Professional Career Opportunities

An International humanitarian, non-profit and non-sectarian agency specializing in providing emergency relief, rehabilitation, and development assistance to victims of natural disasters and conflicts worldwide is looking for the following staff to recruit for its program in Dir NWFP.

Ideal candidates should have an understanding of local socio-economic, cultural, political conditions, and experience working with international development program in conflict, culturally sensitive regions, preferably fluency in English, Pashto and Urdu.

 

Position:                             Security Officer

Location:                            Lower Dir.

No. Of Position:              (1)

Reports to:                            Regional Program Manager, NWFP

Position Objective:

The overall objective of the position is to support the regional staff on regular basis in NWFP. To work with civil and military authorities regularly provide inputs to the management on security for the program and staff. 

Main Responsibilities:

• Will be responsible to review and monitor current security management practices in all Relief International office.
• Responsible of to Develop clear guidelines in regards to security and safety.
• Attend all INGOs security coordination meetings and other security meeting with all Law Enforcement agencies
• Advise and regularly update the staff on current issues in Pakistan on potential threats, and impact on security.
• Will be responsible to arrange regular security briefing to staff when it will be needed
• Provide security advisory to staff on regular basis.
• Take lead and ensure developing office security measures.
• Develop weekly, monthly and quarterly security reports.
• Develop RI Pakistan evacuation and hibernation plans.
• Will be responsible to provide security clearance to staff traveling out station after taking complete security information of the area to visit. Also to keep proper track of all travel authorization.
• To carry out security assessments in the field areas when required. Develop security SOPs for any new project / field area.
• Actively developing relationship with security related formal and informal security stakeholders and obtaining timely information.
• To co-ordinate with managers, administration, and logistics to ensure that the appropriate systems of administration, communication and transport are in place to facilitate good security management and with the Management team on the provision of the necessary budget cover.
• Provide security orientation for incoming or newly appointed staff
• Responsible to maintain Organization Security Tree.
• Responsible to provide Incident Report and analysis
• Supervision of security guards and maintains their daily roaster.

Qualification:  

 

• Graduate from HEC recognized university.
• At least 03 years proven experience in the relevant field.
• Retired Pak Army officers will be given preference.
• Ability to meet deadlines and to work under pressure.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and report writing skills are desired.
• Ability to speak/ write English language fluently and also can speak Pashto.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Internet browsing.

 

 

 

Position:                            Field Officer

No. Of Position:               (3) 1 male 2 Females                            

Reports to:                            Team Leader

Location:                             Lower Dir

Main responsibilities:

• To form volunteer committees, orient those committees about project interventions in the targeted areas
• Work with formed committees for beneficiaries identification, selection and trainings
• To initiate and develop a social process in selected communities of collective analysis of community problems and collective action leading to solutions of those problems, and to make that process self sustaining and self managing.
• To begin baseline research of selected communities, and continue to monitor social change and new social information relevant to community empowerment. To identify potential leaders and/or organizers
• To motivate and encourage potential leaders to talk to their fellow community members about project interventions, impact and sustainability
• To assist community members to identify needs and to generate solutions, identifying priority issues and to analyses their problems.
• To encourage and stimulate community members to organize for action aimed at solving their problems and to plan, implement and monitor action that they define themselves.
• To provide community activists with management skills and knowledge in getting community members interested, organized and motivated.
• To develop trust, tolerance and co-operation among community members;
• To encourage and stimulate full participation by all community members; with special attention to marginalized in community decision making.
• To assist the community in obtaining information and knowledge that may be available through governmental and non governmental agencies, through extension and outreach programmes.

 

Qualification and Skills required:

 

• Graduate from HEC recognized university.
• At least 03 years proven experience in the relevant field.
• Local resident of Lower and Upper Dir having good knowledge of local socio-economic culture will be preferred
• Ability to meet deadlines and to work under pressure.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and report writing skills are desired.
• Ability to speak/ write English language fluently and also can speak Pashto.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Internet browsing.

 

 

Position:                            Field Officer (Livelihoods)

No. of Position:                            (1)

Reports to:                            District Team Leader

Location:                            Lower Dir, NWFP

POSITION OBJECTIVES

Responsible to assist the project team in needs identification, procurement and distribution of small livestock, poultry and other relevant livestock commodities for the farmers in conflict affected areas of Maidan, Lower Dir, and NWFP.

Main responsibilities:

• To assist the Project Team in beneficiaries committees formation, beneficiaries identification, selection and training.
• To assist the Project Field Team in needs assessment of the local community in Maidan area of District Lower Dir
• To assist the Project Field Team in procurement of small livestock, poultry and agriculture inputs (seeds, tools, equipments)
• To assist the Project Team in the verification of the purchases materials
• To assist the Project Team in community training for restarting livelihoods activities such as growing nurseries, vegetables, grains, cash crops, orchards and livestock management.
• To assist the Project Team in independent Monitoring of Small livestock distribution in  the District
• Establish good linkages with District Agriculture and Livestock Department with guidance from Team Leader
• Review and analyze the information received from RI Livestock Department and Beneficiaries.
• Meet with Community Organizations, Livelihoods Committees, and Selected Beneficiaries for random checks.
• Any other task assigned by the team leader/supervisor

 

Qualifications and skills required:

• Graduation in veterinary medicines/animal husbandry/agri sciences from HEC recognized institute/university.
• Local resident of District Lower Dir and good knowledge of local language and socio economic culture
• At least 2 years experience with I/NGO or Government Institute or Department in the relevant field
• Good computer and report writing skills

 

 

Position:                             Logistic Officer

No. of Position:                            (2)

Location:                            Lower Dir and Peshawar

Reports to:                            Regional Program Manager, NWFP

Position Objective:

The overall objective of the position is to provide effective support to the program activities in the NWFP region following RI procedures.

Responsibilities:

Procure requested program and program support items following organizational procurement procedures in timely manner.

• Account for purchased items and coordinate with appropriate logistical and admin staff members.  

• Inventories and stocks control and administration in the offices and field.
• Coordinate with the landlords for maintenance of the offices in use. 
• Coordinate with other staff members to ensure the offices and Guest Houses are adequately equipped and supplied.

Support the programs with the logistic information required (costs, availability of products etc…)

Manage office’s vehicles and drivers for timely provision to program staff

• Responsible to ensure vehicle usage and fueling reconciliations
• Organize the transport of goods during distributions

• Organize all documentation completed and updated as needed.

• Assist the team during distributions and field activities.
• Observe and inform all staff about security situations in the area.
• Coordinate with local and provincial authorities for the security.
• Maintain the security guards schedule in office.
• Any other duties as assigned by the RPM.

 

Qualification and Skills Required:

• Graduation from HEC recognized institute/university
• 4 Years of experience in INGO/UN
• Pashto speaking having good knowledge of socio, economic culture of NWFP
• Willingness to travel to the field (Malakand Division)
• Good Computer and report writing skills

 

 

Ideal candidates should have an understanding of local socio-economic, cultural, political conditions, and experience with international development program in conflict, culturally sensitive regions and emergency response, preferably fluency in Urdu, English and Pashto.

Candidates with strong professional background, previous INGO/NGO working experiences are encouraged to apply. Please send your soft resumes with at least 3 professional references of which one should be you’re most recent or present employer by Tuesday, October 27, 2009 to:  jobs.peshawar@gmail.com