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.
AWSDC is in the process to hire competent staff to implement Women Protection project in Herat, Province. The focus of the project is to establish and run one women community center to provide women and girls skills with recreational activities, facilitate timely and confidential referrals, provision of GBV core principles and PSS first aid training to donor’s implementing partners based in Herat province, 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. AWSDC target areas for the project intervention is Herat City- Jebrail district of Herat province.
Position Summary:
The position holder (Psychosocial Counsellor) will be responsible for the overall planning and provision of psychosocial support to affected women and girls that are visiting AWSDC women community center. Provide individual or group psychological support for targeted beneficiaries. The staff will be placed in established women community center in Herat city to provide PSS services to the client received at the center located in Herat.
Required Qualification and Experience:
Interested candidates are requested to submit cover letter and CV with the subject line ‘AWSDC Psychosocial Counsellor VA # VA041’ by email to hr@awsdc.org.af. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
hr@awsdc.org.af
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... Read More
