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| Education Protection Officers (Subject to donor funding ) | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Bamian, |
| Categories | Education, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2022-06-18 | Close Date | 2022-06-23 |
| Vacancy No | 449-22 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | 9 months |
| Education | Bachelors | Experience | 2 years related |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | NTA Salary Scale (Grade D Step 1-3) |
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
- Supervise protection education officers
- Planning for the education and protection activities
- Ensure implementation of protection mainstreaming in IRC projects in the target fields
- Conduct out-reaches activities to provide the refugee population with relevant information on services and address reported cases or protection concerns
- Undertake Protection monitoring activities and manage the monitoring evaluation data on field level
- Identify protection gaps related to education and concerns facing by the returnees and refugees’ population; in particular women and children of the affected communities and share the information with central office
- Contribute to creating and spreading key protection messages on children’s rights and wellbeing, child marriages, child abuse and child labor to raise awareness among the general population, through banners, campaigns, sessions during different prayers in the target communities.
- Work with parents, teachers, and community people to raise awareness about the wellbeing of children through reducing harsh punishment and improving parenting practices to help a child heal and recover
- Raise awareness-raising on protection including child protection, early and forced marriage, child labor, health and wellbeing of child and mother, education, and family planning
- Support Master Trainers and Community Mobilizers in carrying out child protection
- Assist Master Trainers and Community Mobilizers to support the children enrolled in the TLS
- Coordinate with the local community Mullahs and elders to carry out protection awareness-raising in the target communities especially
- Ensure issues and challenges are addressed in a timely and participatory manner by Informing related department and line managers
- Follow up the referrals with relevant child protection actors in order to ensure the target communities protection rights
- Contribute to regular reports development by focusing on protection measures and specific activities progress
- Organize/actively participate in the Regional and provincial Protection meetings, workshops, trainings, and draft minutes and share with central office
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, including community leaders, NGOs, community-based organisations, and other IRC sectors to enhance cooperation and coordination
- Provide support, guidance and assistance to education and field staff in all the field offices on education priorities, issues, and concerns.
Perform other duties in case of requirement
Job Requirement
- University Graduate
- At least 2 years professional technical experience, including 1 years implementing protection programs in emergency and conflict contexts
- Strong understanding of Islamic principles and able to provide protection information through Islamic values and ideology.
- Strong understanding of protection principles within the Afghanistan context
- Should be familiar with the area’s culture, traditions, and its sensitiveness
- Experience in working with and coordinating with INGOs and other stakeholders
- Should keep a close record of I/NGOs working in protection in the target areas.
- Strong interpersonal, intercultural and communication skills
- Good Report written skills
Fluency in both local languages and English.
Submission Guideline
Note: Candidates who tested/interviewed and applied previously will not be given chance again in the contest.
For IRC- Afghanistan Internal Candidates:
(“ The IRC encourages employees to remain in a position for at least one year and be in good standing before applying for another position within the organization. if an employee is interested in a vacant position within the organization, he/she must inform his/her supervisor in advance before applying for a new position”)
(However, 1 year is a must to complete but to encourage IRCA employees somehow we are flexible who work in the current IRC position for at least 6 months or above and are given chance to compete for an opportunity in the organization)
interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with copies of their CVs (NOT Educational and Work Certificates), to the attention of the Human Resources Department at the following address or email us at (AF-Recruitment@rescue.org)
Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and after that for an interview. 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 – Kabul
Qala-e-Fathullah, Street 3, close to Takyakhana-e-Fatimia, District 10