Job Detail

Medair is an international humanitarian organization established in 1988. Medair has been operating in Afghanistan since 1996 with programs mainly in the Health, Water & Sanitation, and Livelihoods sectors with significant reconstruction activities in remote areas. Current projects are Water & Sanitation, Food Security, & Disaster Risk Reduction

Medair Afghanistan has been operating since 1996 and currently works in three provinces: Daykundi, Uruzgan, and Kandahar. The country's main office is in Kabul, with multiple field offices. Medair implements WASH, Food Security, Health and Nutrition programming.

Overall Purpose

Working as an important member of a diverse team who are committed to serve the world’s most vulnerable with practical and compassionate care, the FS Supervisor will contribute to leading and developing the FS team while implementing assigned FS project in Chora and Chinarto District.

Project Overview

An Integrated Emergency Response: Medair aims to respond to high levels of food insecurity, malnutrition and morbidity in Tirinkot district. The project intends to alleviate food crisis and improve food security for the most vulnerable families through training and cash-based transfers.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Specific Responsibilities

• Implement, monitor and evaluate the assigned project with support from Project Manager (PM) and Advisor.
• Provide technical support and leadership to the project team, manage, delegate and train staff to meet quality standards.
• Anticipate, plan, and contribute to the development of the current project activities and reporting
• Participate to meetings with relevant stakeholders to contribute to a good coordination between NGOs and local actors.

General Responsibilities

• Ensure fraud prevention measures are in place and monitored regularly. Immediate notification of any suspicion of fraudulent activity amongst staff and external links.
• Adherence to Medair values and to contribute to the wellbeing of the team as an active member.
• Adherence to Afghan NGO Law and Tax Law.
• Adherence to all NRS Regulations and Security Standard Operating Procedures and maintaining confidentiality at all times.

MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Provide leadership of the assigned project, working to ensure positive impacts and outcomes for the beneficiaries, local authorities, and local staff.
• Conduct baseline survey with accurate data and a good communication to the community leaders, the beneficiaries, and internally
• Conduct community consultations and lead the site selection process.
• Ensure continual improvement based on priorities identified through monitoring & evaluation activities with the support of relevant advisors and involvement of the project teams.
• Ensure accurate and timely reporting as required by internal policies, government regulations and donor requirements.
• Participate in development of best practice guidelines, SOPs and other technical documents

Staff Management

• Monitors workload, progress and team dynamics while maintain positive atmosphere and confidentiality.
• Provide coaching and supervision to staff in order to develop ownership and full responsibility for project activities with a focus on effective monitoring, reporting, project cycle and budget management.

Communication & Coordination

• Facilitate regular meetings to assist information sharing between project staff, to ensure all staff members are aware of project objectives and current work plans and to provide the opportunity for feedback.
• Meet regularly with PM to collaborate in assessing progress, strategy and quality improvements between and across sectors.
• Maintain regular contact with the relevant advisors and support department heads.
• In coordination with PM, maintain appropriate, regular, transparent and supportive communication structures with relevant stakeholders (e.g. beneficiaries, community leaders, local and national government officials, UN agencies and other NGOs), with the objective of ensuring good cooperation and partnerships.

 Logistics

• Input to the procurement plan and ensure purchase requests are submitted in a timely manner to ensure project activities are delivered according to the work plan.
• Engage with the logs department staff and processes for supply chain, primarily through the relevant documents (purchase requests, stock request, stock reports and waybills).

Interested applicants should forward their CV and applications via this link: https://form.123formbuilder.com/5325309/form  (copy & paste and open with a new page)

  by not later than 09th-October-2022, late applications will not be considered after 5pm. 

For technical questions only, please message jobs-khr@medair.org

Note: PLEASE indicate the position vacancy number & position tittle both in your CV  or  in your Cover Letter. 

“Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staffs are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with, Medair’s accountability policies and best practices”