The Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development, ACBAR, is an independent forum founded in 1988 in response to the demand from NGOs working with Afghan refugees in Pakistan and across the border in Afghanistan to coordinate assistance and delivery of services more efficiently. With its main office in Kabul since 2002, ACBAR brings together more than 183 National and International NGOs working in in all sectors of humanitarian assistance and development in Afghanistan. ACBAR has a mission to provide an efficient platform for members to carry out effective humanitarian, development, and peace building activities in Afghanistan. Its activities focus heavily on information to its members and the aid community in general, coordination of activities at the national and regional levels, and advocacy on issues affecting the work of its members in Afghanistan. ACBAR has a mission to provide an efficient platform for members to carry out effective humanitarian, development, and peace building activities in Afghanistan. The members are the drive behind ACBAR, and their active participation is essential to ACBAR’s continued dynamism.

RESPONSIBILITY SUMMARY

The Assistant Coordinator position is a full-time job that is responsible for providing support to the Regional Manager in the region.  Regular hours of work are 8 hours- Sunday through Thursday or as scheduled during travel and as noted in the Employee Handbook.

ESSENTIAL TASKS

Essential tasks include the following:

• Support the Regional Manager in daily activities in the office.
• Make necessary arrangements for meetings and coordination efforts.
• Prepare monthly meetings schedule.
• Update the necessary contact list of relevant NGO members, UN agencies, local authorities and other concerned stakeholders.
• Assist the Regional Manager in preparing minutes, reports and other documents for NGO members and for head office.
• Filing of all key documents in files
• To keep official letters in the office and provide to other offices when required.
• To look after and maintain a register of all office equipment in the office.
• Follow the regulations, staff policies and respect the organization structure.
• Perform any other task as requested by Line Manager and/or Senior Management including assisting colleagues in other departments.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and/or ATTRIBUTES

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or attribute required.

• Ability to assist and talk to many colleagues, NGO staff including Director level.
• Ability to follow instructions and to ask for help when necessary.
• Courteous and polite when representing ACBAR.

EDUCATION, TRAINING and/or EXPERIENCE

• • Bachelor’s degree,
  • Three years minimum professional experience

LANGUAGE SKILLS, MATHEMATICAL SKILLS AND REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to speak and write English mandatory, Dari and Pashto preferred
• Ability to communicate meeting details and other information to colleagues and management.
• Ability to review documents and procedures, then approve or recommend improvements.

Interested candidates who meet the required qualifications and experience may submit their current CV and cover letter as one document that details their motivation to apply and why they are best suited for the position.

Please submit your application (i.e., cover letter and CV), both in English, to applications@acbar.org  no later than 14 December, 2022. Please do not submit any written recommendations or training certificates as part of your application. Any CV-only applications or applications emailed directly to individual ACBAR staffs will not be considered.

Female and persons with disability applicants are strongly recommending to apply for this position as ACBAR prefer to female candidates for this position to get on board.

Because applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and this position may be filled prior to the closing date, please send submissions as soon as possible.  If you have questions or are facing problems with the online application process, please contact webinfo@acbar.org.