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Afghans Humanitarian Aid and Development Organization (AHADO) is a non-government, non-for- profit humanitarian social welfare organization. AHADO established in October 2013 and registered with Ministry of Economy (MoEc), through license Number 3053. AHADO based in Kandahar and delivered humanitarian and development projects in various regions of the country including southern, central and northern regions. Implemented projects were in various sectors of child protection, community education, gender equity, WASH, health/hygiene, capacity building, livelihood and advocacy. AHADO is committed to the humanitarian principals and is PSEA Signatory; therefore AHADO would strictly follow all its provisions in its daily operation and apply the considered measurement on the SEA perpetrators.

AHADO commitment on PSEA awareness and  implementation

AHADO has a zero-tolerance policy for (sexual) misconduct.

AHADO SEA policy sets minimum standards that must be followed by all employees to protect beneficiaries and members of the community from sexual exploitation and abuse. Furthermore AHADO would follow and apply all provisions of the UNICEF, PSEA and Child Safeguarding Policies,

Earlier issuing any contract all candidates must complete the SEA Reference check that include the completion of following steps:

Reference Check for new candidates/employees

The candidates should submit two to three references from his/she former employers and complete the reference check forms Annex 1 to introduce his/her current and former employers for reference check to confirm that the candidate did not commit any ESA and Harassment.

B-Candidates with any committed SEA and harassment back-ground should not be hired.

C- To ensure that the candidate is honest and did not commit any SEA and harassment, AHADO would share the Annex 2, (candidates Reference check table) to be completed by  the candidates references, and based on the provided information, honest candidates who did not commit  any SEA and harassment , should be considered for hiring.  The annexes 1 and 2 would be shared with the final candidates.

It’s a fulltime job and the position holder would work six days/week. The Project Manager is responsible for the sound planning; coordination and implementation of project all affairs in the national, provincial and districts levels. Project Manager is responsible to oversee and  monitor the schools re-construction affairs carry out by selected construction companies. He/She is responsible for utilization of project resources to ensure sound progress toward re-habilitation of all seven schools in Urozgan Province with best quality according to the MoE and UNICEF approved design within the allocated budget and timeline. He/She would report to the Program Manager (PM) and would work closely with PM, UNICEF provincial and regional staff, and Ministry of Education, national, provincial and districts authorities and communities representatives.

Key Responsibilities:  

Project Planning and Coordination:

• Participate and attend in all capacity building and orientation sessions conducted by the AHADO and UNICEF.
• Responsible for development and verification of project comprehensive implementation plan.
• Make sure that all activities according to the project agreement and scope of work including renovation of the classrooms, construction of WASH and boundary walls, and drill bore wells in targeted schools considered and included in the project implementation plan along with appropriate timeline for each activity.
• Coordinate the project plan with Program Manager (PM) and get his approval.
• Make sure that project affairs coordinated with all stakeholders including, UNIECE, Ministry of Education national, provincial, districts and schools authorities, selected construction companies and School Management Shuras (SMSs) and community representatives.
• Manage and closely supervise the activities of project staff including the Quality Control and Health Environment and Safety (HES) Engineers and Community Mobilizer.
• Ensure that Maliks, Imams, community elders, parents and SMSs engaged in the project affairs, their feedbacks obtained and considered on the whole process of the project from design to submission of the project.
• Present and coordinate, project activities at education cluster meetings and other relevant provincial conferences and meetings.

Project Implementation:

• Responsible for on time implementations of project planned activities in the provincial level within the allocated budget, MoE and UNICEF approved designs, timeline and high quality. 
• Manage, coordinate, implement,  supervise, and monitor project activities in provincial, districts and schools levels
• Make sure that project all activities specified in the project Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education (MoE) are implementing properly and project signboards are placed in the project sites according to the signed MoU between AHADO and MoE.
• Make sure that all construction activities implemented according to the project approved design that verified by the MoE and UNICEF, e.g. well-placed toilet facilities (safe and private to ensure dignified menstrual hygiene management) that are separate and carefully segregated far enough away for privacy, but not too isolated that can create protection concerns; and is accessible for children with disabilities and etc.
• Make sure that Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) considered and established in the project sites for all seven schools.
• Make sure that PSEA awareness sessions conducted for the communities members, PSEA hotline and the PSEA confidential email address is set up at the project level and that all communities, teachers, and project workers (technical, skilled, and unskilled labour) are properly informed of the reporting channels and handling procedures.
• Ensure the project staff take appropriate security precautions
• Manage the project overall operation and resources utilization in the provincial level.
• Ensure implementation of organizational policies and project procedures.
• Assure proper coordination, and sound implementation of the training workshops and awareness sessions at the provincial level.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Assist in the design of a data collection and management system to generate data, analysis and feedback to ensure high quality of the project.
• Monitor the sound functioning of project Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) established in all target schools sites, and to ensure that the communities members, parents, students voice their concerns, suggestion and statsfaction levels through a transparent feedback mechanism.
• Facilitate the monitoring missions of the UNICEF, MoE and other stakeholders to see and visit the project implementation progress.
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor and visit the all seven schools rehabilitation process and to ensure rehabilitation activities carry out properly by selected construction companies and all technical and social specifications considered, respected and applied.
• Visit the project sites, collect reliable and accurate data, analyse the data, address the implementation deviations and to verify the achievement of the project bench marks and indicators.
• Make sure that visitor books are present in the all seven schools project sites and visitors record their findings in the visitor books.
• Ensure that the visitor feedbacks considered and properly addressed
• Supervise and evaluate the performance of project engineers and community mobilizer and accordingly provide feedback for improvement.

  Reporting: 

• Responsible for preparation of project financial and narrative reports.
• Prepare weekly, monthly and quarterly project progress reports and submit to the Program Manager (PM).
• Prepare project success stories and submit the stories to the Program Manager for further process.
• Prepare any had-hock report asked by the UNICEF or AHADO management.

Follow any incidence of SEA cases, share detailed report of any SEA case with Program Manager and UNICEF for further process. 

• The applicant must have Bachelor Degree in civil engineering; Master is preferred.
• 10 year Proven experiences in implementation and management of construction projects,
• Able to travel to all districts of Urozgan Province.
•  Sign and agree on the Children Safeguarding and PSEA policies

All interested applicants must send their application to hr@ahado.org by stating name and VA number AHADO-25-001,  in subject line e.g ( Project Manager, Vacancy # AHADO-25-001 or submitted application to AHADO main office in Kandahar to the following address: District. 11,House no. 1730, block. B, Street 10, Bagh, Aino Mina Kandahar City, Kandahar, or  AHADO Provincial office in Urozgan Province.

hr@ahado.org