ACBAR

Citizen Organization for Advocacy and Resilience, COAR (formally Coordination of Afghan Relief) CoAR is an Afghan, independent, nonpolitical, non-sectarian, and non-for profit organization established in 1989 and registered formally with the ministry of Economy. COAR actively bridging between donors of humanitarian aid and rural Afghan communities severely affected by almost four decades of wars, internal conflicts, natural and manmade disasters, and complexities. COAR endeavors to reach the unreached and embark on strengthening local coping mechanisms to enable communities to find durable local solutions to their local problems and encourage self-reliance and sustainability. COAR works with communities to proactively utilize their own scarce and limited resource the most efficient and effective way and discourage a culture of aid dependency, except in times of disasters and extreme poverty. COAR has
maintained the access of beneficiaries to basic services with strict observation of humanitarian principles of Independence, Neutrality and Impartiality in practice.

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Dialogue Specialist / Consultant will design, facilitate, and support inclusive dialogue processes aimed at promoting, social cohesion, community engagement, and stakeholder trust. The role focuses on Localization and strengthening participatory dialogue mechanisms at community, institutional, and policy levels.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Dialogue Design & Facilitation

• Design structured dialogue frameworks, methodologies, and tools appropriate to the local context.
• Facilitate inclusive, safe, and participatory dialogue sessions among diverse stakeholders.
• Ensure gender-sensitive, youth-inclusive, and conflict-sensitive dialogue approaches.
• Support mediation and consensus-building processes where required.

2. Stakeholder Engagement

• Identify and map key stakeholders including community leaders, civil society, government actors, women, youth, and marginalized groups.
• Build trust and constructive relationships among stakeholders.
• Support local dialogue platforms, committees, or networks.

3. Conflict Analysis & Context Assessment

• Conduct context, and stakeholder analysis to inform dialogue design.
• Identify root causes of less trust and opportunities for creating trust among the stakeholders.
• Integrate “Do No Harm” and Humanitarian principles into all activities.

4. Capacity Building

• Train local facilitators, partners, and staff on dialogue facilitation, mediation, and negotiation skills.
• Develop training materials, guidelines, and facilitation manuals.
• Provide coaching and technical support to dialogue actors.

5. Technical Advisory & Documentation

• Provide technical advice to project teams on dialogue and trust building strategies.
• Document dialogue processes, outcomes, lessons learned, and best practices.
• Produce high-quality reports, briefs, and recommendations for program improvement.

6. Coordination & Representation

• Coordinate with program teams, partners, and donors.
• Participate in coordination forums, workshops, and stakeholder meetings.
• Represent the organization in dialogue-related events when required.

7. Monitoring and Reporting

• Prepare inception, progress, and final reports in line with project requirements.
• Document dialogue processes, outcomes, agreements, and key recommendations.
• Develop activity reports, facilitation summaries, and lessons learned documents.
• Contribute to donor reporting, including narrative inputs and success stories related to dialogue activities.
• Provide regular updates to the project coordinator on progress, challenges, risks, and mitigation measures.
• Ensure accurate record-keeping of dialogue sessions, participant data (disaggregated by gender, age, and stakeholder group), and follow-up actions.
• Support MEAL teams by providing qualitative data, outcome narratives, and indicators related to dialogue effectiveness, social cohesion, and trust building

8. Adherence to Policies

• Comply with the organizational policies, including safeguarding, PSEA, and so on

9. Other Duties

• Any other task assigned by the program director and MC members.

QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, Development Studies or related field

Experience

• A minimum of 3-5 years of proven experience in a similar role.

Skills

• Proficient computer skills - Microsoft Office software, email, the internet.
• Ability to work independently, under pressure and proceed with objectives without close supervision
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Solid problem-solving and team management abilities.
• interpersonal intelligence.

Qualified candidates may send their CVs include a Cover letter to the COAR Human resource department to this email address:cv@coar.org.af
CVs received after the closing date (01-08-2026) will not be considered.
Applications are reviewed on an active basis and after receiving sufficient eligible applications we may process the position before the closing date.
the subject line of the email must be (Dialogue Specialist/Consultant/HR-01) otherwise your CVs may not be considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the Written test and Interview.
COAR is an equal opportunity to the employer for all ethnic groups and both genders are urged to apply
COAR has zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA).

cv@coar.org.af