Position Title: Community Engagement Specialist (Roving) - Subject to Donor approval
2025-01-31        Kabul       Full Time        2
Job Location: Kabul
Nationality: National
Category: Program
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: As per SCI Salary scale
Vacancy Number: 11299
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Kabul (frequent travel to Badakhshan, Balkh and other project targeted provinces)
Organization: Save the Children
Years of Experience: Minimum 6 years of experience working in education, with at least 4 years of experience in community engagement.
Contract Duration: Fixed term
Gender: Female
Education: University degree in education, social science, or any other relevant technical credentials
Close date: 2025-01-31


About Save the Children:

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.  
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
•    No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
•    All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
•    Violence against children is no longer tolerated 
We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
SCI - Afghanistan
 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.
We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers
 

Job Descriptions:

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.


SCOPE OF ROLE: 
Reports to: Project Lead, IR2 Lead. 

Staff reporting to this post: 
Direct: 
Indirect: Education Coordinator, Capacity Building Officer. 


Budget Responsibilities: To be decided based on requirement. 

KEY AREAS OF Responsibilities: 
1.    Develop and update training materials for project team to use and for the use of partners’ team supporting the project with implementation of social mobilization activities. 
2.    Conduct ToT (Training of Trainers) to project partners’ trainers and TEPDD trainers who will serve as social mobilization trainer at the provincial and district level.
3.    Provide assistance to the IR2 Lead in design and implementation of CBE programming, both policy and school implementation.  
4.    Review reports and provide feedback to Education Coordinator and Capacity Building Officers. 
5.    Liaise with PED and partner organizations technical staff to ensure proper implementation of the project social mobilization tasks.
6.    Work closely with the MEAL team and other technical advisors on monitoring community engagement and social mobilization activities/approach to inform project management, technical programming, and development of best practices.
7.    Ensure, accurate valued and verified data collection, data analyses and timely reporting to the centre base on the program requirement. 
8.    Maintain effective working relations with PEDs, DEDs and involved stockholders in all program relevant activities on appropriate manners.
9.    Participate in Technical Working Group and any other relevant networks within the PMU. 
10.    Contribute CBE programmatic updates to periodic project reports (i.e., monthly, quarterly, and annually). 
11.    Mobilizes and motivates the target communities to undertake community level   interventions and to actively participate in EGR related endeavours for the promotion of quality education. 
12.    Inspires the sense of contribution, participation, and self-reliance in the target communities. 
13.    Works with MoE mobilizers at the provincial and district level to establish and develop good mutual understanding, cooperation, and trust between project and the target communities. 
14.    Any additional task as per office requirement or by line manager. 
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
•    Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
•    holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
•    sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
•    widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
•    future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
•    builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
•    values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
•    approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
•    develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
•    willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
•    honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity. 
 

Job Requirements:


QUALIFICATIONS  
Required
•    University degree in education, social science, or any other relevant technical credentials
•    4 years of experience working in education and community engagement related field.
  
Desirable
•    Have worked with partners.
•    Must be proactive, flexible, hard working with irregular hours. 
•    Should be optimistic and a good listener. 
•    Dedicated to work in the interest of Children regardless of ethnicity, colour, Race, Gender, or other biased preferences.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
•    Good knowledge and experience in partnership.
•    Humanitarian experience and knowledge is an asset.
•    Knowledge in conducting training and capacity building sessions. 
•    Good organization, planning, budgeting, budget control and reporting skills
•    Strong interpersonal and communication skill  
•    Good team interaction and positive attitude 
•    Familiar with Word, Excel, and other relevant programs  
•    Excellent communication skills in English, alongside varied local language skills are preferred (Dari, Pashto etc). 

Additional job responsibilities
N/A
Equal Opportunities 
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
“Save the Children strongly encourages applications from women. Minimum country requirements for potential female applicants will be followed.”

Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
 

Submission Guidelines:

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.
Applicants can login to the online application system by copying and pasting the following link intro their web browser. Returning users will need to enter their username and password, first time users will need to create a user account.
It is recommended that you save your username and password for future job applications through the online system.
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Save the Children International (SCI) is committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion as core to our vision and values. We provide equitable employment opportunities and aim to increase the representation of women, people with disabilities, and individuals from minority groups to effectively meet the diverse needs of the children and communities we serve.

At SCI, we value the authentic selves of everyone, including you! If you have any access needs or require support due to a disability or other reasons, please let us know at the time of your application. We are here to assist you and ensure an accessible and inclusive recruitment experience.
Please note: SCI does not request any fees during any stage of the recruitment process.
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
 

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