Job Detail

The Women’s Activities and Social Services Association (WASSA) was established in 2002 as Afghanistan's first women’s independent organization. WASSA aims to promote the women’s equal participation in socio-economic sectors and support the current humanitarian crisis by providing emergency humanitarian and livelihood assistance to vulnerable households, especially women.

To support WASSA’s vision and mission, some potential candidates are needed to be recruited for a project funded by UN Women to strengthen women’s livelihoods through increased access to skills and resources. The project will be implemented in three districts of Herat Province for a period of 15 months.

Purpose of this Position:

To effectively and efficiently manage and follow up on project in Herat, Farah, Badghis and Ghor provinces and ensure timely completion of project activities with partners in line with the approved plan and set targets as well do project coordination, implementation, reporting, and monitoring.

• Support the project staff and work with the Program manager in providing project planning and implementation ensuring pre and post monitoring of project.
• Contribute to an Operational plan for project in the Western Region to ensure necessary planning and implementation takes place smoothly and efficiently at provincial and at regional level.
• Devising proper planning for implementation of livelihood, Agriculture, Psychosocial portion of the projects and follow up of day to day activities.
• Assist/support two sub-partners who are aligned with this project in terms of providing technical support, guidance, and directing partners to achieve project goals and objectives.
• Conduct timely monitoring of programmes and projects to ensure correct measurement of results, outcomes and impacts and to facilitate learning towards continuous improvements in the delivery of programmes and projects with WASSA and Partners.
• Prepare fact based messages and quality material, particularly collection of good success story/case studies that reflect the smooth implementation of activities in the Western Region.
• In close coordination and supervise/monitor local partners that enable quality, results orientation and integrity in delivery of projects and programme through contractual arrangements with local partners.
• Identify and inform the Program Manager and Programme teams of successes, challenges and lessons learned.
• Contribute in planning, conducting and/or respond to WASSA performance evaluation reviews and surveys in Western Region.
• Carry out specific training, mentoring and other capacity building activities for local partners staff in planning, training, supervision, monitoring and other technical areas in the Western Region.
• Able to present project objectives and activities at national and international level.

Result Based Monitoring/Implementation of Programmes/Projects

• Undertake regular field visits to gather information on results related to activities ensuring that all relevant data from the project implementation areas are captured, documented and reported in a timely and results-based manner.
• Establish/develop and coordinate a participatory, workable and smooth process monitoring system for each individual project, especially with Partners’ projects in western region.
• Analyze M&E data and produce reports with useful statistical analysis and presentation (charts, tables, histograms, box plots) as necessary in a timely manner.
• Work closely with the Project Officers and Operations/Programmes colleagues in ensuring efficient and effective implementation and monitoring of programmes/projects.
• Ensure that M&E findings are reflected and their recommendations are incorporated in next quarter activities and implementation plans.
• Develop and oversee the implementation of appropriate data collection and analysis instruments, methodologies (e.g. survey questionnaires, focus group discussions, key-informant interviews) and data/information dissemination/utilization plans.
• Ensure the effective functioning and implementation of the beneficiary Compliant and Response Mechanism (CRM).
• Build capacity and understanding among WASSA staff, partners on beneficiary accountability and CRM.

 Knowledge and Lesson Learning Management

• Contribute to proactive dissemination and use of knowledge/lessons learnt that are gained through project activities among partners and the Field Coordinators.
• Organize and facilitate learning events in order to capture best practices and lessons learnt when a project closes or as and when required.
• Ensure timely information on progress and results is available by compiling, organizing, analyzing, monitoring, and preparing data for situation reports, fact sheets, donor reports, briefing notes, and other reporting and communications products including pictures and videos.
• Document and share lessons learnt and best practices timely and ensure that the knowledge gained contributes to the improvement of projects result and effectiveness.
• Contribute to the dissemination and sharing of best practices and lessons learned for corporate development planning and knowledge on regional basis.
• Support project implementation by providing timely information around project successes to be scaled up as well as challenges to allow course correction’ throughout life of the programme.
• Undertake other duties as may be assigned by the Line manager.

• Interested qualified candidates should submit a full CV with a cover letter explaining their motivation in applying for the job and highlighting their relevant skills and experience.

• To apply online please send your CV along with cover letter mentioning the vacancy number (W-HRT-133) in the subject line before VA closing date to email hr@wassa.org.af

• Academic certificates or references not need to be submitted at this time. These will be requested if called for interview.

• Only short-listed candidates will be invited for written test and interview.