ASLO is registered with Ministry of Economy of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The organization was informally established in 2012 and was officially registered with the ministry of economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2013.  Registration number (2852) was awarded to ASLO through NGOs Department of Ministry of Economy Kabul Afghanistan.

OUR MISSION:

A peaceful and developed Afghanistan where every Afghan is educated, healthy, living above poverty line, have easy access to justice and everyone especially women and children enjoy their full rights and prosperous life.

OUR VISION

Through our interventions, we are empowering individuals, families, women, communities and institutions through Humanitarian assistance, rights advocacy, research, and capacity building, and education, access to justice, promoting peace and income generation facilitation.

LEGAL STATUS

ASLO is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political, non-profit and non-partisan organization and has the status of legal entity. The organization was informally established in 2012 and was officially registered with the ministry of economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in 2013.

ASLO is currently working in the Following sectors in Afghanistan:

•          Humanitarian aid

•          Agriculture and livestock.

•          Women empowerment

•          Wash and Sanitation

•          Health& nutrition

•          Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

•          Education

•          Rural development and social protection.

•          Child protection

•          Research and Survey project performance and evaluation,

•          Gender equality/equity. And women empowerment

•          Food security

•          Construction is ASLO’s core activity and most other activities are directly or indirectly                       related to construction

•          Emergency response and supporting refugees and IDPs and returnees,

•          Legal Aid and access to justice.

The Head of Program position, reporting to the Country Director in Afghanistan, is responsible for leading a diverse programme portfolio across multiple provinces and ASLO donors in Afghanistan. The primary objectives of this role are to secure additional resources to support our work across the country and lead the design and implementation of ASLO programme in Afghanistan. Specifically, the postholder will lead the programmes team (including food security, child protection and education project managers and Construction, agriculture, Food security, women empowerment   ); lead our partnerships with a diverse range of stakeholders; drive our resource mobilization; ensure effective programme implementation; provide strategic technical expertise in including food security, child protection and education project managers and Construction, agriculture, Food security, women empowerment    , a; and provide capacity building to staff and partners as required. Additionally, the Head of Program will be responsible for external liaison with national and international donor, government officials, and donor community, deputizing for the Country Director as required. Ideally, the Head of Program will have technical expertise in education programming and/or child protection.

Generic Responsibilities:

A strong commitment to ASLO vision, mission and values.

Adhere to all ASLO policies and procedures.

Able to represent ASLO appropriately both internally and externally.

Carry out all reasonable requests that are within the broad remit of the role.

Specific Responsibilities:

(40%) Programme Management and Coordination:

Provide matrix management oversight for the successful delivery of projects; including technical input, activity planning and day-to-day liaison with the team and implementing project Manager and sector department to ensure quality implementation within timeframe and budget.

Provide technical support in areas of own expertise (ideally education programming), including programme development, quality assurance, technical backstopping, and capacity strengthening and coaching for education team and partner staff.

Lead on the delivery of consortia programmes that ASLO are part of.

Coordinate the identification of Project Manager and sector’s capacity development needs and the provision of targeted support.

Ensure all donor, internal and external reporting requirements are met in a timely manner, and are in compliance with donor requirements of project/ program allocation.

Ensure comprehensive and professional M&E practices are in place.

Ensure project reviews and the financial health of all projects by supervising expenditures within each project monthly and ensuring that well-structured corrective action is initiated and tracked where required.

Maintain regular links with the operational teams to facilitate the provision of logistic, administrative and security support to facilitate program implementation.

Establish meaningful working relationships with projects stakeholders and represent ASLO at Education Cluster, ACBAR, Ministry of Education, UN agencies, and other international organizations working in education sectors and other sectors.

(40%) Programme Development and Resource Mobilization

Provide context analysis on the humanitarian/development context in the country.

In close coordination with the Regional Representative and provincial project Managers and sector departments and Country Director, identify and analyses new funding opportunities in Afghanistan in which ASLO can add value to the humanitarian and development response.

Develop, implement, and review sector strategies and support the Country Director in identifying strategic opportunities for strengthening ASLO’s work in the country

Articulate strategic approaches, partnerships, management/ staffing plans, M&E and budgets.

Cultivate partnerships, establish links and closely coordinate with relevant government stakeholders, UN agencies, INGO’s, L/NNGO’s, clusters, donors for programme development, including opportunities for consortia

Lead the project proposal development (budget, log frame, theory of change etc.) within the framework of the country and global strategy, with support from the programme teams.

Support Country Director in formalizing a country strategy that aligns with global/regional strategies, priorities and programmes.

(20%) Leadership and Staff Management

Managing programme staff including field staff and ensuring direct reports have clear and realistic performance-based management goals

Ensure that ASLO programme teams comply to ASLO ’s security and other relevant operational, financial, logistics, admin, HR, safeguarding, and code of conduct regulations.

Ensure that any risk to ASLO programming, projects or staff is communicated as soon as possible to and understood by the Country Director.

Deputies for the Country Director as required.

Experience and Knowledge:

Bachelor’s degree in fields of Business Administration, Management, International development, social science or related field.

Master’s degree in international development, humanitarian studies or related field and any kind of Accreditation or certification in education or child protection is a plus point. 

At least 7 years of experience in the humanitarian/ development sectors. with particular experience in education, program and fundraising.

Skills and Abilities:

Experience of delivering inclusive education programmes including EIE and other sectors.

Experience/knowledge of child protection or gender programming is highly desirable.

Experience in delivering integrated programming that supports outcomes for children and their needs is highly desirable.

Experience of in-country aid architecture, coordination and cluster groups.

Proven track record in successful development and implementation of programmes in Afghanistan or comparable contexts including successful management of teams in humanitarian contexts.

Significant experience of management in humanitarian/development programming.

Technical knowledge and proven experience in delivering education programming.

Experience of developing successful proposals to institutional donors in education, child protection and/or livelihoods.

Fluency in both oral and written English, with experience in report writing at a graduate or professional level and excellent drafting skills.

Comprehensive understanding of sectoral trends and targets.

Working knowledge of Dari/Pashto is desirable (not required if international).

Competencies:

Proven ability to work in a cross-cultural environment and strong capacity to work in intercultural teams.

Excellent team working and communication skills.

Excellent interpersonal and public presentation skills.

Reflective, responsive and respectful towards communities and colleagues.

Ability to work independently and with initiative.

Interested applicants submit their Curriculum vitaes (CVs) via (vacancies@aslo.org.af) noting else than the vacancy number should be mentioned in the subject line i.e. “ASLO-HRM-37”  Otherwise applications will not be considered.  Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for the written test and/or interview. If you are not contacted two or three weeks after the closing date, please know that your application has not been successful for the post. 

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this role.

Note: If you do not receive any response two weeks after the interview/written test please know that you are not selected to the next stage.