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Organizational setting:

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-Habitat, is the agency for human settlements. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to promote socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities. The UN-Habitat Afghanistan country office is part of the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP). The position is located in Kunduz and Baghlan (NE region) provinces, Afghanistan.

Learning from the experience in the last 30 years and recognizing the realities of the current context in the country, UN-Habitat in Afghanistan designs and implements projects in settlements of all sizes, putting the needs of people first, targeting the most vulnerable and meeting local needs by focusing on area-based and community-driven outputs. The portfolio currently covers projects ranging from humanitarian responses to supporting recovery and meeting basic human needs. UN-Habitat collaborates closely with the UN country team as well as with technical and financial partners in Afghanistan, in alignment with the UN Strategic Framework for Afghanistan (UNSFA) and the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plans (HNRP).

Afghanistan is experiencing a continuous humanitarian crisis, with over half a million people in the need of humanitarian assistance. Many people are displaced due to climate change, internal displacement or massive returns from neighbouring countries, and many have sought refuge in the relative safety of cities, which are growing rapidly. The number of people living in unplanned, underserviced and informal settlements, including in risk prone areas, is increasing and living conditions as well as access to services is inadequate. The unfolding crisis in Afghan cities, which is accelerated by climate change impacts and natural disasters, is occurring in a context of underlying vulnerabilities, including infrastructure deficits, insecure livelihoods and pervasive tenure insecurity. Most at risk are displaced people in informal settlements, with women, disabled and ethnic minorities being particularly vulnerable.

UN-Habitat applies a participatory and community-driven approach, using participatory spatial planning and action planning processes to enable communities to identify and implement priority service and infrastructure investments to support their socioeconomic recovery processes and creating an enabling environment for durable solutions. UN-Habitat's community-cantered “People's Process” is a proven and effective approach to reduce vulnerability at scale in the Afghan context. UN-Habitat builds upon its long tradition of partnering with communities in informal settlements to create sustainable and safe settlements, improve living conditions and adequate livelihood opportunities to those most in need.

About the Project

Since the Taliban takeover of government on 15th of August 2021 and given the increasing numbers of internally displaced people (IDPs), the operational and programmatic context for the UN system in Afghanistan has changed significantly. The level of programmatic and institutional risk is much higher. The provision of basic needs and preserving livelihoods are critical for reducing 

the rapidly growing demand for humanitarian aid and emergency relief. The gradual progress that has been made over the last 20 years including gains in human rights, education, gender equality, health, social protection, and livelihoods are at risk of being lost, especially for women and other vulnerable groups. These factors not only impact the economy, human security, and social cohesion, but are also potential drivers of further conflict and violent extremism.

Learning from the experience in the last 30 years, and recognizing the realities of the current context, the UN in Afghanistan has outlined the need for an integrated, innovative and highly agile approach, one that puts people first, targets the most vulnerable and meets local needs by focusing on saving livelihoods and improving living conditions, including those in areas of high returns from neighbouring countries such as Pakistan and Iran.

The Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan (STFA) has been established to serve as an inter-agency mechanism to enable donors to channel their resources and coordinate their support to the people of Afghanistan and the UN joint programs developed under it, including projects implemented by UN-Habitat.

While the spatial planner will support UN-Habitat’s efforts across the country, a specific focus will be on the STFA-funded joint programme in North-East Afghanistan, supporting Participatory Action for Integrated Developmental Assistance to Areas of Return.

About the role

The Field Engineers will support the identification, design, planning and implementation of essential services and infrastructure projects at field level, implemented by UN-Habitat under the STFA funded joint programme in Kunduz province. He/she will work closely with communities, the UN-Habitat team lead and engineers as well as contractors while monitoring the implementation of infrastructure projects on the ground. He/she will assist the Provincial Team Leader to ensure that infrastructure projects, including the reconstruction and construction of projects, under the DS program are implemented according to schedule and the applicable standards.

Reporting Relationships

The advertised position directly reports to the Provincial Team Leader and works in close coordination with the National Programme Manager. S/He will work closely with project engineers, social/community organizers, programme partners and relevant stakeholders at provincial level in Kunduz and other relevant stakeholders like community groups, contractors and other similar implementing partners to implement the projects at provincial level in Kunduz & Baghlan.

Responsibilities

The Field Engineer reports to the provincial team leader, will manage and coordinate operational activities at the field level, and ensure efficient and timely implementation of activities of the projects in the region.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the team in the identification, design, planning and implementation of essential services and infrastructure projects at provincial level.
• Assist the Provincial Team Leader in the development and implementation of project workplans, as well as monitoring and quality control of infrastructure projects.
• Prepare workplans for infrastructure project activities in consultation with the Provincial Engineer, Urban Planner and Team Leader and review them periodically in order to keep track of progress.
• Develop and use appropriate monitoring and supervision tools and systems for infrastructure projects including daily field visits and weekly and monthly progress reports, to be shared with the provincial team lead and Kabul teams.
• Organize and facilitate joint monitoring and site visits with or by DS partners, communities and other stakeholders including participation in all community related meetings, workshops, consultations, etc.
• Monitor and keep track of the progress of infrastructure projects on the ground and provide regular feedback to Provincial Engineer and Provincial Team Leader.
• Prepare infrastructure projects completion reports and handover documents; and
• Carry out any other tasks assigned by the Provincial Team Leader or National Program Manager.

  Qualifications

• Education:
  1. A university degree in Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering or any other relevant field is required.
• Experience:
  1. Minimum 4 years of experience in managing and coordinating field activities, particularly in post-conflict/developing country contexts, 2 years relevant experience with master’s degree, if possible working experiences with the UN.
  2. Previous work experience in community-based development programs is highly desired.
• Skills:
  1. Ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure in politically and culturally sensitive environments.
  2. Excellent problem-solving, conflict resolution, and communication skills.
  3. Willingness to travel extensively in challenging conditions.
• Language:

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in oral and written English and a Local/National Language of the duty station is required.

• Other:  
• Build support with project partners and relevant stakeholders and counterparts as needed; Ensure high-quality and timely achievement of relevant activties and targets; Support capacity development efforts with communities and partners for the required components as applicable; Support UN-Habitat's contribution to multi-stakeholder coordination and advocacy forums; Support 'learning by doing' capacity development efforts throughout the programme period with programme partners for improving local safety and security, especially for women, youth and marginalised groups; Support coordination with other partners’ programmes in the different projects;

• Interested Afghan National Candidates should submit the following required documents. 1. A cover letter that shows how your qualifications and experience meet the VA requirement. 2. P11 form for individual contractor (IC) that contains all your information.
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