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| Community Worker | |||
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| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Balkh, |
| Categories | Program, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2024-01-25 | Close Date | 2024-02-03 |
| Vacancy No | CARE-AF-0795 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 4 | Contract Duration | March 31, 2025 |
| Education | College/Bachelor degree in social science, socio-economics, business administration and other relevant fields. | Experience | with minimum 3 years’ experience in community mobilization, working with livelihood project, community development programs, women empowerment programs, preferably who have knowledge of working in livelihood project, agricultural and livestock projects. |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As per organization salary scale |
About Company
About CARE AFGHANISTAN: CARE is a non-governmental, non-political, non-profit, non-partisan and non-sectarian humanitarian organization, extending its relief and development assistance to those in need. CARE, as an International Confederation of 13 member organizations is one of the world's largest private humanitarian organizations working in more than 90 plus, countries committed to helping communities in the developing world achieve lasting victories over poverty.
Job Description
Summary of Key Functions
Community Worker is responsible to ensure that the project interventions are implemented in effective and efficient manner and the project goals and objectives are met. S/he works very closely with the targeted communities and groups to identify and mobilize them in support of CBARD project activities. S/He should maintain good relations between the project, its staff, and key target community stakeholders. S/He should contribute to the selection of communities, identification of the beneficiaries, community project selection and handle the conflict resolution at field level. S/he work with community on their self-reliance; and organize and arrange the provision of all resources (human and material) needed for community activities. S/he should be able to mobilize the most marginalized people to take part in their own community's desired development actions, increased community effectiveness, capacity, self-reliance, and empowerment. S/he should have capacity to enhance community management skills and techniques regarding project interventions, S/he conducts project related training to the project participants and provide learning environment to the community.
Key relations Reports to:
Field engineer, project manager, program coordinator, M&R Officer, Monitoring Officer, project beneficiaries, government authorities at district level, CDCs.
Duty Locations:
Balkh sub office
Key Results Expected:
- To build a close coordination and communication with project target group including IDPs, Returnees and host communities.
- To ensure that the project interventions are implemented in effective and efficient manner and the project goals and objectives are met.
- To contribute in community and project selection, beneficiaries’ identification
- Support project technical staff in survey of communities’ sub-projects (Livelihood intervention)
- To ensure that the voice of vulnerable is heard in community decisions: including women, youth, people with disability, ethnic minorities, marginalized groups and IDPs/returnees/refugees.
- Conduct regular meetings with community representatives, youth, women groups, elders, CDCs, leaders, religious leader, relevant stakeholders at community, district and provincial level to know the community problem and finding the appropriate solution.
- Liaise with community leaders and influential to pave the road for project interventions and support the project implementation in the targeted communities.
- To be a link between organization and community or project target groups.
- Keep the community updated about the CBARD project related interventions.
- Connect with and engage individuals and groups who approach societal problems in less conventional ways, in complement to or outside traditional civil society activities.
- Connect the mapped initiatives and people with each other and coordinate for their mutual benefit e.g., when more than one group offer the same or complementary services.
- Delivers appropriate training or awareness sessions and knowledge improvement materials to the target groups community.
- Organize and participate in all project field level events (practical trainings on collaboration between the local government and communities, consultations with communities, mobilization of venerable people,)
- Participate in the process of setting baselines and conduct baseline surveys or other assessments in the communities.
- Explain program objectives to the communities and ensure project ownership by the participating communities by convincing them about the goals and objectives of the projects.
- Ensure that the majority community members are involved in the decision-making.
- Demonstrate a good teamwork. Involve other team members in decision making and keep your supervisor and other team members informed of affairs.
- Participate in participatory needs assessment in general community meeting.
- Ensure of women active participation in needs assessment conducting, selection of beneficiaries and monitoring of project activities.
- Facilitate the community mobilization process to prioritize the high impact low-cost activities.
- Ensure that the community is undertaking the work and are involved in monitoring.
- Ensure that the vulnerable group of community is considered for employment, especially those who can’t be benefited from the outcome of the projects.
- Assist project team in preparing the projects’ procurement plan, accounting issues and other documents.
- Collect qualitative and quantitative data including case stories in community that reflect the benefit of project intervention in the community.
- Any other task assigned by supervisor.
Safeguarding Responsibilities:
- Uphold CARE’s Safeguarding Policy (https://www.care-international.org/resources/care-international-safeguarding-policy) and Safeguarding Code of Conduct.
- Must read the Safeguarding Policy and either sign the Safeguarding Code of Conduct or sign a Code of Conduct that is consistent with or references this policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct.
Job Requirement
Core Competencies:
- Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Highest standards of integrity, discretion, and loyalty
- Detail-oriented and self-motivated.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, with a range of individuals and groups.
Functional Competencies:
- Proven ability to work flexibly and independently with limited supervision and deliver quality results against tight deadlines.
- Have good communication skills to onboard community members and coordinate project staff, community members and stakeholders.
- Have excellent communication skills (both verbal and written) in Dari and Pashtu
Skills and Experience:
- Deep knowledge of the community mobilization and livelihood requirements.
- Excellent training and facilitation and community mobilization skills
- Having a deep knowledge of Afghan traditions and cultural norms
- Ability and willingness to work at the communities.
- Ability to conduct mobilization session at community level.
Education: College/Bachelor degree in social science, socio-economics, business administration and other relevant fields.
Work Experience: with minimum 3 years’ experience in community mobilization, working with livelihood project, community development programs, women empowerment programs, preferably who have knowledge of working in livelihood project, agricultural and livestock projects.
Languages Skills: Fluency in spoken and written Dari and Pashtu is a requirement. English Language skills is a plus point.
Safeguarding
CARE places human dignity at the center of its relief and development work. At the heart of CARE’s efforts to impact poverty and social justice is its engagement with marginalized communities, and vulnerable adults and children. Vulnerable adults and children are particularly at risk of sexual exploitation and abuse. CARE commits to the protection from sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse and of vulnerable adults and children, involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel. CARE has a zero tolerance toward sexual exploitation and abuse and child abuse. CARE takes seriously all concerns and complaints about sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse and child abuse involving CARE Employees and Related Personnel
CARE Afghanistan participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we hereby request information from candidate’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the candidate left employment. All CARE Afghanistan’s offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.
Submission Guideline
- Please submit your completed CARE Standard Job application form (ACBAR: Application Form) to afg.vacancies@care.org.
- Applications after the closing date (12:00 AM) and without CARE Application form will not be accepted.
- Please Indicate the position title, Vacancy Number in the Subject Line (Community Worker CARE-AF-0795 Balkh) otherwise your application will not be considered.
- Please note that there is no telephonic inquiry and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted with and call for Interview.
- The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a Background Check, Bridger check & Reference check and be compliant and sign up to Care Afghanistan’s Code of Conduct, PSHA (Prevention from Sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse) and other Care Afghanistan policies prior to a final offer being made.
- People with Physical Disabilities and Women are highly encourage to apply.
- CARE IS COMMITTED TO SAFEGUARDING POLICY (Available at: Safeguarding)
- CARE IS COMMITTED TO CODE OF CONDUCT (Available at: CARE Afg Code of Conduct (updated).pdf)