- Responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing Shelter and Community Infrastructure activities at the field level and coordinating with PM, CO technical team and relevant cluster.
- Responsible for planning, organizing, and Shelter and Community Infrastructure activities (Shelter and settlement, camp management).
- Responsible for supervision, monitoring, and evaluation of the Shelter and Community Infrastructure activities, Cash for work, skilled and unskilled work market in Afghanistan
- Follow up of the construction process in the targeted districts to ensure standard and qualitative systems are established to build natural hazards resilient shelters for affected population.
- Coordinate with the Logistics team and ensure logistics systems are understood (procurement, transport, storage, communications,) estate/buildings management, asset management, etc.
- Coordinate and manage Shelter project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements.
- Implement technical direction and ensure high technical quality of projects.
- Provide regular progress reports to the Provincial Manager and the Shelter SPO.
- Ensure that projects target beneficiaries most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist
- Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
- Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders
- Establishing a sound coordination system with all project staff.
- Perform any other task as assigned by line managers.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
It is essential that the post holder shows a good understanding and sympathy with Islamic values and principles as well as commitment to Islamic Relief Worldiwde's vision, mission and core values.
Essential:
Knowledge, Skills, and Qualifications (Bullet Points)
· Graduated from a recognized Engineering Faculty or equivalent Degree in Civil Engineering or Shelter and Community Infrastructure
· Prior successful experience implementing shelter projects with IRW is highly desirable.
· Preference will be given to candidates from Ghor province with relevant experience.
· At least 3-5 years of technical supervision implementing Shelter and Community Infrastructure-related interventions.
· Experience in capacity building and training of staff
· Experience in leading project staff, logistics, and admin Management
· High level of communication, interpersonal, representation, and negotiation skills
· Good understanding and programmatic experience on various cross-cutting issues such as gender, protection, and environment.
· Goal-oriented with the ability to work under pressure, independently, and with limited supervision.
· Experience in Shelter and NFI’s assessment methodologies
· Preference will be given to local candidates.
· Knowledge of safety and security measures.
Key Personal Qualities (Bullet Points)
· Have good communication skills and can effectively communicate with local communities.
· Can work in a stressful environment and can meet deadlines.
· Have time management skills.
Desirable:
· Relevant experience of working with humanitarian/development sector/INGOs
· Working knowledge of the regional languages of Afghanistan.
· English fluency, both written and verbal. Knowledge of the local language.
· Experience in staff supervision, teaching delivery, mobilization, teamwork, and reporting.
· Experience in implementing AHF/UNOCH-funded projects and familiarity with CHR region of Afghanistan.
Interested and qualified national candidates should submit a cover letter explaining their motivation and updated CV to the following:
Senior Project Officer | Jobs.af
The closing date for accepting applications is 10 June 2025.
Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) is an international, non-profitable, non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its head quarter in Birmingham, UK. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan for more than 23 years, providing emergency relief and implementing life-changing development projects for some of the most vulnerable people in the country. Islamic Relief set up our first Afghanistan office in 1999. Since then, IRA continued providing assistances in emergency relief, food security, livelihood, education, health, nutrition, shelter, orphan sponsorship, Ramadan and Qurbani programmes.