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About Save the Children

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. 

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

•             No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday

•             All children learn from a quality basic education and that,

•             Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

SCI - Afghanistan

 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.

We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Access Field Officer supports safe, effective and efficient access to SCI for humanitarian assistance, in line with humanitarian principles, through information and procedure management, direct support to staff, negotiation, liaison, and monitoring.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

The job holder should maintain a good and healthy relationship with internal and external sources where Save the children operates under the SCI access strategy “acceptance approach”. This job holder requires frequent travel to the field for a better implementation of the project activities on the ground.

• Identifies and maps authorities, stakeholders and other key players (further referred as actors) on all administrative levels. Analyses their relations and interactions with INGO operations, suggesting possible communication strategies with key actors to SCI management
• Regularly and proactively networks with key actors to maintain positive relations
• Troubleshoots access issues as per authority given by the Country Director; provides direct support to Area managers and Senior Management Team (SMT) to resolve access issues, including interference e.g.  at checkpoints, distribution sites and facilities
• Have the ability of villages selection and community mapping to set up village committee/empower the village committee.
• Have the ability and knowledge on cash based programing and interveoitn for food security and livelihood.
• Support cash tranfering program and cash distribution in the field for the targeted beneficiareis in the area.
• Take part in community-based mobilization and sensitization meetings and introcude the livelihood component of the project to target communities.
• Lead and take part in the process of beneficiary identification and registration. Support Save the Children’s procurement team in procurement of required goods that will be distributed to selected beneficiaries.
• Support market assessment and price monitoring in the project that will take place in the implementation province.
• Conduct beneficiary selection, verification and registration of CT beneficiaries (incl. community mobilization, sensitization, training of community committees).
• Support implementation of project baseline, PDM, and final evaluation.
• Collaborate with othe project and MEAL staff to design community mobilization strategy and project implementation plans - including all technical specifications.
• Develop project weekly and monthly narrative reports and submit them to Livelihood Project Coordinator timely.
• Assist joint monitoring visits with the government officials (Provincial/district relevant authorities) to the project sites.
• Establish positive working relationships with local communities, provincial/district government officials such as line departments, UNHCR, UNOCHA and NGO representatives.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning

• Ensure that all projects are equipped with MEAL systems like quality benchmarks,  billboards,  posters to exhibit MEAL messages for activities 
• Ensure action plans from quality monitoring and accountability systems are generated and implemented in timely manner collaboration with MEAL team
• Contribute to generation of lessons through finalizing issues for Operations Research and participating in lessons learnt workshops and provide report. 
• Ensure that projects are reported against the M&E Plan

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
• Collect and compile information related to situational awareness of the Region
• Support Area Office with field assessments and liaison, with the aim of maintaining/increasing operational safety and access to established or new areas of operations
• Support Area Office in establishing/maintaining/expanding effective relations with formal, informal, and traditional authorities and key persons

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Skills Required

• COMMUNICATION
• English Fluency
• Basic Computer
• organization skills
• Fluency in Pashto&Dari
• Excellent report-writing skills

Submission Guideline:

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.

Applicants can login to the online application system by copying and pasting the following link intro their web browser. Returning users will need to enter their username and password, first time users will need to create a user account.

It is recommended that you save your username and password for future job applications through the online system.

https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=2200089F&tz=GMT%2B04%3A30&tzname=Asia%2FKabul  

               “Save the Children strongly encourages applications from women. Minimum country requirements for potential female applicants will be followed”

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