| Job Location: | Badakhshan |
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| Nationality: | National |
| Category: | Nonprofit-Social Services Capacity Building Coordination |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Salary: | Based on the organization salary scale |
| Vacancy Number: | EPTDO-2025-5 |
| No. Of Jobs: | 10 |
| City: | Faizabad |
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| Organization: | Environmental Protection Trainings and Development Organization (EPTDO) |
| Years of Experience: | Minimum of 3-4 years of experience in community mobilization, facilitating dialogues. Experience in building the capacity of women and family members, conducting dialogues with communities, capacity to conduct conflict management, negotiation skills, and |
| Contract Duration: | 8 Months with possible extension |
| Gender: | Female |
| Education: | HSC or Bachelor's degree in community mobilization, women’s empowerment, and men's engagement activities |
| Close date: | 2025-10-09 |
Environmental Protection, Trainings and Development Organization (EPTDO) is a national non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit organization established in 2020. It is officially registered with the Ministry of Economy of Afghanistan under the Afghanistan NGOs Law as a tax-exempt organization. Our work focuses on climate change adaptation and mitigation, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, sustainable agriculture, gender equality and inclusion, and ecological awareness. We contribute to national and global efforts towards net-zero carbon emissions while strengthening resilience, livelihoods, and sustainable development across Afghanistan.
EPTDO maintains a professional network of over 95 experts, including environmental and climate change specialists, policy makers, lawyers, agricultural development specialists, community organizers, public health experts, and media professionals. This multidisciplinary expertise allows us to design and deliver integrated programmes on climate resilience, environmental safety, and sustainable livelihoods, while ensuring gender-responsive and inclusive approaches.
The EPTDO primary focus areas include climate change adaptation and mitigation, as well as disaster risk reduction (DRR) and Waste Management. Our vision, mission and thematic areas of function are aligning with the core principles of the United Nations, and we are proud to be the only accredited NGO in Afghanistan by the UNFCCC, UNEP, UNCCD, GEF-CSOs Network and the UN established CLIMATE CHARTER. This accreditation allowing us to participate in the United Nations international conference in the world. In our participation, we advocate for the climate actions and we raise awareness of the people about the vulnerability of Afghanistan.
Our work focuses on protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development across Afghanistan. We strive to build resilient communities and ecosystems by emphasizing climate adaptation, livelihood and agricultural development, and gender equality.
Additionally, we aim to mitigate the severe impacts of climate change through the following thematic areas:
The EPTDO has a proven track record of successfully implementing a variety of complex climate change and environmental programs and projects, both independently and on behalf of donor organizations. Our efforts have been recognized by several international organizations and agencies, reflecting our commitment to impactful environmental action.
We are seeking a dedicated and dynamic Social Mobilizer – Female with Mahrams to engage with communities, promote awareness, and facilitate participation in our programs and initiatives. The ideal candidate will play a key role in building trust within communities, identifying needs, and encouraging community members to actively participate in development activities and services.
Interested applicants are invited to apply for this position by submitting the following documents:
Applications should be sent via email to eptdohr@gmail.com no later than 09 October 2025 (COB – Close of Business). Please clearly mention the position title in the subject line of your email.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further assessment.
