| Date Posted: | Feb 24, 2011 |
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| Reference: | 213 |
| Closing Date: | Feb 4, 2011 |
| Work Type: | Unspecified |
| Number of Vacancies: | 1 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Functional Area: | General |
| Nationality: | Afghan |
| Salary Range: | As per NTA salary scale policyUSD |
| Years of Experience: | Fresh |
| Contract Duration: | Not specified |
| Possibility of Contract Extension: | No |
| Contract Type: | Short Term |
| Probation Period: | 1 month |
| Required Languages: |
About Actionaid International:
ActionAid is an international non-governmental organization (INGO), headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Working in over 42 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, ActionAid works with over 13 million of the world’s poorest people. ActionAid works for a world without poverty and injustice in which every person enjoys their right to life with dignity. For the purpose ActionAid engaged in a range of development programs in different areas including Governance, Human security, HIV and AIDS, Child rights protection, Food rights and Women rights. Empowering communities and helping local governments to formulate pro-poor policies and implement development programmes are other key areas of ActionAid’s work. In Afghanistan, ActionAid has initiated an integrated programme of community development and policy research in 4 provinces namely Balkh, Jawzjan, Bamyan and Kabul. ActionAid's mandate is to work alongside marginalized groups in an effort to eradicate poverty. The Afghanistan programme strategy focuses on four interwoven levels of involvement: • Grass roots community mobilization activities; • Local level capacity building; • Policy analysis and influencing; • Net-working and international advocacy. Action Aid furthers its mission in Afghanistan through long term development projects with sponsorship funding as well as short and medium term donor funded projects aligned to the overall mission, principles and values of ActionAid.
Job Summary:
Ensure that sponsorship communication (report) is best managed to donors (Funding Affiliates) and support in the smooth working of the Child Sponsorship Unit of ActionAid Afghanistan.
Duties & Responsibilities:
•Planning sponsorship communications to ensure timely completion of community and annual reports
•Preparing Communication Material to enable a timely production of reports
•Liaison with donors and programme staff for new project site (Development Area) selection and phase out
•Capacity building for program and Sponosrhsip staffs to enhance their communication technical skills
•Ensure regular usage of sponsorship database to provide support to the team
•Any other responsibility assigned by the line manager as and when required
Job Requirement:
Key Competencies and Abilities:
•Networking and stakeholder management
•Community Mobilization skills
•Listening and negotiation skills
•Monitoring and Evaluation
•Documentation, Information management, and Reporting
•Analytical skills and Flexible, forward looking open, willingness to learn new things
•Ability to work in multi-cultural environment, and establish and effective working relationships both within and outside the organization
•Computer skills
•Communication skills
•Gender sensitive and responsive
•People managment skills
•Willingness to travel as per the requirements
•Ability to write and speak English
Personal Specifications:
•Bachelor’s degree in Mass communication
•A minimum of three years experience in related field.
•Posses a broad development vision
Job Location:
Afghanistan