Vacancy No: NSP 2007/07/095 Post Title: Social Organizer Organization: UN-Habitat Location: Herat Duration: 09 months (with possibility of extension) No of Post: 1 Sex: Female Nationality: Afghan Closing Date: 2007-07-20
Background: The national community empowerment project for Afghanistan known as National Solidarity Programme (NSP) is a programme to establish community institution and develop communities abilities to plan, manage, finance and monitor their own development projects.
The project will lay the foundation for long-term local governance and rebuild the social capital and leadership within villages and neighbourhood of Afghanistan.
UNHABITAT has been requested to assist the government in implementation of this program in seven provinces.
The National Solidarity Programme consists of four core elements: 1. Facilitate planning process at the village level leading to formation of community Institution. 2. System of direct block grant transfer. 3. Series of capacity development activities. 4. Network with the external actors.
Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Ensuring broad based consultation on the implementation of the Operational Manual, especially at the community level.
2. Assisting in development of a clear vision of the good governance objectives and principles of the overall project, ensuring that this guides the whole design and implementation process.
3. Assisting in development of a clear work plan for the implementation phase where the operational manual will be constantly under review and revision based on field experience across the country. This will require designing management systems in consultation with the Provincial Manager to ensure regular consultation across the programme.
4. Establishment of a coordination mechanism between the program sectors to ensure consistency with program vision and objectives.
5. Establishing a working relationship with appropriate government departments such as MRRD.
6. With the assistance of the Provincial Manager ensuring that the designated section teams follow the right track of the community development strategy.
7. Ensuring there is appropriate field-testing of the materials as they are developed.
8. Training and supervision of facilitators on the establishment process of Community Institution.
9. Working closely with the monitoring and evaluation section ensuring that the maturity indicators for the social institutions are followed accordingly.
10. Reporting on the training need of facilitators which has to be done by training units.
11. Preparation of monthly progress report.
Qualifications required: The Social Organizer (Social) should have a university degree or equivalent in a relevant field of work and or at least 3 years of working experience, preferably with the United Nations or International NGOs. A good command of English, local languages – both written and oral is also necessary. He/she should also be familiar with software such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Good communication skills – both written and interpersonal will be essential, as most of the work will be done through a process of consultation at all levels. He/she should have the ability to manage a large team of professional and support staff across the country.
Submission Guideline: The application comprises of a one-page cover letter explaining your interest and suitability for the post and your CV. Interested Afghan Nationals should submit their applications to:
Human Resources Section UN-HABITAT Main Office House No. 235, Street No. 8, Taimani Watt Kabul, Afghanistan or UN-HABITAT, Parwan Provincial Office Email:
Please indicates the Vacancy Announcement No. of the position for which you are applying.
Please note that applications received after the closing date mentioned above, will not be given consideration. Only short- listed candidates whose applications respond to the above criteria will be contacted for test and interview.
The salary will be determined according to the qualifications and skills of the selected candidate.
In line with UN-Habitat policy on gender equity, application from female candidates will be particularly welcome.
