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Re- Announced - Senior Emergency Response Officer
Country Afghanistan Province Herat,
Categories Program, Type Full Time
Post Date 2021-03-23 Close Date 2021-03-29
Vacancy No 045-21 Gender Male
No Of Jobs 1 Contract Duration 12 months
Education Bachelor Degree Experience 3 Years Relevant
Organization Opportunities for you Salary Grade D (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 9 provinces throughout Afghanistan, among which some of the most security volatile, and employs over 500 staff.

Job Description

  • In charge of supervising day-to-day project activities (planning and response) at field-level
  • Conduct regular field visits in assessment/distribution locations to assess quality of programming
  • Ensure proper analysis and reporting of program activities and indicators, including drafting of project reports, in line with project proposals
  • Follow-up project-related issues and challenges so these are addressed in a timely manner
  • Supervise, guide, and support ER Officers on their daily tasks, in line with established work plans.
  • Provide trainings and orientation on ER tools, guidelines, and SoPs to all team members.
  • Ensure updates and decisions from management are timely communicated to field staff.
  • Regularly participate in cluster meetings, OCTs, and other emergency ad-hoc meetings, and provide updates to the Program Management Team for further decision-making.
  • Support in the identification of funding opportunities by assessing local needs for life-saving interventions.
  • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, including community leaders, government departments, NGOs, community-based organisations and other IRC sectors to enhance cooperation, coordination, and referral pathway systems.
  • Perform other duties as requested by supervisor.

Job Requirement

  • Bachelor’s degree required. Minimum three years of experience working with local or international NGOs in emergency programming (ex: winterization, NFI, and Shelter).
  • Good project management skills, including budget monitoring, analysis of data, and report writing.
  • At least two (2) years of demonstrated experience managing staff.
  • Experience in building networks and working with a variety of stakeholders, such as government bodies, NGOs, and communities
  • Familiarity with the local province’s context, culture, traditions and its sensitiveness
  • Knowledge of gender, protection, and diversity issues in humanitarian programming
  • High knowledge of MS Office package
  • Strong communication skills; fluency in Dari, Pashto, and English required
  • Ability to cope with stress, work under difficult circumstances, and meet deadlines
  • Flexibility and willingness to relocate at short notice, outside the normal areas of operation, and for short periods of time

Submission Guideline

Note: Application received without exact position title, vacancy no and location will be directly disqualified from the process.

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 to the following address or email us on (AF-Recruitment@rescue.org).

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for written test and after that for 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

House 34, Street No.4 Taimani District 10, Close to Haji Mohammad Dad Mosque

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