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| Surveillance Officer | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Herat, |
| Categories | Program, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-06-08 | Close Date | 2022-06-14 |
| Vacancy No | 28203 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | 12 Month With possibility of extension |
| Education | Bachelor Degree | Experience | 2-3 years’ related experience. |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | Grade D 1-2 (NTA Salary Scale) |
About Company
About IRC (International Rescue Committee): The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home. The IRC opened the country program in Afghanistan in 1988. Our programs span the range from humanitarian relief to early recovery and development activities, focusing on child protection, education, economic wellbeing, health, and power. The IRC works in 10 provinces throughout Afghanistan, among which some of the most security volatile, and employs over 1000 staff.
Job Description
General Duties
- Participate in needs assessments and distributions as required.
- Create and Maintain surveillance network mapping of key individuals (elders, mullah and local shuras) in all of IRC operational areas.
- Work with the Emergency PM and Field Coordinator to complete the monthly Early warning tracking report, and flag immediately any contextual development that might result in instances of displacement.
Specific Duties:
- Liaise with community elders, shuras and religious leaders to inform them about project activities and gain their support to IRC project in their areas.
- To conduct continuous context monitoring and community engagement to identify displaced caseloads.
- To track and report on military or political developments at the Provincial level that may result in instances of displacement and report these developments through the Early Warning tracking report.
- To increase access and to promote IRC acceptance in the project target area by developing positive relations with communities through regular meetings with elders, mullah and local shuras.
- Provide information for community members about IRC history and mission as non-governmental and non-politic international humanitarian organization.
- Create and maintain communication systems with communities for mutual understanding of project goals and implementation plans.
- Visit target areas of the IRC’s projects and provide, update reports to the Emergency PM and Field Coordinator.
- Participate in needs assessments and distributions as required.
- Create and Maintain surveillance network mapping of key individuals (elders, mullah and local shuras) in all of IRC operational areas.
- Work with the Emergency PM and Field Coordinator to complete the monthly Early warning tracking report, and flag immediately any contextual development that might result in instances of displacement.
- To attend the HRT/OCT and PDMC meetings at the provincial level to gain update about the disasters, displacement situation and to further follow up.
- Any other related duties assigned by the Emergency Manager.
Job Requirement
- Education: Bachelor’s in business administration or relevant
- Having 2 – 3 years of experience in the field of surveillance/community mobilization.
- Excellent communication skills ability to speak Pashto and Dari languages, English will be plus point.
- Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, ability to maintain relationships, and able to work on own initiative.
- Familiarity with the local province’s context, culture, traditions, and its sensitiveness
- Good knowledge of MS office (mainly Outlook ,Word and Excel)
- Strong communication skills: fluency in Dari and Pashto required, and good knowledge of spoken and written English desired
- Ability to cope with stress, work under difficult circumstances, and meet deadlines
- Flexibility and willingness to relocate at short notice, outside the normal area of operations, and for short periods of time (the position is 80% field base)
languages.
- Communication and reporting skills
- Fluency in Pashto, Dari, and English
- Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage
- Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background
Submission Guideline
All qualified candidates are requested to open the given link and follow the instructions:
https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/28203?c=rescue
applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process.
Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for interviews. If you are not contacted TWO or FOUR WEEKS after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post. IRC Afghanistan Country Office, Qala-e-Fathullah, Street # 3, District 10, Old UNOCHA Office, Beside Fatemia Mosque.