ACBAR

Asia Community Development Organization (ACDO) is an Afghan non-governmental, non-political, and non-profit humanitarian organization established in 2014 and registered with the Government of Afghanistan under the supervision of Ministry of Economy (MoEc) with a mission to provide humanitarian and development assistance to the vulnerable, at-risk, and underserved people throughout the country.

ACDO responds to the needs of deprived and marginalized rural and urban communities by managing and utilizing the available scarce resources in a well-organized, efficient, effective, transparent, and dignified manner to enhance resilience, boost access to education, health services, and infrastructure, ensure food and livelihood security, and promote social protection and inclusion.

ACDO has an active presence in most parts of the country and intends to expand its operations to the remaining provinces, as to transform itself into a leading and developed organization that will deliver to and support large number of people who have been affected by the long-protracted and sudden on-set emergencies and regardless of the hardest circumstances that exist in Afghanistan, ACDO has managed to deliver humanitarian and development assistance in most part of country

• Provide program support such as administrative, project management, coordination, monitoring, and support to project officer/manager.
• Oversee daily operations in the province and coordinate activities of the programs and to ensure the delivery of project targets are achieved.
• Provide technical support and supervision on efficient and effective implementation of assigned projects activities as per work plans.
• Maintain & expand/extend working relations with relevant government ministries, including the Provincial Education Directorate (PED) and Directorate of Economic (DoEc) and targeted communities.
• Provide feedback to the program unit regarding the regular program/project updates and progress on a regular basis.
• Facilitate training programs, workshops, meetings on provincial level on behalf of ACDO. 
• Draft regular project training, monitoring, Coordination, distribution and Ad-hoc reports.
• Conduct surveys and assessments in the communities and provide feedback and suggestions for the strengthening and development of the education program mobilization and assessment in the province/targeted districts and communities.
• Create positive relations with the community through regular meetings and discussions for identifying and addressing education needs and issues.
• Lead community-based mobilization and sensitization meetings, and introduce the project activities to community members and project beneficiaries.
• Facilitate the establishment of TLS classes and ensure the registration and integration of students and teachers in the MoE formal system.
• Take an active part in the process of beneficiary identification and registration in TLS.
• Conducting training and awareness sessions to Teachers, School Management Shura’s, Communities and others on regular bases.
• Communities’ awareness on project objectives, activities, outputs, MEAL systems and ACDO Child Protection Policies.
• Follow up and Regularly monitor the ongoing TLS classes, Teacher and SMS.
• Any other related task as assigned by the Project Officer and/or Senior Management Team (SMT).

Qualifications:

• At least a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree is desirable
• Bachelor's degree holder with 5 years of relevant experience and 4 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree.
• Experience in a relevant or similar position in humanitarian projects is required.

Skills:

• Strong oral and written communication skills in Pashto and Dari, skills in English will also be an asset.
• Knowledge of the community structure, dynamics and development.
• Enough experience in community mobilization, particularly for community participation, conflict resolution and resource mobilization.
• Knowledge of the value of education in Holy Islam, child development and the current trends of education in Afghanistan.
• Ability to cope well under pressure, work irregular hours and meet tight deadlines
• Sound organizational skills and ability to prioritize and deliver assignments promptly often under severe time pressures
• Experience in needs assessment, project monitoring and evaluation, and program development
• Good knowledge and experience in Afghanistan's education system/context, education in emergencies (EiE), child protection (CP) and TLS.
• Experience in coordination with government authorities, communities, donors and beneficiaries

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position and submit their applications (Cover Letter and CV together) NOT Educational and Work Certificates, to the attention of the Human Resource Department at  https://acdo.org/apply/field-officer-97 until 04:00 pm (Afghanistan Standard Time) April 01, 2026.

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test and consequently for an interview. If you are not contacted TWO WEEKS after the closing date, please know that your application has not been successful for the post.

https://acdo.org/apply/field-officer-97