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| NRM Officer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Daikundi, |
| Categories | Program, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-05-07 | Close Date | 2022-05-12 |
| Vacancy No | VA-2022-44 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 18 | Contract Duration | 9 months |
| Education | Bachler Degree | Experience | 3 years |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | . |
About Company
About Afghanaid: Afghanaid is a British international NGO (www.afghanaid.org.uk) that has been working in Afghanistan since 1983. Headquartered in Kabul, Afghanaid implements projects directly in 8 provinces and through partners in a further number of provinces and maintains a marketing and fundraising office in London. Afghanaid works in some of the most remote areas of the country and through a range of programme interventions supports development of basic services, such as water and sanitation, access roads, education facilities and other community infrastructure; strengthens livelihoods through improved natural resource management, agricultural and small enterprise development, and improved access to markets; and provides humanitarian assistance in times of emergencies. Gender mainstreaming, local governance and community development are integrated into all of Afghanaid’s work. The results achieved have earned Afghanaid the respect and recognition of stakeholders as an effective and collaborative charity.
Job Description
NRM officer will serve as:
- District level NRM officer who will shoulder the responsibilities of community mobilization, help project management in Establishment of rangeland management association, capacity building Plan, mobilize communities for physical work in targeted area.
Community mobilization:
- Play key role in start off of the project with a transparent community selection process and share results with line manager at district/ provincial level.
- Identify rangeland users, source of existing and possible conflicts over rangeland use and its dividers and connectors also provide daily report to line manager on possible ways to mitigate the risk of existing and possible conflicts over rangeland use.
- Through contact with community level influential, lead community level meetings, explain the project objectives, activities, expected outcomes and impacts to community people including influential, I-Mams, Livestock owners, Land owners including women and men and sign community level contracts.
- Map community priorities and identify community leaders through community/ catchment level assessments, share the proper data with line manager and help line manager in decision making.
- Facilitate community level meetings to identify catchment level priorities.
Rangeland Physical Work:
- Help project construction engineer to implement construction work in arrangement management.
- Manage non-construction work of rangeland management through active participation of community rangeland users and government relevant employees.
- Technically support project operation manager in procurement of project inputs especially those required for rangeland management.
- Support project operation manager in transparent wages management which will undertake as result of canals construction, contours, trenches and other relevant activities at rangeland level.
Project Documentation and coordination:
- Attend relevant meetings at district level and in some cases provincial meetings and provide report to line manager.
- Closely coordinate project activities with district level agriculture department and other government and non-governmental organizations at district level.
- Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.
- Manage social organizers to help you in community mobilization, establishment of Avaaz through proper and locally accepted approaches.
Other
Undertake any other duties as and when required by the line manager and/or overview manager.
Job Requirement
Education/ Training
Bachelor’s degree in NRM, rangeland management or environmental science.
Work Experience
More than 3 years of professional (practical) experience in rangeland management.
Professional Skills, Competencies, Values and Attitudes
Afghanaid seeks a responsible and dependable district Senior NRM Assistant with strong initiative, judgment, technical backstopping and adaptability as well as excellent skills in communication, community sensitization and mobilization skill and participatory natural resource management.
Specifically, the holder of this position should also demonstrate the following:
- A results-oriented approach to delivering work priorities in personal workload,
- Creative and innovative in conceptual and analytical thinking
- Sensitivity to gender issues.
- Fluency in local language (written and oral).
- Knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses, active listener
Submission Guideline
Please email a covering letter of application and your CV to vacancies@afghanaid.org.uk including the job title and your name in the subject line by 12 May, 2022. Your covering letter should be no more than one standard A4 pages in length and explain how you meet the position requirements and why you feel you would be a suitable candidate for this role. Your CV should be no more than 4 pages and include 3 professional references including your current employer. The precision and style with which you present yourself in your covering letter and CV will be given significant weight in short listing candidates.