training on agribusiness management, plant disease, fundamentals of the plants, food security value chain, Business development-related training, and ongoing support to the selected beneficiaries to ensure they produce income.
• Liaise/ consult regularly with private sector actors to identify areas with high potential for small business development or employment – to properly advise beneficiaries on realistic business development opportunities.
• Provide an enabling environment for implementing cash-based interventions, including cash for business start-ups and cash for food.
• Performs any other task as assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture or related fields
• 1-3 years relevant experience working for an (I)NGO
• Previous experiences working towards food security and nutrition, is a distinct advantage.
• Clear conceptual understanding and practical experience in analysis of local socio-cultural context and situation, rural power structures, and dynamics in Afghanistan.
• Ability to facilitate meetings, workshops, and gatherings to reach the required outputs.
• Fluent in local languages, and good understanding of English

Familiarity with MS. Office, and strong communication, presentation and report writing skills.

Submission Guideline:

• The applicants should complete & submit only the WHH Recruitment Form with resume to the following email address (Candidate can download form from http://www.acbar.org/applicationform) (https://www.acbar.org/applicationform?page=5)
• HR Database will not accept only resume of applicant.
• Only application send to below address will be considered. Applications send to any other address even within the organization cannot be considered.
• Please put the vacancy number and job title in your email subject or otherwise your email will reject from resume database. 

WHH will screen all applications on the fulfillment of the requirements and if an applicant has no response from WHH within 30 days after closure of the vacancy, it indicates that the applicant is not shortlisted.  WHH encourage applicants who are not shortlisted to keep checking for vacancies in the future to check if more suitable vacancies to apply for.