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

This position is based in Daikondi province. The WASH Facilitators will be primarily responsible for conducting hygiene promotion in target communities. The incumbent will facilitate the implementation, record-keeping, monitoring, and evaluation of WASH program activities among community members according to project plans to ensure that the WASH components of the project are implemented fully in accordance with the community needs and standards, in a timely manner. Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Project Manager, the WASH Facilitator undertakes the following duties:

1. Facilitate sanitation and hygiene awareness training for female beneficiaries;
2. Provide behavior change training in communities on hygiene practices such as hand washing, water treatment, and latrine use.
3. Conducting consultation session to crises affected people, who understand how aid organizations decide and select their programme participants and to know how to make a suggestion or complaint about humanitarian assistance received.
4. Conduct and manage KAP assessments of usual hygiene, water and sanitation practices and consultation sessions.
5. Conduct focus group discussions with the beneficiaries to address project goals, objectives, impacts and other related topics about the project.
6. Develop and maintain good relationships and lines of communication with relevant local communities, seeking their concerns, suggestions, and complaints from female beneficiaries and provide constructive feedback to them;
7. Report to the Project Manager the implementation of projects as planned;
8. Organize and manage the distribution of essential WASH items, such as hygiene kits to female beneficiaries
9. Promote and endorse humanitarian standards and safeguarding policies among team members and project beneficiaries to ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in all actions.
10. Perform other relevant duties assigned by the supervisor/CAWC.

• Bachelor’s degree or 2-year diploma in health sciences or relevant field.
• A minimum of 2-4 years of work experience with NGOs within the WASH or related field.
• Ability to engage and mobilize different community groups and leaders is a necessity.
• Knowledge of important hygiene, sanitation, and consultation behaviors
• Strong Knowledge of social sensitivities and social fabrics
• Previous experience of working with rural communities
• Proficiency in the national and English languages

• Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV, NID, and Bachelor’s degree certificate to the email address below before the deadline.
• Candidates should write the vacancy number in the subject of their email.
• Only shortlisted applicants will be called for further procedures.