Afghans Humanitarian Aid and Development Organization (AHADO) is a non-government, non-profit humanitarian social welfare organization. AHADO established in October 2013 and registered with Ministry of Economy (MoEc), through license Number 3053. AHADO based in Kandahar and delivered humanitarian and development projects in various regions of the country including southern, central and northern regions. Implemented projects were in various sectors of child protection, community education, gender equity, WASH, health/hygiene, capacity building, livelihood and advocacy. AHADO is committed to the humanitarian principals and is PSEA Signatory; therefore AHADO would strictly follow all its provisions in its daily operation and apply the considered measurement on the perpetrators.

AHADO commitment on PSEA awareness and  implementation
 

AHADO has a zero-tolerance policy for (sexual) misconduct.

AHADO SEA policy sets minimum standards that must be followed by all employees to protect beneficiaries and members of the community from sexual exploitation and abuse. Furthermore AHADO would follow and apply all provisions of the UNICEF, PSEA and Child Safeguarding Policies,

Earlier issuing any contract all candidates must complete the SEA Reference check that include the completion of following steps:

Reference Check for new candidates/employees

The candidates should submit two to three references from his/she former employers and complete the reference check forms Annex 1 to introduce his/her current and former employers for reference check to confirm that the candidate did not commit any ESA and Harassment.

B-Candidates with any committed SEA and harassment back-ground should not be hired.

C- To ensure that the candidate is honest and did not commit any SEA and harassment, AHADO would share the Annex 2, (candidates Reference check table) to be completed by  the candidates references, and based on the provided information, honest candidates who did not commit  any SEA and harassment , should be considered for hiring.  The annexes 1 and 2 would be shared with the final candidates.

Job Description:

It’s a fulltime job and the position holder would work six days/week. Project Manager is responsible for overall management of the project according to the finalized Project Documents including overall planning, implementation, reporting,  monitoring, management and coordination of project affairs with national, regional and provincial stakeholders, leading and managing of Project Provincial Coordinators activities, and utilization of project resources to ensure delivery of quality education services through the 150 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) established by the project and achievement of project desired objectives. He/She would report to the AHADO Head of Program (HoP) and would work closely with HoP, UNICEF provincial and regional staff, and Ministry of Education, national, provincial and districts authorities and communities representatives.

Key Responsibilities:  

Project Planning and Coordination:

• Actively participate in the trainings and project orientation sessions organized by the AHADO and UNICEF.
• Responsible for development and verification of project comprehensive implementation plan.
• Make sure that all activities according to the project agreement and scope of work considered and included in the project implementation plan along with appropriate timeline for each activity.
• Coordinate the project plan with Head of Program (HoP) and get his approval.
• Make sure that qualified teachers and staff hired in the vacant positions.
• Make sure that community survey conducted in all 3 participant provinces of Helmand, Nimroz and Zabul for identification of returnee children and they are enrolled to TLS and formal education services.
• Is responsible for establishment of 150 TLS classes, 60 TLS in Helmand, 60 TLS in Nimroze and 30 TLS in Zabul.
• Make sure that all required items supplied on time, TLS and students equipped with Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) and other required items.
•  Make sure that all capacity building activates e.g. project orientation workshop and PSEA trainings organized for staff,
• Make sure that all hired teacher participated and received 6 days ToT training on the inclusive pedagogy, language acquisition, conflict-sensitive education, accelerated learning and multi-level teaching
• Make sure the School Management Shoura’s (SMSs) are active, fully engaged in the project affairs and received 2 days trainings on child rights, inclusive education, and child safeguarding, Misconducts and its reporting mechanism
• Follow-up and make sure that teachers monthly salaries delivered properly  to their account in monthly basis.
• Establish excellent coordination and communication mechanism with the education cluster, provincial authorities, communities and other stakeholders in the district, provincial and regional level.
• Present and coordinate, project activities in education cluster meetings and other relevant regional and national conferences and meetings.
• Make sure that the transition plan developed and implemented and facilitate   the Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) integration to public schools.
• Make sure that project registered in the Ministry of Economy (MoEc) online system.
• Make sure that project Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Ministry of Education (MoE).

Project Implementation:

• Responsible for on time implementations of project planned activities in all 3 provinces of Helmand, Nimroz and Zabul within the allocated budget, and high quality. 
• Manage, supervise, coordinate and monitor project activities in national,  provincial and district levels
• Make sure all targeted returnees children enrolled to the TLS and formal education with no discrimination based on their ethnic background, or disability status.
• Ensure the project staff take appropriate security precautions
• Manage the project overall operation resources utilization.
• Ensure implementation of organizational policies and project procedures.
• Assure proper coordination, and sound implementation of the training workshops and awareness sessions.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Assist in the design of a data collection and management system to generate data, analysis and feedback to ensure high quality of the project implementation.
• Make sure that a functioning Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) established in all TLSs, the community’s members, parents, teachers and students voice their concerns, suggestion and statsfaction levels through a transparent feedback mechanism.
• Facilitate the monitoring missions of the UNICEF, MoE and other stakeholders to see and visit TLSs and the project implementation progress.
• Conduct field visits to monitor and visit the project sites and implementation process.
• Supervise and evaluate the performance of project provincial coordinators, provincial education officers and project other staff and accordingly provide feedback and technical assistances’ for improvement.

  Reporting: 

• Responsible to check and verify project financial and technical reports before submission to the donor.
• Review and compile project weekly, monthly and quarterly progress reports prepared by the Project Provincial Coordinators.
• Prepare any had-hock report asked by the UNICEF or AHADO management.
• Follow any incidence of SEA cases, share detailed report of any SEA causes with HoP and UNICEF for further process. 

• Bachelor Degree is required; Master is preferred.
• Proven experiences in implementation and management of education projects,
• Able to travel to Helmand, Nimroz and Zabul Provinces and districts.
•  Sign and agree on the Children Safeguarding and PSEA policies

All interested applicants must send their application to hr@ahado.org by stating name and VA number AHADO-25-001 in subject line e.g ( Project Manager,  VA AHADO-25-001 or submit application to AHADO main office in Kandahar to the following address: House no. 10, block, 26, Lane 01, Aino Mina Kandahar City, Kandahar,.