After more than 40 years of conflict, Afghanistan remains one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises, characterised by both urgent and chronic needs. In 2021, the conflict intensified with violence that heavily affected the Afghan population. The IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) takeover on August 15th 2021 was a major turning point for the country, with increasing humanitarian challenges.

Job Summary

• SDP Strategy: Contribute to the development and execution of the Safe and Dignified Programing Strategy, in line with PUI engagements, ensuring protection and Gender Mainstreaming, gender equality and other cross cutting themes are clearly articulated and measurable, based on gaps and priorities’ analysis.
• Support to Safe and Accountable Programming Development: Help develop and refine the Safe and dignified Programming strategy to ensure Gender, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion among other themes are included, in close collaboration with Health, MHPSS and Wash departments internally, and with Consortium partners (either national or international).
• Protection and Gender Mainstreaming in programming: Support the delivery of programs that are safe, effective, responsive, inclusive and informed by gender, age, disability, and diversity considerations, through developing guidance notes and SOPs, strengthening the referral system, engaging project teams’, conducting regular field visits, developing and diffusing resources and checklists applicable to health, MHPSS and WASH programming, etc.
• Risk Analysis and Gender analysis: Assist in ensuring that project designs prevent, minimize, and mitigate risks, addressing barriers that vulnerable groups may face, thus enhancing their safety and dignity, by conducting regular protection risks analysis and proposing mitigation measures, in a participatory manner. Lead Gender analysis.
• Documentation and Reporting: Assist in documenting Safe and Dignified Programming assessments and progress, sharing best practices and lessons learned to foster a knowledge-sharing culture within PUI.
• Monitoring and Evaluation: Support robust monitoring and evaluation of Safe and Dignified Programming activities to assess their impact and effectiveness.
• Advocacy and Coordination: Support advocacy efforts for safe and dignified programming and gender and protection mainstreaming, engaging with internal and external stakeholders (including Protection cluster, GiHA Working Group, Consortium partners) to align on best practices. Represent PU-AMI within Cluster and Working group’s meetings related to Protection and Gender.
• Capacity Building: Participate in the development and delivery of training for staff (office and health facilities), partners, and the broader humanitarian community on Safe Programming, Protection and Gender Mainstreaming, along the Senior SDP officer and withPU-AMI task force members.

The PU-AMI Jobs in Kabul, (Safe and Dignified Programme Specialist) will have responsibilities that include:

• Guideline Support: Contribute to the development, implementation, and review of country-specific safeguarding guidelines in coordination with HQ.
• HR Collaboration: Work closely with HR to ensure integration of safeguarding standards in recruitment and HR policies.
• IEC/BCC Development: Help develop and disseminate culturally appropriate information, education, and communication (IEC) materials to promote key safeguarding messages.
• Staff Management and Development:
• Management and supervision: Directly supervise the Senior SDP officer
• Staff Support: Assist in coaching and mentoring staff (office and health facilities) to strengthen their technical capacity, share knowledge, and provide professional development guidance.
• Performance Management Support: Supervise staff (Senior Safe and Dignified Programing Officer and task force members) by setting clear performance objectives, providing regular feedback, and assisting with performance reviews.
• Support the SDP Taskforce – Lead the SDP task force to ensure its members are equipped with the needed tools to deliver the needed results based on their TOR.
• Staff Well-being: Support initiatives to promote and monitor staff care and well-being, in close collaboration with the HR department.
• Other Tasks:
• Other relevant tasks can also be assigned by the line manager as per needs and changing context.

Job Requirment

• Master Degree level diploma in humanitarian project management/ international human rights law /political sciences/social sciences.
• 5 years’ experience and knowledge in Protection and Gender in the Afghan context.
• At least 5 years’ experience in protection program management with a minimum of 3 years in a program coordination position or a similar position.
• Strong experiences as a protection and/or gender trainer and protection tools deliver based on IASC and GPC
• Strong understanding and experiences of global protection principles
• Familiarity with protection mainstreaming principles and the “do no harm” approach.
• Experience in supporting Safe Programming initiatives and working with diverse teams.
• Strong communication and coordination skills, capable of effectively working with multiple stakeholders.
• A commitment to promoting gender equality, diversity, and inclusion in humanitarian settings.
• Ability to work independently, take the initiative and take responsibility in a proactive approach

Submission Guideline

• To apply for this vacancy, please use the following link:  
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• Please note:  
•        You are allowed to apply only before the closing date  
• Only the candidates who meet the mandatory qualifications/requirements will be considered for the longlist  
• A maximum of 15 best candidates from the ones who meet the mandatory qualifications/requirements (longlist) will be invited for a technical test (shortlist)  
• If you are not invited for a technical test within a month’s period of time, please consider that your application was not considered for this vacancy  
• Female Candidates are highly encouraged to Apply
• Validated copies of academic certificates/diplomas will be requested only if called for an interview.   
• Kind regards,     

• The PU-AMI HR Team 

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Country

Afghanistan

City

Kabul