Job Description:

Summary of Key Functions:

1. Support Facilitating Partners to Facilitate community targeting

2. Support Facilitating Partners on beneficiaries selection (women headed households)

3. Support Facilitating Partners on cash and food distribution to women headed households and                  verification

4. Monitoring and reporting.

1. Support FPs to Facilitate community targeting:

● Identify target communities in poor neighborhoods. Target communities will be constituted by                   Community Development Council clusters or a Gozar Assembly.

● Organize and facilitate meetings with target communities to verify whether the project’s Entry     Criteria for Access are fulfilled.

● Liaise and collaborate with Facilitating Partners, organizations which will help target communities to          meet the Entry Criteria for Access.

2. Support Facilitating Partners on beneficiaries selection (women headed households):

● Support the Facilitating Partners during selection of beneficiaries

● Make sure women headed households are part of benfices for Component 1 and Component

   Support Community Development Consules female members on targeting vulnerable households.

● More emphasis should be there from SO relevant to approaching to uptake Grievance Redress               Mechanism (GRM) channels due to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse(SEA) / Sexual Harassment (SH          )grievances.

3. Support FPs on cash and food distribution to women headed households:

● Support FPs during distribution cash and food packages to women headed households

● Make sure there is a direct contact between women and women

● Make sure the women headed households are received the packages

● Make sure women Community Development Consules members are part of decision making in the         community

3. Monitoring and reporting:

● Maintain detailed and accurate record of meetings including agendas, meeting minutes, follow-               up/action points. Details of meetings held or canceled should also be maintained.

● Deliver documents to all the interested parties and similarly receive documents from both external and     internal parties.

● Ensure that follow up of document approvals by concerned authorities is done consistently, in a timely     manner, and ensuring that the Project Management Team is updated as required.

● Ensure that communities at construction sites are kept abreast of the project developments and               communication channels remain open with the communities.

● Respond to community concerns by ensuring that they are brought to the attention of the Contractor       and UNOPS project management team and facilitate the process of resolving the issue.

● Keep and maintain the record of labor force utilization under each sub-project.

● Report to the Project Management Team on a daily and weekly basis on community issues and the    project’s performance in relation to those issues.

● Keep up with the weekly and daily developments of the project.

● Forward questions about the project from community leaders and residents to appropriate    government authorities and the Project Management Team.

● Maintain strong coordination with gender associate relevant to gender issues in the workplace.

Impact of Results:

The effective and successful achievement of results by the Community Liaison Senior Associate will support the Lead Construction Management Engineer and Head of Project in liaising with the local community and local contracting and labor associations to ensure the project can be implemented in line with the agreement and as per schedule and scope, addressing the day-to-day concerns of the community, updating on project’s progress, project’s plans, etc. directly impacts on the development and performance of the project. It confirms UNOPS’ role as a key and trusted partner, and UNOPS’ position as a critical service provider, in all challenging work environments. Given the current political and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, this project would support the urgent repositioning of AFCO and strengthen UNOPS presence and visibility in Afghanistan, raising the profile of UNOPS in the global humanitarian context.

Monitoring and progress controls will be in accordance with work plans that the Supervisor and incumbent will prepare at the beginning of the assignment.

 

Qualifications:

A first-level university degree (e.g. Bachelor) in Sociology, Development Studies or other related areas, is desirable but not required, and may be considered as a substitute for some years of work experience

Experience:

A minimum of 7 years of experience (or less depending on academic credentials) in communication and liaison, community mobilization or other relevant fields is required.

Languages:

English

Pashto

Dari

 

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