Community Monitoring Officer

ANURDO is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-sectarian organization whose primary purpose is to encourage the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons and the re-establishment of Afghan society and economy by engaging in infrastructure rehabilitation, sustainable development, and local community capacity-building activities. ANURDO is registered under registration number 4216 with the Ministry of Economy, Afghanistan Government.

The primary objective arising from this mission is to encourage repatriation by rehabilitating and constructing rural infrastructure as well as enhancing agricultural production and food availability in the target areas.

The complementary objective is to build capacity for locally directed community development by encouraging the establishment of social structures capable of identifying, evaluating, planning, and implementing solutions to perceived concerns.

Position Summary:
The Community Monitoring Officer will support field-level monitoring and verification of project activities and beneficiaries, ensuring that implementation is on track and aligned with the approved SoW and workplan. The position will conduct regular community and site visits, collect and verify field data and evidence, monitor beneficiary participation and community engagement, identify implementation issues, and provide timely feedback to the Project Manager.

Tasks/ Responsibilities:

• Conduct regular field visits and community-level monitoring to verify project activities, beneficiaries, progress and quality of implementation.
• Supervise, mentor and support community couple mobilizers and monitor the quality and timeliness of their field activities.
• Monitor implementation of livelihood, agriculture, horticature, livestock, community infrastructure, training and other project activities against the approved workplan and SoW.
• Monitor the participation and engagement of community committees, beneficiaries, women and vulnerable groups.
• Collect, verify and document field data through observations, surveys, FGDs, KIIs and other monitoring tools.
• Track activity progress and provide timely field updates and inputs for M&E reports.
• Identify field-level challenges, risks, data gaps and community concerns, and recommend practical corrective actions.
• Monitor compliance with gender, social cohesion, safeguarding, PSEA/GBV and Do-No-Harm principles.
• Support community feedback and grievance mechanisms and promptly report sensitive issues through appropriate channels.
• Maintain accurate records of monitoring visits, findings, evidence and follow-up actions.
• Coordinate closely with the Project Manager and field teams to ensure effective follow-up and corrective action.
• Perform other relevant community monitoring and field supervision duties assigned by the Project Manager.

• At least 3–5 years of experience in community-based project monitoring, reporting, and supervision
• Proven experience supervising community mobilizers and ensuring quality of field implementation
• Experience in data collection methods (FGDs, KIIs, surveys, baseline/endline assessments) and use of monitoring tools
• Familiarity with gender, social cohesion, safeguarding (PSEA/GBV), and do-no-harm approaches
• Experience in tracking results against indicators and preparing structured reports
• Ability to identify field-level challenges (access, participation, data gaps) and provide practical solutions
• Experience working in rural and culturally sensitive contexts
• Supervise and mentor community couple mobilizers
• Fluency in local language (Dari and/or Pashto)
• Excellent working knowledge of English for reporting and coordination

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