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.
About the project:
AWSDC is in the process to hire competent staff to implement Child Protection in Guzara Jebrail and Kahdistan of Herat province. The focus of the project is to establish and run six Child Friendly Space (CfS) in six schools, provide community awareness on child protection, establish and strengthen Child Protection Networks (CPANs), conduct child case management, develop the capacity of staff as well as other service providers on child protection, conduct dialogue sessions with community leaders and increase community awareness on child protection and the type of services provided by AWSDC under the project.
Position Summary:
The position holder (CP Case Management Officer) will be responsible for overseeing the work of child protection caseworkers in delivering protection assistance and services to children in line with key child protection principles including best interest of the child, confidentiality, do no harm and child participation. CP Case Management Officer will oversee the management of CP casework for host communities, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees and other populations of concern in line with AWSDC Standard Operating Procedures, and Global minimum standards of child protection case management. CP Case Management Officer will support the management of child protection project, including planning and execution of program activities, capacity building of staff, coordination with community groups and monitoring and evaluation. The staff will be placed in AWSDC Provincial office in Herat city with frequent travel to the Guzara Jebrail and Kahdistan in Herat province.
Job Responsibilities
Any other tasks assigned by the project manager/child friendly space supervisor
How to apply:
Interested candidates are requested to submit cover letter and CV with the subject line ‘AWSDC CP Case Management Officer (VA015) by email to contact@awsdc.org.af. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
contact@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
