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About CRS

CRS began direct operations in Afghanistan in early 2002. CRS maintains four main offices throughout the country: Kabul, Herat, Chaghcharan, and Bamiyan, with sub-offices in of all these provinces as well as Daikundi. The CRS strategic plan for Afghanistan focuses on poverty and risk reduction, human development, and emergency response in rural areas in western and central Afghanistan. CRS works to:

• Support people, especially girls and women from marginalized communities, gain basic education
• Support poor rural and peri-urban households to have increased livelihood security
• Support vulnerable communities to survive shocks without long-term negative impacts on their livelihoods.
• Support the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) needs of vulnerable households through community-driven construction and rehabilitation projects and hygiene promotion.

CRS launched a high-profile, multi-sectoral livelihoods and WASH early recovery response in July 2021 that will help households meet immediate needs following the recent drought through food security interventions and water source rehabilitation and development.  Additionally, the project will focus on building the capacity and long-term livelihood resilience of participants through training events on simple, low-cost, low-risk, agriculture practices that are proven to yield quick and positive results in a single growing season.  Lastly, the early recovery response features a hygiene promotion component that emphasizes behavior change related to water treatment and storage, as well as household hygiene practices. The WASH response will support communities through participatory approaches to implement small and community-driven infrastructure projects that rehabilitate water sources and facilitate access to safe drinking water. CRS is currently looking for a Project Officer (PO) with a project management background, preferably experienced in managing agriculture or WASH projects in the Central Highlands. The PO will be responsible to lead the day-to-day implementation of multiple projects in Ghor Province. 

Job Description

As a lead for CRS’ efforts to facilitate safe return for returnees to Afghanistan through psychosocial support and wellbeing, you will facilitate the achievement of project objectives through coordinating and reporting on all project activities and providing guidance and advice to staff and implementing partner(s) advancing CRS’ work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your coordination and relationship management skills will ensure that the project for which you are responsible applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Organize and lead the implementation of all assigned project activities as they pertain to psychosocial support, psychological first aid, and protection as outlined in the detailed implementation plan in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
• Lead protection referral mapping and pathway development; provide training and coaching to the project team to ensure strong familiarity with and effective use of the referral pathways.
• Support the development of household targeting, registration, and distribution plans.
• Coordinate training, peer group, and coaching activities in line with the assessed needs of target groups.
• Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Support accountability through coordinating project monitoring and evaluation activities and guiding partners in their efforts to reflect on project experiences. Analyze implementation challenges and report any inconsistencies and/or gaps to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
• Coordinate and oversee working relationships with all local project stakeholders and serve as the liaison between them and the project team to mobilize local actors and promote project activities and impact.
• Supervise and perform ad-hoc inspections of various processes and resources at project sites to ensure timely project activities implementation and adherence to established process standards and procedures. Ensure proper tracking of resource use for project activities through periodic budget reviews and follow-up with and assistance to implementing partner.
• Support and coordinate capacity building activities to ensure assigned project activities are implemented per project guidelines and standards.
• Coordinate provision of any logistical and administrative support to staff.
• Ensure project documentation for assigned activities is complete with all required documents and is filed per agency and donor requirements. Assist with preparation of reports and documentation of case studies and promising practices.
• Lead efforts to identify, mitigate, and manage the safeguarding and protection risks associated with emergency programming.

Skills Required

• Fluency in English, Pashto/Dari
• analysis skills

Submission Guideline:

Applications comprise a one-page cover letter to explain your interest and suitability for the post and your CV. Please do not attach your education documents and work certificates unless requested.

Dear Applicants!

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Please note that applications received after the closing date (i.e., March 11^th, 2024), will not be given consideration. Only short-listed candidates whose applications respond to the above criteria will be contacted for tests and interviews.

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