PSU Programme Officers

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Job Summary

Plays a key role in ensuring program quality, sharing good development practices to staffs and other stakeholders, and supporting and promoting Accountability, Learning and Planning System (ALSPs) within Actionaid Afghanistan.

Duties & Responsibilities

Primary Objective of the Position:
Plays a key role in ensuring program quality, sharing good development practices to staffs and other stakeholders, and supporting and promoting Accountability, Learning and Planning System (ALSPs) within Actionaid Afghanistan.

Specific Responsibilities of the Position
•Provide support to the PSU leader in programme quality, overall coordination and monitoring of field work
•Provide regular supports to the Impact Assessment and Shared learning Manager
•Implement Monitoring and Evaluation system based on ALPS at the field level
•Ensure Program quality in the field operations
•Ensure timely and quality reports like case studies, M and E data, baseline data
•Be responsible for Participatory Review and Reflection Process (PRRP)
•Provides recommendations on Actionaid Afghanistan strategic direction and improving Actionaid Afghanistan performance at the field level.
•Provide technical supports on appraisals, reviews and impact assessments to Impact Assessment and Shared learning Manager and Provincial Support Unit Manager/Coordinator, staff and partners organizations
•Promotes and supports ALPs within and outside Actionaid Afghanistan
•Synthesizes and compiles reports to IA/SL Manager
•Promotes quality within Actionaid Afghanistan in close coordination with IA/SL Manager
•Minimum standards for quality evaluation are well developed and implemented at the field level
•Promotes shared learning within and outside the organization
•Experience and lessons learnt are documented and shared with relevant department/DAs/ and others
•Any other responsibility assigned by the line manager as and when required
•Compile MoE report at PSU level
•Arrange and communicate PSU level meetings (PSU management meeting PSU staff meeting…)
•Create and Maintain programmatic institutional memory (DA base line…) at PSU level
•Maintain systematic documentation and profile at PSU level
•Assess team Capacity building needs

Job Requirements

Key Competencies:

•Monitoring and Evaluation
•Knowledge management
•Documentation, Information management, and Reporting
•Networking and stakeholder management
•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
•People managment skills
•Willingness to travel as per the project requirements

Personal Specifications:

•Bachelor in Development Studies or appropriate Social Science
•Three years relevant experience with International NGOs or others
•Organized and systematic approach to work and ability to work with others through motivation and professional approach

Submission Guideline

ActionAid is an equal opportunity employer offering a competitive salary and benefits package, and a collegial working environment. Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above positions, and detailed curriculum vitae, with names and addresses of referees (including telephone and email address).
Please DO NOT attached academic transcripts and Diplomas and states the applied position in the email subject or on the left hand-side of the envelope. Interested candidates are invited to submit the applications before 20th February, 2011 to ActionAid Afghanistan-Human Resources Department:
Office Address:
House# 705 Street# 9 Taimani Kabul Afghanistan

Submission Email:

For Balkh to apply please write
actionaid.hr@gmail.com with cc to
jobs.kabul@actionaid.org address:

For Sheberghan to apply please write radioroom.Jawzjan@actionaid.org with cc to jobs.kabul@actionaid.org address:

Note:Please clearly mention the location of your interest in your application to Actionaid Afghanistan(Balkh and Sheberghan Province)
1 year, with possibility of extension



Only short listed candidates will be asked for the Interview and female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply

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