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Date Posted: May 02, 2024
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  • Location:
    kabul
  • Company:
    CARE AFGHANISTAN
  • Type:
    Contract
  • Shift:
    Rotating Days
  • Career Level:
    Entry Level Staff
  • Positions:
    1
  • Vacancy number:
    CARE-AF-0862
  • Experience:
    7 Year
  • Gender:
    Male
  • Salary:
    As per company salary scale Af
  • Degree:
    Bachelors
  • Apply Before:
    May 11, 2024
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Job Description

  1. Job Summary:

The men engagement Project Officer task is to engage men as allies and supporters of women’s rights and women’s empowerment. By educating men and influencing their attitudes and behaviours, men can play a positive role in advocating for women’s rights, combatting violence against women, and challenging patriarchal structures and social norms that are harmful to women.

The Male Engagement Officer will oversee the design, planning, implementation, and delivery of an integrated training program targeting male stakeholders at various levels to support and reinforce positive outcomes for women. The Male Engagement Officer will mobilize male family members and other male religious leaders and community leaders, to engage in discussion forums and formal training sessions around critical issues that impact the rights and empowerment of women.

 

 

  1. Key Functions (the Roles and Responsibilities) of the Male Engagement Officer are as follows:

 

  • Responsible for all aspects of male engagement activities in the project-targeted areas including 9 districts (1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13,16, 17, and 18) and three rural districts (Bagrami, Farza, and Mir Bacha Kot) of Kabul city and ensuring the activities are implemented in accordance with project’s Work plan/ log frame and project’s scope set guidelines and grant requirements.
  • Assist the project supervisor in the development of project implementation plans, concept papers, and proposals, particularly in engaging male and boys components.
  • Plan and implement AWARD project activities in the target area including 9 districts (1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, and 18) and three rural districts (Bagrami, Farza, and Mir Bacha Kot) of Kabul city and ensure that various sorts of related reports are timely prepared and submitted.
  • Network building/linkages and promoting KWA at various levels.
  • Establish working relations and coordination mechanisms with communities, other organizations, and authorities at various levels as well as with stakeholders.

 

 

3. Key Expected Results:

The project officer is overall responsible for implementation and reporting, provision of support to the male engagement activities in project target areas in case detection/referral, encouraging and facilitating men supportive groups, men champion groups, and role model men participation and involvement in the decision-making process, establishing linkages between KWA and local authorities, government non-government agencies and other relevant stakeholders.

 

  1. Facilitate and implement Male Engagement component.
  • Developed the concept of Male engagement with KWA and male group champions.
  • Implementation guidelines around male engagement and community mobilization.
  • Facilitate the process of male group establishment, champion men, and role model men from the existence of male groups in the field.
  • Identify and orient men champions and role models from male groups on their ToRs.
  • Monitor the male supportive, men champion groups meetings and activities in the field.
  • Train and support men on the benefits of gender equality, EMB, and non-violent relationships at the household level.
  • Support men as role models to engage in public outreach and advocacy activities.
  • Facilitate and guide male groups to engage religious leaders to deconstruct harmful masculinities using religious teachings.
  • Support and build the capacity of male groups to attend forums and events to share their achievements and success with a greater focus on the promotion of women's peace and security.
  • Data entry and database keeping of updated male groups.

 

5. Network building/ Planning and Implementation of project activities:

  • Contribute to identifying service providers, and networks to interface with KWA and men groups.
  • He is expected to carry out planned Male Engagement and advocacy activities aligned with CARE policies together with KWA, Community Male Groups, and other national NGOs to achieve Advocacy objectives as per the theory of change articulated.
  • Share lessons learned and best practices with colleagues, ensure dissemination of information within the team and in the organization.
  • Support CSOs to mobilize men and set up platforms for men against GBV at the community level, that can be used as advocacy platforms for engagement in the promotion of gender equitable norms, and prevention of WAV/GBV.
  1. Key relations:
  • Reports to the project supervisor.
  • Collaborate with the project manager, project supervisor, and project team, as well staff from other projects.  
  • Ensure coordination of project activities with MoE at the central level.
  • Contribute to all new initiatives, data collection, and gathering relevant data and information for the project.

