Access Focal Point

Date Posted: Oct 30, 2022

Job Detail

Location:

Balkh
Company:

Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC)
Type:

Contract
Shift:

First Shift (Morning)
Career Level:

Experienced Professional
Positions:

1
Vacancy number:

AWSDC010/2022
Experience:

2 Year
Gender:

Male
Salary:

As per Company salary scale
Degree:

Bachelors
Apply Before:

Nov 03, 2022

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About Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC)

The Afghan Women Skills Development Center (AWSDC) founded in 1999 is a national non-governmental organization (NGO), dedicated to the promotion and protection of the rights of women in Afghanistan and supporting Afghans to live in peace. AWSDC key thematic focus areas are Peacebuilding, Women Rights/GBV, Livelihoods, WASH and Humanitarian Response. The organization geographical areas are Kabul, Kunduz, Faryab, Herat, Balkh and Samangan Provinces. The organization since the startup of first wave of COVID-19 has provided humanitarian assistance to nearly 65,000 COVID-19 affected men, women and children under its geographical areas. Likewise, AWSDC is one of Humanitarian Actors that provides protection, WASH and Emergency Shelter and None food items to vulnerable Afghanistan across the country.

AWSDC in response to the humanitarian crisis is scaling up its interventions to serve more people through provision of life savings assistance, GBV, WASH, Food/None Food Items. Recently AWSDC has aligned its strategic priorities to the address the acute deficits of affected population through provision of protection services, WASH, Food Assistance and NFIs in Afghanistan.

AWSDC is in the process to recruit Protection Project Manager to support the project team in the implementation of Women Protection project in Balkh Province.

Job Description

About the project:

AWSDC is in the process to hire competent staff to implement Women Protection project in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province. The focus of the project is to establish and run two community friendly centers form women and girls skills and recreational activities including referral pathways, provision of GBV core principles and PSS firs aid training to the project team and donor implementing partners, conduct dialogue sessions with community leaders and increase community awareness on women and girls protection and the type of services provided by AWSDC under the project.

Position Summary:

The position holder (Access focal point) will be responsible for coordination with De Facto Authorities, for processing project registration, signing MoU, reporting and linkages building. In addition to this ensure safety and security of the project staff and safe implementation project activities in Mazar-e-Sharif. The staff will be placed in AWSDC Provincial office in Mazar-e-Sharif.

Job Requirements

Job Responsibilities

Ensure timely processing of project registration, coordination with sub-national De facto Authorities (DfA).
Identify and eliminate problems and obstacles in the way of access to project implementation sites and ensure the safe access of project staff to project implementation lead.
Identify potential threats and violence against project staff and stakeholders.
Establish coordination between project manager and other project stakeholders (CDCs, community elders, mullahs and Shuras).
Full knowledge of the project, including (amount of assistance, project duration and how to select beneficiaries), description of the project for local officials.
Continuous coordination of project activities with local officials and elders.
Provide a report on the status of access to the covered areas to the project manager on an ongoing basis.
Timely awareness of the project manager and project staff of potential hazards and threats.
The performance of other duties assigned by the competent authorities is entrusted to the rules, regulations, goals and policies of the organization.
Any other tasks assigned by the project manager.

Required Qualification and Experience:

University Degree
Minimum 2 years of relevant experiences with national and/or international NGOs
Excellent communication and inter-personal skills and rapport building
Fully understanding processing of project registration and coordination with provincial authorities.
Understanding (reading and writing basic English)
Problem solving and good communication skills
Committed and punctual
Solid Computer skills and competency in word, Excel as a minimum

Skills Required

Submission Guideline:

How to apply:

Interested candidates are requested to submit cover letter and CV with the subject line ‘AWSDC Access Focal Point VA # xxx’ by email to contact@awsdc.org.af Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Note:

Only shortlisted candidates who meet the above job requirement will be contacted

Submission Email:

contact@awsdc.org.af

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