Site Officer

2026-10-13 Nangarhar, Nuristan Full Time 196

Job Location:	Nangarhar, Nuristan
Nationality:	Afghan
Category:	Program
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per the salary scale of AREA (Conditional)
Vacancy Number:	AREA 2026-01
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Nangarhar and Nuristan

Organization:	Agency for Rehabilitation & Energy conservation in Afghanistan (AREA)
Years of Experience:	5-Five Years of Experiences in Mine Action activities, with two years’ experience should be in managerial level.
Contract Duration:	17 Months
Gender:	Male
Education:	Bachelor’s degree in Sociology, social science, development studies,
Close date:	2026-10-13

About Agency for Rehabilitation & Energy conservation in Afghanistan (AREA):

AREA’s Brief Overview:

AREA has been established in December 1993 as the continuation of the GTZ DESP Project, AREA is a non-governmental, non-political, not-profitable and developmental organization. AREA envisions the achievement of peace and stability in Afghanistan through enabling the communities and believes that empowering communities at the grassroots level is the key to having a developed and prosperous Afghanistan.

The Mine Action Program of AREA was established in 1995 as “Community Based Mine Clearance Program-CBMCP”. Based on the need assessment of clearing explosive contaminated areas for conducting development projects, AREA’s mine action program in addition to its humanitarian responsibility has the duty of ensuring cleared and safe lands for implementation of development projects which will be to some extent executed by other functional departments of AREA. Based on this concept, AREA always assists and responds to the communities’ requests on “what they want to have on their cleared lands”. As well as AREA is the founder and the first initiator of the Community Based Mine Clearance Program in Afghanistan

Job Descriptions:

· Ensure that all resources of the project are employed to the maximum effectiveness and efficiently.

· Control the daily attendance of the project field staff (site office and field operations teams).

· Ensure that all aspects of quality of mine action operations are being carried out.

· Assist area operations manager/project manager in preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual operational plans.

· Conduct quality check of field operations reports before and after the data entry.

· Preparation of reports and statistics.

· Maintenance and control of task orders and briefing the details to the teams and carry out debriefing on the collected data.

· Provide technical advice needed by field operators

· Ensure that the mine action activities/field operations are carried out according to AREA SOP and respective AMASs.

· Conduct QC of the teams cleared areas based on the already prepared plan in accordance with Organization SOP.

· Shall ensure that, the Site Operations plan is being adhered and implemented as required/in accordance with the Quality Procedures and policies.

· Conduct field assessment and provide inputs for any new project proposal where needed.

· In consultation with the Operations manager/project manager, responsible for required coordination with all stakeholders on field level including DMAC respective regional office.

· Participate in related internal and external meetings.

· Undertake any other official task when assigned .

Job Requirements:

· Bachelor degree with five years progressively experience in mine actions operations or high school diploma with seven years of experience in mine action operations. Out of which 3 years’ experience should be in managerial level.

· Understanding of Afghanistan Mine Action Standard (AMAS).

· Sound communication (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to effectively prepare reports and mine action related documents in a clear and concise style.

· Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations with people in a multi-cultural environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

· Ability to organize, plan and implement work assignments under pressure of frequent and tight deadlines.

· Demining related survey and clearance courses are required.

· EOD courses (level 3) courses are desirable and added value.

· Knowledge of computers including Word, Excel and Power point is required

· Fluent in English and local languages (oral and written) are required.

Submission Guidelines:

Interested Afghan candidates who meet the position requirements are requested to send their CVs along with cover letters via e-mail to hr@area-org.af and clearly mention the vacancy no & position in subject line of Email.

- CVs without cover letters will not be considered.

- Other required support educational/ experience documents will be asked for later once the candidate is short listed. Please do not send any other certificates, essays or support documents.

- Only those candidates who meet the position requirements will be contacted.

Email / Application Form: hr@area-org.af