Project Assistant

Purpose of the Position
The Project Assistant supports the program team in effectively following search and donor policies and procedures regarding project implementation. This involves monitoring, reporting, and where appropriate, engagement with donors. It involves oversight of both program quality and compliance, collaborating closely with other departments, including Finance, the Institutional Learning Team, Strategy Alignment, Program Quality, Communications, and Human Resources.

Responsibilities
1. Provides direct support in grants start-up and close-out life cycles.
2. Provides support in monitoring and ensuring compliance with donor rules and regulations.
3. Provides support in monitoring program implementation guided by program work plans.

Specific duties:
1. Create and maintain a hard and soft filing system for specific programs.
2. Develop and maintain contact lists pertaining to specific programs.
3. Coordinate with field teams to manage day-to-day operations
4. Conduct regular field visits to assess implementation and collect data
5. Liaise with local authorities, community leaders, partner organizations, and beneficiaries
6. Organize meetings and events.
7. Maintain records of meetings and events.
8. Draft information material related to specific programs.
9. Translate and interpret when necessary.
10. Conduct primary and secondary research.
11. Transcription of the meetings events and research being held for the project.
12. Take part in core Search Afghanistan activities as needed.
13. Carry out any tasks that the line managers assign.

Safeguarding: Remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills that will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the child safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Child Safeguarding Policy.
Skills & Competencies

Education
A degree from a recognized university preferably in project management, business administration, social sciences, or a related field.

Experience
Three years of experience in a professional setting.
Experience of work with international/national NGO preferred.

Skills and Competencies
Interest in the peacebuilding, humanitarian, and development fields.
Able to work under pressure and keen to learn from others.
Excellent written and oral Dari and Pashto communication skills.
Able to communicate in English (in written and orally) at a high level.
Excellent computer skills including Ms. Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and windows.
Excellent time management skills.

Behavioral Competencies
Working with People: The ability to respect the views and contributions of other team members; shows empathy, listens, supports; consults others and shares information and expertise, builds team spirit, and adapts to the team.
Flexibility:The ability to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities, to tolerate ambiguity, to adapt personal style to different people and situations.
Drive for Results and Efficiency:The ability to set quality standards, monitor and maintain quality of work, and set goals to achieve continuous improvement.
Relationship Management:The ability to manage interactions, to provide service and to support the organization while building an effective internal and external network.
Leadership and Navigation:The ability to manage and contribute to initiatives and processes within the organization while making progress toward change and continuous improvement.
Communication: The ability to effectively exchange information with others, to effectively deliver critical information, to gather information and communicate with others.
Global and Cultural Effectiveness:The ability to value and consider the perspectives and backgrounds of all parties and be able to work cross-culturally.
Ethical Practice:The ability to integrate Search vision, mission and core values, integrity and accountability throughout all organizational and business practices.
$400 - $400 a month
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

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Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our websitewww.sfcg.orgfor full details of our work.All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity - Tenacity - Empathy - Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults.Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations.View our code of conducthereand our privacy policyhere.

Les descriptifs de pouvant ne pouvant être exhaustifs, le titulaire du poste pourra être amené à entreprendre d'autres tâches qui correspondent globalement aux responsabilités clés ci-dessus.
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Seuls les candidats invités à un entretien seront contactés. Pas d'appels téléphoniques s'il vous plaît. Veuillez consulter notre site Webwww.sfcg.orgpour tous les détails de notre mission.

Tous les employés de Search doivent adhérer aux valeurs de Search : Collaboration- Audace - Ténacité - Empathie - Résultats. Conformément à ces valeurs, Search fait respecter le code de conduite et les politiques connexes sur la lutte contre le harcèlement au travail, la protection contre l'exploitation et les abus, la protection des enfants, les conflits d'intérêts et la lutte contre la fraude. Search s'engage à préserver les intérêts, les droits et le bien-être des enfants, des jeunes et des adultes vulnérables avec lesquels elle est en contact et à mener ses programmes et ses opérations d'une manière qui soit sûre pour les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes vulnérables.
Search for Common Ground ne fait pas et ne doit pas faire de discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, la religion (croyance), le sexe, l'expression de genre, l'âge, l'origine nationale (ascendance), le handicap, l'état matrimonial, l'orientation sexuelle ou le statut militaire, dans aucune de ses activités ou opérations.
Consultez notre code de conduiteiciet notre politique de confidentialité ici.

Dado que la descripción de funciones no puede ser exhaustiva, el titular del puesto puede tener que realizar otras tareas que coinciden en líneas generales con las responsabilidades clave mencionadas.
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Sólo se contactará con los candidatos invitados a una entrevista. Se agradece no recibir llamadas telefónicas. Consulte nuestro sitio webwww.sfcg.orgpara conocer todos los detalles de nuestro trabajo. Todos los empleados de Search deben adherirse a los valores de la organización: Colaboración - Audacia - Tenacidad - Empatía - Resultados. De acuerdo con estos valores, Search hace cumplir el Código de Conducta y las políticas relacionadas con luchar contra el acoso en el lugar de trabajo, la protección contra la explotación y el abuso, la protección de la infancia, los conflictos de intereses y la lucha contra el fraude. Search se compromete a salvaguardar los intereses, derechos y bienestar de los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables con los que está en contacto y a llevar a cabo sus programas y operaciones de una manera que sea segura para los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables. Search for Common Ground no discrimina ni discriminará por motivos de raza, color, religión (credo), género, expresión de género, edad, origen nacional (ascendencia), discapacidad, estado civil, orientación sexual o condición militar, en ninguna de sus actividades u operaciones. Consulte nuestro código de conductaaquíy nuestra política de privacidadaquí.