Afghanistan Social and Legal Organization (ASLO) – Organizational Profile

Afghanistan Social and Legal Organization (ASLO) is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political, non-profit, and non-partisan organization with full legal entity status in Afghanistan. The organization was informally established in 2012 and officially registered with the Ministry of Economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2013 under Registration Number (2852) through the NGOs Department of the Ministry of Economy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Since its establishment, ASLO has remained committed to supporting vulnerable and underserved communities across Afghanistan through humanitarian assistance, sustainable development initiatives, education, healthcare, livelihoods support, legal aid, and community empowerment programs.

ASLO Vision

ASLO envisions a peaceful, developed, and prosperous Afghanistan where every individual has access to quality education, healthcare, justice, sustainable livelihoods, and equal opportunities, and where women, children, and vulnerable populations fully enjoy their rights, dignity, protection, and social inclusion.

 ASLO Mission

ASLO works to empower individuals, families, communities, women, youth, and institutions through humanitarian assistance, education, rights advocacy, research, capacity building, access to justice, peacebuilding, livelihood support, and sustainable development interventions aimed at improving resilience and promoting long-term social and economic development.

Core Areas of Intervention

ASLO currently implements humanitarian and development programs across multiple sectors in Afghanistan, including:

• Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Response
• Education and Education in Emergencies (EiE)
• Health and Nutrition
• Legal Aid and Access to Justice
• Women Empowerment and Gender Equality
• Child Protection and Social Protection
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
• Food Security and Livelihoods
• Agriculture and Livestock
• Rural Development and Community Resilience
• Refugee, IDP, and Returnee Support
• Research, Assessments, Surveys, Monitoring, and Evaluations
• Community Capacity Building and Peace Promotion
• Construction and Infrastructure Support

In addition, ASLO integrates key cross-cutting priorities throughout all interventions, including gender mainstreaming, protection, child safeguarding, disability inclusion, environmental protection and climate resilience, accountability to affected populations, research and evidence-based programming, and infrastructure development.

Position Purpose

Lead the planning, coordination, technical oversight, quality assurance, environmental and social compliance, reporting and timely completion of construction activities in Kunduz Province. The position is accountable for safe, compliant and high-quality delivery in accordance with approved designs, bills of quantities (BoQs), specifications, budgets, schedules and ASLO procedures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

•      Prepare and maintain the project implementation plan, construction schedule, staffing plan, procurement forecast, risk register and site-monitoring calendar.

•      Provide overall technical and operational leadership for construction, rehabilitation and improvement works at assigned project sites.

•      Review approved drawings, BoQs, technical specifications, method statements and work plans; immediately escalate inconsistencies or required variations before work proceeds.

•      Coordinate with programme, finance, procurement, logistics, MEAL, safeguarding and security teams to ensure integrated and timely project delivery.

•      Manage contractors, consultants and site teams; chair regular coordination meetings and track decisions, actions, delays and corrective measures.

•      Ensure that site possession, mobilisation, material approvals, inspection requests, testing, interim measurements, payment recommendations, snagging and handover are properly documented.

•      Verify progress against schedule, physical outputs and approved budget; develop recovery plans when performance falls behind.

•      Ensure quality-control systems are implemented, including inspection and test plans, material certificates, laboratory and field tests, non-conformance reports and corrective-action closure.

•      Ensure compliance with environmental and social safeguards, occupational health and safety, community safety, child safeguarding, PSEA, labour standards and grievance mechanisms.

•      Maintain constructive coordination with relevant provincial and district authorities, education officials, school management, community representatives and other stakeholders.

•      Review and approve technical inputs to weekly, monthly and donor reports, including progress data, photographs, challenges, risks, forecasts and action points.

•      Validate quantities and completed works jointly with the QC team; ensure no work is certified without adequate evidence and required approvals.

•      Manage project records, including contracts, drawings, site instructions, variation requests, meeting minutes, inspection files, correspondence and as-built documentation.

•      Lead practical completion, defect correction, final inspection, asset handover and project close-out processes.

•      Perform other project-related duties assigned by ASLO management within the scope of the position.

Required Qualifications and Experience

Education: Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Architecture or a closely related field from a recognized university. A master's degree or recognized project-management qualification is an advantage.

Experience: Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in construction project management, preferably involving schools, public buildings or community infrastructure. At least two years in a team-lead or site-management role is strongly preferred.

Required Competencies

•      Strong knowledge of building construction, rehabilitation, quantity verification, construction planning, contract administration and quality management.

•      Ability to interpret architectural and structural drawings, BoQs, specifications and test results.

•      Strong leadership, negotiation, problem-solving, documentation and stakeholder-management skills.

•      Proficiency in MS Office and relevant planning/design software; AutoCAD and scheduling-software skills are assets.

•      Professional fluency in Dari and/or Pashto; working English sufficient for reports and technical correspondence.

•      Ability and willingness to travel frequently to remote project sites in Kunduz Province.

Key Deliverables and Performance Expectations

•      Approved project implementation plan and regularly updated construction schedule.

•      Complete, accurate and timely technical and management reports.

•      Construction works delivered to approved scope, quality, cost, schedule and safeguard requirements.

•      Complete handover, defect-correction and close-out documentation.

Compliance and Conduct

•      Comply with ASLO policies, approved project requirements, lawful instructions and assigned authority levels.

•      Maintain professional integrity, confidentiality, impartiality and respectful conduct in all interactions.

•      Immediately report safeguarding, PSEA, fraud, corruption, conflict-of-interest, safety or serious compliance concerns through established channels.

•      Protect project information and records and use ASLO property only for authorized purposes.

Application Procedure

•      Submit a current CV and a one-page cover letter in English explaining how your qualifications match the position.

•      Use the exact email subject line: ASLO-KDZ-CPM-02 - Construction Project Manager.

•      Send the application to recruitment@aslo.org.af no later than 16 August 2026.

•      Do not submit original documents. Education certificates, professional licences, driving licence and identification documents will be requested only from shortlisted candidates, as applicable.

•      Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a written test and/or interview. Late or incorrectly titled applications may not be considered.

Equal Opportunity and Safeguarding

ASLO is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified women, persons with disabilities and candidates from diverse communities are encouraged to apply. All appointments are subject to reference and document checks. ASLO does not charge any fee at any stage of recruitment.