About Citizen’s Charter/MRRD:

The Citizens’ Charter is a National Priority Program (NPP) of the National Unity Government (NUG) of Afghanistan. The Citizens’ Charter is an inter-ministerial, multi-sectorial NPP where Ministries have cooperated jointly to provide basic services to rural communities.

Job Details:

Position Title:                District Social Organizer

Nationality:                    Afghan

Employment Type:        Full-time

Vacancy #:                    427/HRMD/CCNPP/MRRD

Organization:                 Citizen Charter/MRRD

Working experience:     2 years of relevant experience is desirable

Contract duration:         6 months (fixed-term)

Gender:                          Male and Female

Education:                     A minimum of high school degree

Closing date:                 20 November 2020

Job summary

Citizen Charter/MRRD is employing 35 Social Organizers for Kandahar province who will work to implement the proposed project. Eligible applicants can apply after reading the details below.

Job Description:

Duties and responsibilities:

• Work with the CCAP PMU Social organizers to acquaint themselves with the pre-defined CDCs, PRA/PLA tools, particularly with WBA and Resource Map, community development plans, and the general community profile.
• Organize large meeting(s) and raise the awareness of communities regarding the CCAP program and key constituents of the MCCG, focusing on its difference from the CCAP, NSP and the prior MCG.
• Acquaint themselves with the related communities, and conduct a short transact walk within the communities to ensure the neighborhoods’ inclusion, particularly the underprivileged people.
• Collaborate with MCCG engineers and CDCs in preparing and calculating the MCCG Community budget.
• The incumbents, together with engineers, will help to facilitate a way to choose a labor-intensive project based on previous CDPs, if necessary, review the previous CDPs and form new labor-based CDPs in light of improved coordination with CDC and community people.
• Train the CDCs and communities in the procurement and accounting/ bookkeeping for the MCCG funding as proposed in the CCAP manuals for community-level procurement and FM.
• Work with the CDC members in the final selection for the MCCG labor beneficiaries, as outlined below.
• Oversee closely and report on the process and accordance with this Annex.
• Support the CDCs in opening sub-accounts to their main CCAP bank accounts, entirely for the MCCG transfers.
• Conduct the draw to determine which of the poor families will send a laborer to work on MCCG, if required.
• Provide training to CDCs to record paid labor and oversee execution & completing the required MCCG Forms in the process.
• Ensure that MCCG wages are paid on a daily, and where not possible, at a minimum every week, concurrent with the work provision.
• Ensure grievances filed related to the MCCG are tackled promptly and collect and register the process in the community proposals and their requests.
• After full application of the MCCG, ensure that the CDC has copies of all the necessary MCCG forms and utilization receipts, and the originals are delivered to the PMUs.
• Appreciate participation of all households in any kind of group action.
• Ensure that women take an active, if not leading part, in collective action related to women’s issues.
• Help the CDCs and communities to present their work to others.
• Support the CDD organizes’ periodic learning workshops and share lessons learned and success stories.
• Provide regular progress reports to the provincial trainers and pertinent district managers.

Job Requirements:

• Two years of working experience is a benefit, including a one-year parallel experience. (Not a Must)
• Work experience as MCG social organizer will be a plus.

 Educational background:

• A minimum of a high school degree is a requisite.
• Previous training in NSP or related community-driven development initiatives or rural development programs is an advantage.

Other Skills Required:

• Ability to communicate (both in writing and speaking) fluently in either Dari or Pashto.
• Be able and willing to travel to all the rural communities within the district identified on any workday as necessary.
• Ability to work with a wide number of stakeholders from community members to district government officials to CC HQ personnel as mandatory.
• Elementary computer knowledge will be considered as a distinct advantage.

How to apply for these posts of CCNPP-MRRD?

Candidates can apply by sending your up-to-date CV, including high school degree MoE-certified documents, and all work experience documents according to their CVs, by the deadline (please make sure that the size of documents you annex is not more than 4MBs).

Note: Any application not having the afore-mentioned documents will be considered incomplete and therefore, the applicant will not be shortlisted.

Besides, while sending your CV clearly mention “the title of the position and Vacancy Number E.g., District Social Organizer – 427/HRMD/ CCNPP/MRRD” on the subject line of your email; otherwise, your applications will not be taken into account.

Submission Email: s.haidari@ccnpp.org

Note: CCNPP strongly encourages women to apply.