MEAL & Safeguarding Officer

Position Title: MEAL & Safeguarding Officer

2025-07-23 Herat Full Time 5

Job Location:	Herat
Nationality:	National
Category:	Program
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per WCUK salary Scale
Vacancy Number:	WCUK/25/602
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Herat with frequent travels to the coverage area

Organization:	War Child UK
Years of Experience:	Minimum 3 years’ relevant work experience in MEAL & Reporting, preferably experience with INGOs, UN, or donors in Afghanistan.
Contract Duration:	5 months
Gender:	Male/Female
Education:	University Degree
Close date:	2025-07-23

About War Child UK:

War Child is an international alliance working in 15 countries. This is an international charity working for children and youth affected by war. War Child initiated working in Afghanistan from 2002. In Afghanistan War Child Work with children and youth, who as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion, and insecurity. These children and youth might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, unaccompanied minors, youth returnees and refugees, and children who have been put in Juvenile Rehabilitation Center and, the children and youth impacted by the climate induced disasters. Our mission is to protect, educate and stand up for the rights of children and youth caught up in conflict, poverty, and exclusion. We also work on building the lives and climate resilient livelihoods of the children and youth. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children and youth are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realized through the collective actions of children and youth themselves, the communities that they live in, their leaders, local organizations, War Child in Afghanistan, governments, and key decision makers.

Job Descriptions:

Job Purpose

Under the overall technical guidance of the MEAL and Safeguarding & Integrity Managers and supervision of the CP/MHPSS and DPR Advisor, the incumbent for this position is responsible for establishing and overseeing a functional MEAL and Safeguarding system for the project. The MEAL & Safeguarding Officer will be responsible for designing and implementing the MEAL and safeguarding activities of the Project; assisting the CP/MHPSS and DPR Advisor in preparing Quarterly/Annual reports on project progress and will monitor the project activities on a regular basis.

Job Description
The Duties and responsibilities may include but not limited to:

Support CP/MHPSS and DPR Advisor in strengthening and implementing WCUK MEAL & Safeguarding approaches, procedures and practices
Monitor all project activities and progress towards achieving the project output;
Carry out regular field monitoring of projects interventions to the provinces and produce monitoring reports and follow up on the agreed action plans
Preparing monthly and quarterly reports on project progress
Assist WCUK in planning and implementation of baseline/endline surveys, monitoring and evaluation exercises and other studies when needed;
Assist MEAL Manager in Organizing and conducting MEAL trainings and workshops to the staff and partner organizations.
Prepare and maintain WUCK databases
Manage and maintain WCUK complaints and feedback mechanism
Support the localization, rollout, and awareness of safeguarding policies, tools, and procedures, ensuring staff and stakeholders are familiar with key resources like consent forms and safety checklists.
Deliver safeguarding inductions and trainings, reinforcing staff responsibilities to report concerns and uphold safeguarding standards across all levels.
Promote safe programming through community sensitization, awareness materials, and child protection measures, ensuring all interactions prioritize the prevention of harm.
Strengthen staff capacity and workplace culture by training field focal points on Safeguarding and PSEA and facilitating team discussions to reinforce safeguarding practices.
Ensure timely and policy-compliant reporting of safeguarding concerns to the Safeguarding & Integrity manager within 24 hours, and make sure all staff and partners know their reporting focal points.
Support responses to SEA allegations, facilitate survivor access to essential services (medical, psychosocial, legal, security)
Make regular visits to all field offices to ensure that focal persons maintain appropriate records of any incident or suspected safeguarding children concern.
Work with program to ensure they raise awareness amongst beneficiaries including children, about the Safeguarding Policies, Code of Conduct, complaints mechanisms and how to report concerns;
Support safeguarding implementation with local partner;
Any other related task as assigned.

Our Values
Bold
We use our passion and creativity to deliver high quality evidence-based work designed to maximize our beneficial impact for children in conflict.
Accountable to Children
Children can rely on us to respond to their voices and to treat them with respect and dignity.
Transparent
We expect to be held to account by our supporters and beneficiaries and we respond with openness and honesty.
Committed to each other
We support each other and our partners to achieve ambitious goals and to the best we can be we are honest and open with each other, sharing our success and confronting our challenges
Person Specification
War Child in Afghanistan operates in a dynamic environment with a team of highly motivated and dedicated staff. The right candidate will share these qualities and bring effective leadership to a diverse team. The successful candidate will be creative problem solver and foster a solution-based approach to management.

Job Requirements:

Experience and mandatory criteria:

University Degree
Minimum 4 years work experience working with and or managing humanitarian projects (preferably child protection)
Minimum 3 years’ relevant work experience in MEAL & Reporting, preferably experience with INGOs, UN, or donors in Afghanistan.
Experience in Leading and or facilitating relevant trainings
Experience in designing tools and approaches for data collection, able to analysis of qualitative and quantitative data and production of reports;
Proficient and experience in report writing, documentation and working with databases
Knowledge and experience in project management and PCM
Experience in leading a team
Must be able to communicate effectively in English (written and oral).
Must be able to travel to the project sites and other provinces
Computer skills, including Microsoft Office Packages
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
Able to work independently with little supervision
Able to work under pressure, to tight deadlines, and with competing priorities.
Strategic perspective and keen to take ownership of monitoring and evaluation functions, challenges, and solutions.

Submission Guidelines:

Please go to this: https://war-child-alliance.jobs.personio.com/job/2246219?language=en&display=en
Fill in your information, and attach your documents before the closing date - (23-Jul-2025).
Applications after the closing date will not be accepted.
Please note that there is no telephonic inquiry and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for written test/interview.