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| Community Facilitator (Herat) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Herat, |
| Categories | Program, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-05-15 | Close Date | 2022-05-23 |
| Vacancy No | IRW-157-2022 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | Fixed-term |
| Education | Diploma | Experience | 1 - 2 Years |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As per company salary scale |
About Company
About Islamic Relief Worldwide: Islamic Relief Worldwide – Afghanistan Country Office (IRW) is an international non-profitable Non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its headquarter in UK-Birmingham. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. IRA started its humanitarian activities for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and Afghan people inside since then; IRA continued assisting in emergency relief, food security, women empowerment, girl education, orphan sponsorship, health, emergency education, shelter, Ramadan, and Qurbani programs.
Job Description
Community facilitator is the important member of livelihoods team in the field implementation of the projects. He\She will play the role of rapport builder in the community and coordinate all projects’ implementation activities in the community level and make the entrance of the project’s interventions to the target communities through coordination with Community leaders, CDCs, Farmers’ institutions and local government institutions.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Actively participate in site selection and selection of farmers based on pre-determined criteria.
- Liaison with the authorities at the district level and strengthen relationship with CDCs and community.
- Represent IRW-A at the community level and pave the way for trust building between the community members and IRW-A/the project.
- Identify and considering of dividers and connector drivers in the target communities to avoid unintended community disputes based on Do No Harm policy.
- Formation of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Farmers Associations and utilizing them as a platform to facilitate value-chain and marketing of agricultural products.
- Actively take part in awareness raising of farmers towards utilization of clean energy, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change coping strategies.
- Assist in distribution of agricultural assets and inputs to selected farmers based on transparency and accountably policy of IRw-A.
- Developing & Strengthening relationships with agricultural unions, enterprisers, and other agricultural platforms at the provincial level to facilitate the linkage between the targeted farmers and markets.
- Organization of farmers during technical training sessions, assets/inputs distribution, and other project events at district/village level.
- Any other relevant project activities assigned by project management team.
Job Requirement
- At least 1-2 years.
- At least 14th grade education. Diploma or bachelor degree in Agriculture, social Sciences or any relevant field will be preferred.
Submission Guideline
Submission Guidelines:Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following link:
https://www.jobs.af/jobs/community-facilitator-herat/apply
The closing date for accepting applications is 23 May 2022.
Please clearly state the Vacancy Announcement number and title of the position you are applying for in the subject line.
Please note that applications received after the closing date will not be considered and only short-listed candidates will be called for an interview.
Note: The interview will be on rolling basis due to the urgent need of the position the interview may take place before the closing date of the post/s.