 

  1. Location:

Based in Kabul main office with regularly visit to the project coverage areas (PD1, PD5, PD6, PD7, PD8, PD13, and PD16) and the three rural districts of (Bagrami, Farza and Mir Bacha Kot) of Kabul city.

 

Safeguarding Responsibilities:

 

Safety and Security Responsibility:

We all have a responsibility to promote a safe and secure work environment, foster a safety and security culture, and ensure consistent application of, and compliance with, CARE Afghanistan safety and security policies and procedures.

Job Requirements

  • Strong commitment to women’s rights and women’s empowerment and belief in the importance of engaging men in the process
  • Demonstrated skills in designing and delivering training.
  • Good administrative and organizational skills
  • Ability to work with minimum supervision and under pressure to meet deadlines.
  • Networking and collaboration skills
  • Excellent program implementation and report writing skills.
  • Demonstrated ability in Data Collection, Data Management and Analysis
  • Analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
  • Capacity building, training, facilitation, and coaching skills
  • Knowledge of project cycle and related tools and methodologies
  • Community mobilization and motivation skills
  • good verbal and written communication and presentation skills
  • Good problem-solving skills and ability to address problems effectively.
  • Commitment and respect to women in all aspects and women’s national and international mission and values.
  • Commitment to communication and negotiation skills, analytical thinking skills, and working in diverse team, adapt to changing context and to respond to tight deadlines.

 

  Education:

Bachelor’s degree in social science, education, political science, business administration, economics, agriculture, literature, journalism, social development, community development, sociology, agricultural and any other related fields.

 

  Experience:

  • At least seven years of relevant work experience with bachelor’s degree
  • Five years of relevant work experience with master’s degree with national or international NGOs in program/project implementation
  • Fluent in English (written and verbal) essential and fluency in local languages Pashto/Dari
  • Excellent community mobilization/ sensitization and communication skills.
  • Advanced or intermediate computers skills with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and the internet
  • Ability to establish priorities, plan, coordinate and organize own work plan.
  • Excellent analytical, conceptual, communication and public speaking skills
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relations with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
  • Excellent training skills

                                             

   Languages: Fluency in written and spoken English, Pashto and Dari.

General: Under the direct supervision and guidance of Project Advocacy Supervisor and Project Manager.

 

Safeguarding

CARE places human dignity at the center of its relief and development work. At the heart of CARE’s efforts to impact poverty and social justice is its engagement with marginalized communities, and vulnerable adults and children. Vulnerable adults and children are particularly at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse. CARE commits to the protection from sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse and of vulnerable adults and children, involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE has a zero tolerance toward sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse. CARE takes seriously all concerns and complaints about sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse and child abuse involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel

CARE Afghanistan  participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we hereby request information from candidate’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the candidate left employment. All CARE Afghanistan’s offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Skills Required

Submission Guideline:

  • Please submit your completed CARE Standard Job application form (ACBAR: Application Form) along with updated CV to afg.vacancies@care.org.
  • Applications after the closing date (12:00 AM) and without CARE Application form will not be accepted.
  • Please Indicate the position title, Vacancy Number in the Subject Line (Project Officer CARE-AF-0862 Kabul) otherwise your application will not be considered.
  • Please note that there is no telephonic inquiry and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted with and call for Interview.
  • The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a Background Check, Bridger check & Reference check and be compliant and sign up to Care Afghanistan’s Code of Conduct, PSHA (Prevention from Sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse) and other Care Afghanistan policies prior to a final offer being made.
  • People with Physical Disabilities and Women are highly encourage to apply.
  • CARE IS COMMITTED TO CHILD PROTECTION POLICY (Available at:  http://bit.ly/CAREAFG_Child_Protection_Policy)

Submission Email:

Afg.Vacancies@care.org

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