Citizen Organization for Advocacy and Resilience, COAR (formally Coordination of Afghan Relief) CoAR is an Afghan, independent, nonpolitical,
non-sectarian, and non-for profit organization established in 1989 and registered formally with the ministry of Economy. COAR
actively bridging between donors of humanitarian aid and rural Afghan communities severely affected by almost four decades of wars,
internal conflicts, natural and manmade disasters, and complexities. COAR endeavors to reach the unreached and embark on
strengthening local coping mechanisms to enable communities to find durable local solutions to their local problems and encourage
self-reliance and sustainability. COAR works with communities to proactively utilize their own scarce and limited resource the most
efficient and effective way and discourage a culture of aid dependency, except in times of disasters and extreme poverty. COAR has
maintained the access of beneficiaries to basic services with strict observation of humanitarian principles of Independence, Neutrality and
Impartiality in practice.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Humanitarian Accountability

• Collaborate with the MEAL Officer to track, register complaints/feedback from female/male participants /beneficiaries/ stakeholders through the existing channels also in conducting the awareness session.
• Support the MEAL Officer to update the complaints and feedback forms/ database.
• Support the MEAL Officer to collect data from participants/ beneficiaries and translate this data into accountability reports submitted on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
• Follow-up close-out of feedback provided by participants.
• Support training participants on COAR humanitarian accountability mechanisms

2. Monitoring

• Support M&E Officers to conduct field visits of CBEs, or any other monitoring activities assigned targeting beneficiaries.
• Collaborate with M&E Officers to conduct rapid assessments, CBE assessments or any special assessments targeting female/male participants/ beneficiaries or respondents.
• Support M&E Officers to conduct post distribution monitoring, or any other monitoring activities assigned to targeting beneficiaries.
• Support roll-out of monitoring tools and processes designed to increase participation beneficiaries in MEAL processes.

3. Baselines and Evaluation (End lines)

• Support the MEAL team to data collection for baselines and evaluations (end lines) among beneficiaries.

4. Reporting and Learning:

• Provide monthly MEAL report to the supervisor; After conducting a field visit, to immediately share the monitoring report with the supervisor.
• Support identification of appropriate success stories (particularly women and girls’ beneficiaries storied) for the assigned projects and share with the project manager or/and communication department.

5. Other:

• Adhere to COAR Child and Adult Safeguarding policy and standards.
• Adhere to COAR accountability standards and SOP.
• Assis the CFM and CP Officers in training facilitations in terms of accountability awareness sessions.
• Keep close coordination with CFM officer and province MEAL officer about accountability issues.
• To be aware and prepared to implement COAR Emergency Affairs plan under the context of COAR targeted area and interventions.
• Perform other tasks that would be assigned by line supervisor.

  Duties & Responsibilities

   

• Humanitarian Accountability
• Collaborate with the MEAL Officer to track, register complaints/feedback from female/male participants /beneficiaries/ stakeholders through the existing channels also in conducting the awareness session.
• Support the MEAL Officer to update the complaints and feedback forms/ database.
• Support the MEAL Officer to collect data from participants/ beneficiaries and translate this data into accountability reports submitted on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports.
• Follow-up close-out of feedback provided by participants.
• Support training participants on COAR humanitarian accountability mechanisms
• Monitoring
• Support M&E Officers to conduct field visits of CBEs, or any other monitoring activities assigned targeting beneficiaries.
• Collaborate with M&E Officers to conduct rapid assessments, CBE assessments or any special assessments targeting female/male participants/ beneficiaries or respondents.
• Support M&E Officers to conduct post distribution monitoring, or any other monitoring activities assigned to targeting beneficiaries.
• Support roll-out of monitoring tools and processes designed to increase participation beneficiaries in MEAL processes.
• Baselines and Evaluation (End lines)
• Support the MEAL team to data collection for baselines and evaluations (end lines) among beneficiaries.
• Reporting and Learning:
• Provide monthly MEAL report to the supervisor; After conducting a field visit, to immediately share the monitoring report with the supervisor.
• Support identification of appropriate success stories (particularly women and girls’ beneficiaries storied) for the assigned projects and share with the project manager or/and communication department.
• Other:
• Adhere to COAR Child and Adult Safeguarding policy and standards.
• Adhere to COAR accountability standards and SOP.
• Assis the CFM and CP Officers in training facilitations in terms of accountability awareness sessions.
• Keep close coordination with CFM officer and province MEAL officer about accountability issues.
• To be aware and prepared to implement COAR Emergency Affairs plan under the context of COAR targeted area and interventions.
• Perform other tasks that would be assigned by line supervisor.

Job Requirements:

Required Professional Experience: At least two years monitoring and evaluation experience in a similar job and having experience and knowledge of MEAL is preferred.

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification: University degree in relevant fields such as: demography, Statistics, Social Science, and Management or Computer science.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications: Experience with mobile data collection (kobo collect) platforms.

Ability to set priorities and undertake new tasks quickly.

Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences.

Cross –cultural sensitivity, flexible worldview, emotional maturity, and physical stamina. Ability to work in and contribute to team building environment.

Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, psychologically stressful environments, and physical hardship conditions with limited resources.

Willing to travel in different districts when necessary.

Personal Management including initiative, self-motivation, and direction.

MEAL Certification is preferred.

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement: Based in Badakhshan office and regular travelling in all Badakhshan Districts.

The female locally applicants are highly encouraging to apply and preference

Qualified candidates may send their CVs include a Cover letter to the COAR Human resource department to this email address:cv@coar.org.af
CVs received after the closing date (12-Jan-2025) will not be considered.
Applications are reviewed on an active basis and after receiving sufficient eligible applications we may process the position before the closing date.
the subject line of the email must be (MEAL Assistant VN07) otherwise your CVs may not be considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the Written test and Interview.
COAR is an equal opportunity to the employer for all ethnic groups and both genders are urged to apply
COAR has zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA).