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We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.  
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
•    No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
•    All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
•    Violence against children is no longer tolerated 
We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
SCI - Afghanistan
 Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976. Our way of working close to people and on their own terms has enabled us to deliver lasting change to tens of thousands of children in the country. The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child is the basis of our work.
We are helping children get a better education, we make it possible for more boys and girls to attend school, we help children protect themselves and influence their own conditions. We work with families, communities and health workers in homes, clinics and hospitals to promote basic health in order to save lives of children and mothers.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

The main areas of accountability and responsibility of this position are, to support the implementation of the Agricultural value chain component under FCDO grant over the target province/s.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support the project team in terms of community mobilization and sensitization, beneficiary identification and verification process for early recovery  and and resilience intervention along the value chain .
• Lead stakeholders analysis  and village mapping exercises to inform program decision making and delivery process at field level
• Provide regular technical support to the fronline field team in light of the value chain and agribusiness to ensre quality  and standard delivery of the project intervention as per the commitment  and compliance of the donor
• Prepare and produce monthly , quarterly   and annual plan of the project in collaboration with the project team
• Prepare  and produce monthly activities progress report including challenges  and action taken  and share for the line manager for further action as required
• Conduct quarterly review meeting with the project team to discus the progress , challenges and advise any adjutsments are require  considering the changing context.
• Support preparation of value chain assessment checklist , tools  and analysis   and recommendation
• Provide technical guidance and support to  frontline field staff and local partners in value chain approaches ,community mobilisation, beneficiary identification and verification, input distribution plan  and monitoring and feedback and compliant mechanism
• Coordinate and support Project Support Committees to participate in decision making and delivery process  along the value chain
• Organise regular meetings with key stakeholders  and market actors  at community level to provide updates and timely resolve issues
•   Work with FSL committees and stakeholders to enhance vertical integration, providing capacity-building and training in production, processing, and marketing.
•   Promote horizontal integration by fostering collaboration and coordination among different communities and stakeholders, facilitating joint decision-making and resource sharing.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning

• Prepare and implement action plan for quality monitoring
• Mobilizing and Making communities aware of project objectives, outputs and activities and MEAL systems and SCI Child Safeguarding Policies.
• Facilitate project and activities information at all events such as training and workshops
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of value chain interventions on food security and income generation within the target communities.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, take responsibility for their own personal development and encourage their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members, and external partners, and supporters
• Values diversity, and sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS 

• Bachelor’s degree in agribusiness  , Agricultural economics  and economics   or relevant fields(s) from a recognised university
• Experience in working with stakeholders, private sectors , market actors , community-based organization and local partners
• Good analytic and problem-solving ability
• Experience of working diverse team and team building

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• At least 3 years of Demonstrated experience in implementing market -based or market systems development   and value chain related  food security  and  livelihood project activities within an NGO or development organization
• Solid experience in Value chain
• Demonstrated experience in use of participatory approaches to undertake value chain intervention , assessment   and analysis  with community leaders, local authorities, private  and market actors  and local partners
• Experience in gender and protection mainstreaming
• Strong understanding of value chain  development , market linkage , income generation , local socio-economic development issues, institutions and local contexts for target communities
• Strong ability to work within team and consult with a wide range of staff colleagues.
• Flexibility and ability to manage work stress and to work under highly pressure. Able to spend 75% time in the field
• Pro-active and with excellent communication skills both verbal and written
• Fluency in local  and Engllish  languages and knowledge of cultural contexts is an advantage.

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Qualified applicants are highly encouraged to apply for the position by filling in the online application form. In addition to the online application form, they can also attach their update CV and cover letter in the online system. Please note that only the applications received through the online portal will be considered for this position.
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