Created in 1993, Acted is an international non-governmental organization pursuing a dual mandate of emergency response and development interventions in 40 of some of the world’s most vulnerable countries affected by conflicts, disasters, or socio-economic hardship. With a team of 7,000 national staff and 400 international staff, Acted implements 500 projects a year to support more than 20 million beneficiaries, notably in hard-to-reach areas.

Acted goes to the last mile through programs and approaches that look beyond the immediate emergency towards opportunities for longer-term livelihood reconstruction and sustainable development. Guided by the motto “Think Local, Act Global” and its 3Zero –Zero Exclusion, Zero Carbon, and Zero Poverty – strategy, Acted puts local territories at the center and provides tailored support to local needs.

Acted Afghanistan:

Acted is working in 20 provinces in Afghanistan around the country. These provinces are affected by natural and man-made disasters. Acted provides relief and emergency assistance to vulnerable populations affected by displacements, conflicts, or natural disasters, in the fields of agriculture, shelter, wash, and food security.

Job Purpose:

In coordination with the REACH Country Operation/Field Manager/Field Coordinator, the regional field Manager will be responsible for data collection in the field, REACH-Field staff management, internal and external coordination, and safety and security of field staff at the regional level.

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Data collection Management at the regional level:
   • Manage all REACH-related projects, and data collection at the regional level directly and/or through Senior field officers.
   • Make sure that Senior field officers/ field officers are following all field activities according to the pre-planned timeline. 
   • Communicate any delay in data collection, due to security events or any other challenges that impede work in the field with the line manager, Acted area coordinators, and Acted regional/base security.
   • Responsible for coordinating data cleaning, and data tracking among PMs, SPOs and SFOs.
   • Conduct debriefings with the field team in the region as needed.
   • Assure the quality of the data collected based on REACH quality standards.
   • Coordinate all regional assessment or data collection, training, and field assignments with the Acted regional coordination, admin, finance, HR, security, and governmental line departments.
   • Assessment progress tracking of regions.
   • Managing training to regional partners and enumerators.
   • Final Translation/tool testing at the regional level (as delegated by COFM/FM).

2. Staff Management and Training of Field Officers:
   • Train all field operation teams in the regional level on data collection techniques, sampling, survey methods, and other training topics as required.
   • Liaise with each Sr. Field Officer about the weekly/biweekly work plan.
   • Assure the attendance of Field Officers and SPOs at office, at training, and any other mandatory meetings, sessions etc.
   • Enforce Senior Field Officers, Field officers’ compliance with the Acted code of conduct in Afghanistan.
   • Timely flag any safety issues, deadlines, or anything influencing the data collection at the regional level.
   • Assure Senior Field Officers attend at their monitoring sites.
   • Any other task assigned by the direct line Manager.

3. Coordination:
   • The Regional Field manager is overall responsible for staff management, coordination, and communication with external and internal stakeholders at the regional level.
   • Provide timely updates, challenges, and difficulties related to the fieldwork to the REACH Country Operation/Field Manager/field manager.
   • He/she is responsible to obtain data collection access letters from local government authorities prior to data collection.
   • Coordinate assessment schedules with, Acted, governmental sectoral departments potential partners in the regional level, as well as arrange assessment dates, and communicate any challenges and blockages to the REACH Operation/Field Manager
   • Make sure that RFM or SFOs is participating to all governmental line departments weekly- biweekly meetings and share the meeting minutes with field manager.
   • The regional field Manager is responsible to maintain good relation, communication and coordination with Acted Area coordinators, Base managers, Security, and regional government sectoral departments.
   • Knowledge of all potential partners’ presence in their respective regions (up-to-date sheets of good/bad partners).
   • Independent coordination with regional implementing partners in the regions.
   • Coordinate vacation leave, mission, and work out of office with REACH- Kabul and Acted regional coordination, security, and HR after line manager approval.
   • Update the accessibility lists (monthly and data collection) in close coordination with Acted regional/provincial security colleagues.

4. Safety and Security:
   • Regional field manager is responsible to ensure that field operation team and enumerators follow Acted safety and security protocols and norms.
   • Coordinate and liaise any security issues with the country Operation/field manager/field manager as well as regional security colleagues.
   • Immediately communicate any security incidents or circumstances that may have a direct influence on the implementation of the programs to the field manager.
   • Ensure that data collected is removed from the field – on paper or smartphone platforms – as soon as the data has been transferred to the REACH main server.
   • Ensure the privacy and security of the information collected in the field.
   • Security knowledge of all districts in the region or regions.
   • Responsible for filling, and compiling any accessibility lists for the regional level.

• Bachelor’s degree is required (master’s degree will be preferred)
• At least 5-7 years of relevant working experience in management, coordination, evaluation, assessment, M&E or programs
• Willingness to travel extensively to lead data collection across region and traveling to all regional provinces.
• Previous experience leading others.
• Previous experience with data collection in the field, including mobile data collection platform.
• Familiarity with communities in which data collection will be implemented.
• Strong understanding of proper data collection procedures, and data security practices
• Strong understanding of principles of community accountability
• Good organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to think creatively in terms of tool and process development.
• Flexibility and adaptability to ever-changing needs and responsibilities
• Familiarity with the aid system, and an understanding of donor and governmental requirements is an asset.
• Ability to work both independently, and as part of a team.
• Strong leadership skills
• Fluency in English requiredHaving a pro-active work attitude
• Fluency in English required
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work independently

Those who fulfill the above-mentioned criteria should send their updated CVs to the submission below email:

Kindly mention the Vacancy number, and position title in the subject line or your application may not be considered.

Please do not send heavy-sized documents (i.e., Tazkira, Education documents, work certificates)

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for the next stage of recruitment.

We highly encourage residents to apply.

No CV will be considered after the closing date.

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Acted is an equal opportunity employer and does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process. All applications are free for all candidates, and no one should require any payment or compensation during the recruitment process.