Emergency Response Officer ( Afghan Nationals Only )

Oversee field-level activities, ensuring quality and compliance.

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Overview

Oversee field-level activities, ensuring quality and compliance.

You have:

  • Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields
  • 2 to 3 years relevant experience
  • Proven experience in Personnel Management
  • Excellent English and Dari/Pashtu
  • Must have computer skills
  • Experience in working with international NGOs
  • Good organizational skills
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Excellent cross-cultural communication skills

Job Description

General Duties

- In charge of overseeing day-to-day field-level activities, ensuring these are completed according to standards. - Conduct regular visits to project implementation sites for quality assurance and engage with communities as needed. - Ensure proper reporting and monitoring of program activities in coordination with M&E, including drafting of project reports. - Lead and participate in needs assessments and distributions as required. Draft and compile assessment and distribution documents for all caseloads. - Lead referrals of vulnerable beneficiaries to additional service providers when relevant and as possible (internal and external stakeholders).

Specific Duties

- Supervise, guide, and support ER Assistants on their daily tasks, in line with established work plans. - Ensure project-related issues and challenges are addressed in a timely manner by informing line manager and relevant departments - Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, including community leaders, government departments, NGOs, community-based organizations, and other IRC sectors to enhance cooperation and coordination - Internal teams: ER, security, protection, finance, logistics, MEAL - External: relevant government departments (DoRR, ANDMA), local community Shuras, elders, CDCs, Islamic scholars, and projects’ beneficiaries - Perform other duties as requested by supervisor.

Common Responsibilities

- Attend and participate in trainings organized by IRC / Supervisor.

- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders, including community leaders, government departments, NGOs, community-based organizations, and other IRC sectors to enhance cooperation and coordination.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in relevant fields - 2 to 3 years relevant experience - Proven experience in Personnel Management - Excellent English and Dari/Pashtu - Must have computer skills. - Experience in working with international NGOs - Good organizational, diplomatic and reporting skills - Ability to work under pressure. - Excellent cross-cultural, prior experience working in a multi-cultural environment is an added advantage. - Technical Competency: - Communication and reporting skills - Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English - Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage - Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background

Potential interview questions

Can you describe a time when you had to manage multiple tasks under pressure? This question assesses your ability to prioritize and handle stress effectively. Provide a clear example of how you managed your time and tasks while maintaining quality.
How do you ensure effective communication with diverse stakeholders? Interviewers want to know your strategies for cross-cultural communication. Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe your experience with project reports and monitoring. Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 2 years ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: rescue.org