Afghanistan: A FIELD COORDINATOR - AFGHANISTAN

Country:AFGHANISTAN – Ghor

Length of contract: 6 months – From the 6^th of December on.

The position:

You will be in charge of coordinating ACF intervention in the Northern Region of Afghanistan.

Contribute to ACF country strategy development and implementation at field level

• Contributing to the design and update of the country strategy by providing field inputs


• Implementing the country strategy at field level in collaboration with Head of Technical Department and Program Managers


• Representing ACF and coordinating with all external stakeholders

Coordinate overall implementation of program at field level

• Supervising and monitoring the implementation of regular programs at field level


• Facilitating new project’s conception in collaboration with Head of Technical Department and Program managers


• Supervising the work of the support services at field level, in collaboration with Head of Support Department


• Ensuring the synergy between Technical and Support services at field level


• Ensuring the implementation of recommendations from ACF high/middle level management resulting from internal audit, experts’ field visits….

Manage the team at field level

• Supervising and managing his/her supervisees


• Recruiting his/her team (for international staff this is done upon requires of the Country Director)


• Monitoring the social climate at field level and report to Deputy Country Director in case of social issues


• Managing overall the training needs at field level


• Promoting commitment to ACF Charter and preventing frauds and power abuses, informing the Country Director in case of frauds or power abuses

Facilitate good relationships with the coordination team

• Updating of the coordination team on program implementation


• Proactively referring to the coordination team for any matter that could jeopardize the programs, the funding or the security of staff and premises


• Ensuring field teams proactively express relevant demands of support to coordination team in order to maximize operational efficiency and impact


• Generally speaking, being a facilitator between the field and the capital


• Piloting the follow-up on technical and support departments’ recommendations

Security

• Monitoring the security environment (networking, collecting and analysis of information..)


• Maintaining an effective network, with local input, on contextual and security matters, collection and analysis of information to establish the risk and context analysis


• Briefing ACF team on local context and security


• Ensuring the application of security procedures when alerted by the Logistics Manager


• Managing any security incidents at base level and reporting them to the Country Director


• Actively participating to audits and ensuring implementation of recommendations

The applicant:

• You have at least one year experience in a similar position


• You are fluent in English (written and verbal)


• You possess strong communication skills, multi-tasking, priority management and planning


• You have a strong background in capacity building of staff including project cycle management, and have experience in partnership management


• You have experience in working in complex security environment

Status:

Gross monthly salary ranging from €1805 to €2305 depending on relevant experience

Food and hygiene expenses, per diem, transportation costs, collective or individual accommodation, medical insurance

25 days of annual paid leaves and 20 days of rest and recuperation (R&R) per year

Pre departure training, at the HQ in Paris (1 to 2 weeks)