Capacity Building Coordinator

About Counterpart International

Job Summary

With direction and oversight from the Director of Civil Society Strengthening, Capacity Building Coordinator will be responsible for coordination and implementation of capacity building activities within Counterpart I-PACS and partners organizations, seven Intermediary Service Organizations (ISO), and 14 Civil Society Support Center (CSSC). The position requires supervisory skills to oversee performance of the staff within the department. S/he should act as an effective team member and provide useful suggestion or initiative to overall activities of Counterpart in Afghanistan.

Duties & Responsibilities

Ensuring quality capacity building activities delivered to partners through Civil Society Strengthening Department (CSS).
• Overall implementation of capacity building and strengthening activities, trainings and technical assistance, organizational certification process.
• Supervise departmental staff (training officers, OD officer and OCP officer) and provide feedback and guidance in implementation of their tasks.
• Take initiative and provide strategic suggestions to the management in implementation of capacity building activities.
• In close cooperation with director of CSS, develop annual work plan for the department and coordinate activities with other program departments.
• Prepare bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly reports.
• Represent department in internal meeting and the program in external meetings, as required.
• Any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Job Requirements

University degree in social sciences or 3-5 yrs of experience.
• At least five years of experience working programmatically with NGOs, including at least three years with an international NGO.
• Experience in capacity building, supervision and management.
• Advanced organizational, communication and reporting skills.
• Fluency in English language both spoken and written, in addition to local languages Dari and Pashto
• Excellent computer skills (Work, Excel, Internet, data base)
• Attention to detail, ability to track and follow up on multiple tasks independently while keeping all stakeholders informed in a proactive manner.
• Excellent cross cultural skills, ability to work in a diverse, multi-cultural environment, with respect, professionalism and gender sensitivity.

Submission Guideline

Applications: Qualified candidates are requested to send their application along with copy of updated CV to the attention of the Counterpart HR Department (clearly indicate the position title in the subject line) via email to admin@counterpart-afg.org no later than Thursday 20 January, 2011. Due to technical issues Counterpart requests that candidates do not apply directly through the www.jobs.af website. Hard copies of applications can be mailed to: Counterpart International, Lane 3 on the right, Kolola Pushta Street, Ansari Squar, Share Naw, Kabul Afghanistan .

Counterpart International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, national origin, marital status, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, personal appearance, family responsibilities, political affiliation, or enrollment in a college, university, technical school, or adult education. For additional information about Counterpart International I-PCAS, please visit www.counterpart-afg.org

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