Capacity Building Officer

Job Highlight

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to community resilience and livelihoods in Afghanistan during a critical time. The position offers exposure to large-scale community development initiatives, collaboration with international partners, and professional growth in capacity building and project management within the UN system.

About The Project Office

Since 1995, UNOPS has maintained an active presence in Afghanistan, delivering efficient, agile services in support of both humanitarian response and development efforts. Prior to August 2021, the Afghanistan Country Office (AFCO) implemented projects across a broad range of sectors, including infrastructure, procurement, capacity building, and environmental protection. In response to evolving humanitarian needs, AFCO has shifted its focus to supporting life-saving initiatives and basic human needs. Current priorities include managing large-scale cash-for-work programmes, procuring emergency supplies, and providing inter-agency coordination, communication, and accountability support.

Role Purpose

The Capacity Building Officer will apply fundamental concepts to gather and analyze data in support of specialists and managers. The role involves designing, coordinating, and delivering capacity-building activities under the Rural component of the project, ensuring effective implementation and monitoring of training programs.

Functions / Key Results Expected

• Planning and preparation
• Develop a detailed train-the-trainer plan and budget for all the training to be conducted by the project team for the Facilitating Partners (FPs) for the duration of the project.
• Ensure that the complete training package and detailed training plan are reviewed and approved in a timely manner by the project management team and the World Bank task team.
• Coordinate with the thematic training specialists for each focus area and host the train-the-trainer sessions, including coordination with FPs on trainee attendance, accommodation, venue, training materials, food/catering, security, pre-and-post training assessment of trainees, FP certification, etc.
• Material development
• Develop all training materials for the stated project components, in adherence to the Project legal documents and the Operations Manual and in close consultation with the thematic experts.
• Design tools and internal evaluations/surveys to assess the capacity building of CDCs or CRGs as a whole, CDC or CRGs office bearers/main representative, CDC/CRGs subcommittees/Subgroups, and women CDC or CRG members, as part of the project activities and in consultation with the thematic experts.
• Training delivery and monitoring
• Work closely with the FPs to prepare and implement the downstream training and capacity building of communities, CDCs or CRGs, CDC or sub-committees/Subgroups, mosque committees in urban areas without CDCs, etc.
• Prepare and implement a monitoring plan for FP downstream capacity-building of CDCs, covering a small sample of FP training, by FP, region, province, topic, trainee category, etc., and report on the findings of the same.
• Support the management in compiling lessons-learned, best practices, challenges, success stories etc. in field implementation and in updating policy, procedural and training manuals as required.
• Travel to provinces, districts and communities, to see FP training to their staff and communities and make sure they are following the guidelines.
  
  

• A first-level university degree (e.g. Bachelor) in Development Studies, Project Management, Sociology or other relevant discipline with 2 years of experience.
  
  

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
  
  

• A minimum of 2 years of experience in managing organizational development or capacity building activities from the national to the community level is required.
  
  

• Experience working with the World Bank, UN agencies or other donor agencies, government ministries, and/or non-governmental organizations (NGOs).