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Community Engagement Worker

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Full Time 2026-07-27 Male/Female
Job Overview
Location
Kunar
Nationality
Afghan
Category
Education, Other
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary
As per organization's salary scale
Vacancy Number
OCCD/KNR/002
No. of Jobs
1
City
Kunar
Organization
OCCD
Experience
2 years
Contract Duration
5 Months (Extendable)
Gender
Male/Female
Education
Minimum High School graduate (bachelor’s degree preferred but not required).
Closing Date
2026-07-27

About OCCD

Organization for Community Coordination and Development (OCCD) established and registered with Ministry of Economy in 2013, is a non-profit, non-governmental, non-political and independent organization. OCCD works in partnership with Government, development and implementing partners in Health, Education, Agriculture and Livestock, Research and Development

Job Description

•    Organize and support community mobilization and awareness activities in targeted communities. 
•    Engage parents, caregivers, elders, religious leaders, SMSs, and other   community stakeholders on preventing risk of harm to children.
•    Promote child participation in CBS, ECCD, Remedial Classes, and GLLITA interventions.
•    Conduct Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with community members (including women, men, and youth) to gather qualitative feedback and community perspectives and empower community how to protect children from intentional and unintentional risk of harm.
•    Facilitate community feedback sessions to ensure two-way communication between communities, local partners. 
•    Conduct child-friendly participatory well-being exercises, role play, group discussion to strengthen understanding of education, safeguarding, and child protection messages
•    Support inclusive engagement of vulnerable groups, including girls, children   with disabilities, and out-of-school children.
Safeguarding & Child Protection
•    Raise and promote awareness of safeguarding, child protection, and PSEAH principles in communities.
•    Ensure   harmonized   reporting   channels   are   fully   functional, accessible   to   children, community, parents and they understand how to share feedback and report any concern. 
•    Collect   and   document   community   feedback, concerns, and   suggestions, and   share feedback with relevant teams and follow up where required.
•    Conduct regular visits to CBS, ECCD, Catch-Up & Remedial Classes, and GLLITA sites.
•    Identify barriers affecting access, participation, and retention of learners.
•    Work closely with Safeguarding, Program, Education, MEAL teams, and local partners.
•    Prepare weekly and monthly activity reports, and share with SCI & IPs
•    Maintain regular coordination with designated local partner focal points in line with agreed SCI–partner communication procedures

Accountability:
•    Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving, and role modelling Save the Children values
•    Holds the team performance accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:
•    Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages their team to do the same
•    Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
•    Future-oriented, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:
•    Builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, members, and external partners and supporters
•    Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
•    Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:
•    Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
•    Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:
•    Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Job Requirements

•    Minimum High School graduate (bachelor’s degree preferred but not required).
•    Must be a resident of the assigned province, preferably from the target community or district, with a good understanding of the local context, culture, language(s), and community dynamics.
•    Previous   experience   in   community   mobilization   or   community-based   work, education programming
•     Ability to engage effectively with communities and stakeholders.
•    Basic reporting and documentation skills.
•    Understanding of local context and cultural sensitivity.
•    Strong communication skills in local languages (both oral and written) in local languages, people skills for conflict resolution and negotiation.

Submission Guidelines

Interested candidates should submit their resumes along with the cover letter to recruitment-af@occd.org.af

PLEASE REMEMBER TO WRITE THE VACANCY#, POSITION, AND PROVINCE IN THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL. NOTE: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Submission Email
recruitment-af@occd.org.af
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