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Rural Movement Organization (RMO) is an Afghan NGO with headquarters (HQ) in Kabul. It was established in 2014 as the continuation of the Belgian NGO "Solidarité Afghanistan Belgique" (SAB).

RMO retains the former national SAB management, key technical and administrative staff, and other SAB assets and maintains SAB expertise. It, therefore, is the trusted depository of SAB's nearly 30 years of experience and can smoothly continue all projects initiated under SAB management and take on any new challenges, while assuring the same project quality in these fields as SAB had provided for nearly 30 years.

In 2016, RMO formally became Geres (an international NGO) partner and jointly implemented a number of projects on energy, energy efficiency, environment, and climate change sectors.

Mission Overview:

Since 2014 RMO implemented a number of projects in coordination with Geres and in collaboration with Afghan ministries, and local authorities. RMO in Afghanistan mainly focuses on:

• Agricultural Development, Livelihoods, and Food Security
• Energy Efficiency, environment protection, and climate change
• Vocational Training
• Civil Society
• Literacy & Education
• Humanitarian and Emergency Aid

Team

In 2023, the RMO team includes 7 permanents and at least 12 volunteer staff.

Project Overview:

Adjusting to the current crisis context, rising poverty and food insecurity levels, RMO intends to apply a simple framed approach to disseminate Energy Saving Solutions (ESS) and Food Process and Production (FPPs) optimizing 3 main work streams in the intervention Districts:

1. Selection training, and supporting job opportunities for artisans from the construction sector to set up ESS and FPPs for selected beneficiaries
2.  Providing vulnerable households with:
   1.  ESS for the ones living in an energy-inefficient house with ESS in-kind (solar veranda, Solar cooker, Improved Degdan and Tandoor Cap)
   2. FPPs: solar dryer, storage, insulated greenhouses ….
   3. Complete training sessions, toolkits, and further support on feed production and process, 
3. Awareness raising of target populations on climate change impacts & and projects, food production and process, and related energy efficiency.

Under the supervision of the Team leader and the SPO,

The Field Officer is in charge of the.

Under the supervision of the Technical Team Leader, the Field Officer, is in charge to support of designing, improving, and adjusting Project Technical tools and Technical Section plans. The Field Officer is in charge of conducting introduction meetings, Artisan and beneficiary Selection, training of Artisans, technical assessment of listed houses by Wakils/community leaders, cost estimation of the ESS, regularly monitoring the construction of the ESS, Quality certification of the ESS and etc...

He/ She is responsible for the good follow-up of project policy and implementation methodology.

The main responsibilities of the Field Officer are described but not limited as follows:

Technical tools and strategy 

• Follow up Technical section action plan.
• Implement survey and selection forms according to project scope and means;
• Mapping of potential communities for ESS construction;

Major Field Activities

• Training of local craftsmen to the techniques of ESSs Architecture in housing;
• Support local Artisan in the establishment/reinforcement of their micro-enterprises (quotations, marketing, etc.);
• Control of the quality of constructions;
• Support to the awareness-raising and communication activities;
• Training of communities to energy efficiency;
• Conduction of M&E activities, such as punctual surveys in collaboration with the M&E Officer;
• Provide the necessary support to trained craftsmen in business set-up: business plan, quotations, marketing, customer research, activity monitoring, etc.;
• Linking craftsmen to households and to the project;
• Advice to households benefiting from the technologies about use and maintenance;
• Checking proper maintenance of demonstration sites;
• Preparation of weekly work plan;
• Providing weekly reporting to the line manager.
• And any other task requested by the needs of project implementation.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Support M&E supervisor in providing of needed data;
• Regularly update line manager and project team on activities progress;

Institutional follow-up

• In coordination with the line manager and institutional officer, make sure he/she well understands the institutional communication plan of the project;
• Make sure the communication flows through the right channels and by only in charge person;
• Be updated about the communication plan designed for the project team;

Reporting

• Weekly progress report to Technical Team Leader
• Provide narrative reports of the technical section to the line manager whenever needed and/or in due to the project reporting plan;
• Provide visit or meeting report whenever he attends any event or is part of it;

Perform any other task assigned by project management related to artisan's training and business development;

Additional details will be specified in the Job Description.

1. Uuniversity degree, social science, environmental science, or any other relevant sector;

2. At least 3 years of experience in environmental, energy sector and fieldwork
3. Experience in vocational training;
4. Good practical knowledge in construction and carpentry or a strong will to learn;
5. IT skills with good knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint;
6. Fluent Dari and Pashto;
7. Good English (spoken and written);
8. Good reporting and synthesis abilities;
9. Sense of autonomy and personal organization;

Knowledge of development, environment, and energy issues an asset and plus point

Interested qualified candidates should submit a full CV with a cover letter explaining their motivation in applying for the job and highlighting their relevant skills and experience;
To apply online please send your application / CV before 07 May 2024, 04:00 PM Kabul time to info@rmo.org.af cc to  operation@rmo.org.af
Please include the name of the position and vacancy number in the subject line.
Only short-listed candidates will be invited for written tests and interviews.

info@rmo.org.af