Project Clerk (Social Protection Worker)

Afghanistan

Organization: CTG - Committed To Good
Location: Afghanistan
Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
Occupational Groups:
- Social Affairs
- Administrative support
- Civil Society and Local governance
- Project and Programme Management
Closing Date: Closed

CTG Overview

CTG stands for Committed To Good. With an ethical approach at the heart of all that we do, it is a description that makes us proud. Respect for the fundamental human rights of our staff, and those our staff encounter, is a cornerstone of our values. We strive for gender equality, inclusion and diversity, providing fair and equal opportunities for all. We take a zero tolerance approach to corruption and stay true to local labour laws and all local statutory requirements.
In operation since 2006, today we are honoured to serve clients in 15 fragile and conflict-affected states assisting with disaster relief, peace building, humanitarian aid and development programmes through our specialised recruitment, HR management and operational services.

Overview of position

II. Organizational Context and Scope

Under the overall supervision of protection Programme Manager, and under the direct supervision of Project Assistant and Head of Sub-Office in Nimroz, the successful candidate will be responsible for family tracing for Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMCs) and Single Female (SF) returnees inside and outside of the country, making arrangement of travel, escorting and re-unifying UMCs with their families, conduct phone follow up interviews with the minors parents or relatives in order to make sure their stay with their families (safe and dignity), refer of assessed cases to the relevant organization for long term support

Role objectives

III. Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Assess Protection needs to identify risks and vulnerabilities including those related to gender and age.
Develop initiatives to reduce these risks, involving and building up on assets within the affected population and strengthening the capacity of UMCs’s migrant’s families to protect themselves.
In coordination with other relevant actors, advocate for humanitarian access and /or intervene within authorities in case of violation of UMCs returnee human right.
Identify potential partnership to implement protection strategies and programs like psychosocial support, peer support, alternatives to institutional care for separated children.
- Liaise with other agencies/NGOs/government bodies and UN agencies to ensure coordination, implementation of common standards in the field and consideration of protection issues in assistance program.
- After receiving the minors in the transit center, start the process of family tracing of the unaccompanied minors, in order to find their families within Afghanistan.
- Once the families of the minors successfully traced, list the minors by region and neighboring provinces, so that family reunification can be done easily and efficiently.
- Before each travel, prepare the travel plan which includes manifest with contact numbers and places of final destination and prior orientation to the minors over the process of escort or family re-unification.
- Once the minor escorted to the intended province of final destination, then the assigned Social Worker should both accompany the minors to their family’s home along with a representative from either Directorate or Refugees & Repatriation (DoRR) or Directorate of Labour Social Affairs Martyrs & Disabled (DoLSAMD) and obtain reunification certificate.
- During the journey from Herat to the planned destination, the social worker should maintain clear invoice/s approving the expenditures like food cost and transportation cost of the minor.
- Keep regular contact with CBRR program assistant during the journey and inform the program assistant of anything which requires his/her attention.
- After one or two weeks of the minor’s re-unification, then the assigned social worker should start the process of Post-Return Monitoring, through three phases of interview, First Phone Interview, Home Visit and final Phone Close up Interview.
- Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Project reporting

Reports to the Manager

Key competencies

IV. COMPETENCIES:

The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioral competencies

Values
• Inclusion and respect for diversity respects and promotes individual and cultural differences; encourages diversity and inclusion wherever possible;
• Integrity and transparency: maintain high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct;
• Professionalism: demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.

Core Competencies
• Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results;
• Delivering results produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner; is action oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes;
• Managing and sharing knowledge continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate;
• Accountability: takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for own action and delegated work;
• Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication; explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.

Technical

• Basic information on the migration issues within Afghanistan and the reasons why people migrate.
• Basic Knowledge of what IOM is doing in Afghanistan for migration and specifically for the undocumented Afghan returnees.
• Sufficient Knowledge of the Child rights and child protection and Gender Based Violence (GBV)
• Knowledge of using data collection through KOBO

Team management

N/A

Further information

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