War Child UK Livelihood Advisor, Afghanistan

1. Overview

1.1. Background War Child works with children who, as a result of conflict, live with a combination of poverty, exclusion and insecurity. These children might include street children, child headed households, children conscripted into armed groups, and children who have been put in prison. Our mission is to support and improve the care and protection of children and young people who live with a combination of insecurity, poverty and exclusion in some of the worse conflict-affected places. We look forward to a world in which the lives of children are no longer torn apart by war. This is a vision that can only be realised through the collective actions of children themselves, communities and their leaders, organisations like War Child, governments and key decision makers.

War Child has worked in Herat, Western Afghanistan since 1992. Projects include social work coaching, early childhood development, providing access to education for street and working children and those in conflict with the law.

1.2. Description of Role War Child UK is recruiting a Livelihood Adviser for 12 months fixed term contract who will take the lead in providing technical support and guidance in developing and implementing livelihood interventions for War Child’s Afghanistan programme. The current project is part of a 3 year EC funded skills training and employment grant for women and children working in the informal economy. The project has 4 drop-in centres for pre-employment skills training, child care for mothers, and outreach, placement and follow-up services.

We’re looking for someone who will continue growing the project(s) in these key areas : o To continue to develop a broader understanding of potential beneficiaries in the project areas, identifying skills sets, employment preferences, participation constraints and previous experience they may have had with skills/vocational training programmes o Identify appropriate skills training and sustainable income generation activities that can lead working youths and women towards viable employment and income generation opportunities o Develop innovative low cost initiatives with potential for business creation and long term employment opportunities for young people and women

1.3 Key responsibilities: Responsible for supporting the delivery of quality programmes through sustained technical advice to: o Enhance the scope, quality and impact of War Childs’ skills development and livelihood programmes, o Improve the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of interventions o Build the capacity of War Child Programme Staff and partner organizations in providing income generating/livelihood activities o Ensure market survey and other data collected is managed and analysed appropriately o Prepare and publish strategies and tools for livelihood interventions

Contractual Terms o Position: 12 month fixed term contract o Salary: £27,625 p.a. o Working Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week o Travel: Limited travel within Afghanistan o Probation: 3 months o Leave: 30 days pa (pro-rata), increasing by one day for each year’s service up to a maximum of 5 additional days o Pension: Matching contribution to your private pension up to 5% of gross salary o Benefits: As applicable as per War Child Benefit Policy, including Rest & Recuperation, Travel Home, Private and Emergency Medical coverage, etc.

How to apply: 

1. Application Process o Download the Application Pack and complete the Application Form, and the full job description (Please note that individual CVs will not be accepted) found at: http://www.warchild.org.uk/about/jobs o All completed application forms must reach War Child by 5:00pm on 21 October 2012 o Due to limited resources War Child, HR will contact only the shortlisted candidates o First round interviews will be held during mid - later half of the week commencing 22 October 2012. Candidates will be expected to complete a short assessment test. o Second round interviews for selected candidates will be held during week of 29 October 2012 or the following week.
   o Any offer made past the second interview will be conditional on receipt of 3 favourable written references, (from your most recent employer, any other previous employer and a character reference). In case clarification is required post the receipt of complete reference forms, War Child reserves the right to call the referees. o The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a CRB check, a medical check for overseas travel purposes, be compliant and sign up to War Child’s Child Protection Policy prior to a final offer being made. o Start date: November 2012