Central Afghanistan Welfare Committee (CAWC) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization established in the year 1989 in Peshawar, Pakistan, by a group of humanitarian actors assisting the UN agencies to support the Afghan refugees in the Refugee Camp of Peshawar and then expanded its operation to Afghanistan supporting the IDPs and most vulnerable people in different provinces. CAWC moved its main office to Afghanistan in 2001 to take part in the reconstruction of Afghanistan alongside the other NGO/INGOs that began their operation in Afghanistan following the new political changes that happened in Afghanistan in 2001. CAWC was officially registered as an NGO in the Ministry of Economy with registration number 126 in 2005.

CAWC has implemented more than 175 projects in the Agriculture, Livelihood, Education, WASH, Emergency, Health, and Renewable Energy sectors, funded by various donors in different parts of Afghanistan, such as Ghazni, Maidan-Wardak, Kabul, Bamyan, Daikundi, Ghor, Balkh, Faryab, Badakhshan and Paktia provinces. CAWC has invaluable experience in Afghanistan implementing many projects in different thematic areas, particularly humanitarian and emergency response in different modalities such as Distribution of NFI, Distribution of Shelters, Cash distribution, Cash for Work, Cash for Food, Food Security, and Agriculture. CAWC implemented all those projects in partnership with funds provided by international donors and UN agencies such as UNHCR, UNFAO, OXFAM GB, IRD, NCA, Caritas Germany, AHF, PWJ, and ACBAR. Although CAWC worked in different areas of Afghanistan and the main focus during this period of time has been in the Central Highland Region.

To learn more about CAWC, please visit www.cawc-af.org

CAWC is looking for suitable Afghan Nationals to fill the Female Facilitators, reports directly to the WASH Project Manager, the WASH Female facilitators core responsibilities will include but not limited to the following:

The WASH Female facilitators is responsible for the following activities:

• Organize sessions in the communities to identify the deficiencies in terms of hygiene, sanitation and the use of water;
• Organize/facilitate group awareness sessions on hygiene practices for men/women in community and other identified locations;
• Participate in preparing training modules for the promotion of hygiene with the supervisor;
• Participate in developing teaching tools adapted to various levels of the population:
• Participate in evaluation/assessment missions;
• Participate in the organization and the distribution of kits.

• Liaise with the authorities, committees and other beneficiaries;
• Identify the privileged partners within the communities: schools, hospitals, clinics, mosques, etc.;
• Apply the methodologies defined for the sensitizing sessions on hygiene promotion;
• Participate in elaborating a schedule of awareness raising activities;
• Provide training sessions to community volunteers and/or to targeted populations;
• Write a summary of the weekly activities;
• Propose possible improvements.

• Develop contacts and explain to stakeholders and to populations the activities and the objectives of the programs;
• Represent the organization with the beneficiaries with the agreement of the hierarchical supervisor;
• Inform local authorities about all aspects of the programs;
• Involve and inform the communities in the implementation of the program;
• Work in collaboration with the stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree or 14 Graduation from Health department, or a relevant field
• Qualification in health, hygiene, teaching or community development
• At least 2-year experience in health, hygiene, teaching or community development
• Community mobilization
• Basic hygiene and health practices
• Transmission of water related diseases
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work within a team
• Sense of confidentiality
• Organizational capacity
• Diplomacy, tact
• Persuasion skills
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with community members so as to create a sense of trust and respect
• Good knowledge of the intervention area
• Local language

Qualified applicants who are exactly suitable with above criteria are requested to send their applications + CVs and clearly mention the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Only the short listed candidates will be called for interview.

Preferred to the resident of Daikundy province.