Area Base Coordinator (Specialist)

Responsibilities

• Timely and thorough analysis is made to identify emergency-prone situations and contribute to early warning, emergency preparedness, anticipatory action planning, and response in assigned provinces.
• Formulation of emergency plans of action, contingency plans, and monitoring compliance with plans of action.
• Training of staff and partners, including implementing partners or partners within the humanitarian coordination architecture, in emergencies preparedness and response to enhance the emergency preparedness and response capability.
• Ensure effective coordination, implementation, and monitoring of integrated emergency child protection and education interventions for returnee and disaster-affected children, through evidence-based planning, inter-sectoral collaboration, and community engagement, thereby strengthening local response capacity and safeguarding children\'s rights and well-being in humanitarian settings.
• Developed provincial access severity mapping and assessment, and resource allocation prioritization.
• Data collection and rapid assessments on returnee children and communities affected by any disaster to inform evidence-based planning and targeted response.
• Attend the provincial-level coordination forums (e.g., OCT, PDC, PDMCs, EiE, WASH, Nutrition and CP sub-clusters) and share report with UNICEF.
• Coordinate and facilitate UNICEF Humanitarian and BHN response in target districts for Drought Anticipatory Action Planning, Integration and returnee host communities for WASH, Health, Nutrition, Polio Education, CP, SBC, (Livelihood / Cash), Emergency
• Conduct at least two joint multisector field visits to verify and validate data received from partners and extenders.
• Provide real-time situation updates from the province on situation affecting women and children, coordinate and consolidate the weekly provincial situation update for the assigned province / s.
• Coordinate inter-sectoral rapid assessment and humanitarian response at the onset of any emergency occurring in the province.
• Convening and partnership building for Area Based Coordination, anticipatory planning, innovation, resilience building and sustainability across the Cluster / Sector Coordination.
• Based on needs assessments, organize and implement capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of UNICEF partner staff, humanitarian partners, community cadres to harmonize best practices and cascade to communities.
• Sustain effective close working partnerships with relevant stakeholders in the Anticipatory Action Planning and Humanitarian, Basic Human Needs programming skills community of practice, including in other sectors / domains, through active networking and effective communication to build capacity, exchange knowledge / expertise.
• Provide leadership for CPAoR and support to coordinate CPAoR and coordinate CP Extenders to participate in the provincial OCTs and other CP sector coordination platforms.

Qualifications

• University Degree in development studies, humanities, social science, or related field will be prioritized.
• Previous experience in emergencies, Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE), development and coordination or related field.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong skill for coordination
• Ability to work effectively with diverse groups and individuals.
• Fluency in local languages is mandatory.
• Knowledge of UNICEF process and procedures and clusters

Submission Guidelines

To apply: Please send your CV and covering letter to below email address and include position title in the subject line of the application. Applications without specific subject line will not be given consideration.

Job Overview

• Announced date : Aug. 24, 2025
• Number of Jobs : 1
• Vacancy Number : HR-2025
• Salary : As per company salary scale
• Contract Type : Long-term
• Contract Duration : 1 year
• Employment Type : Full Time
• Nationality : Afghan
• Minimum Education : Bachelor\'s Degree

Organization Information

OXUS Consulting Group offers effective consulting, management, business development, and technical solutions for the capacity building, training, information technology, infrastructure development and governing sectors to both the public and private sector. Operating from Washington D.C. home office, as well as our presence in Kabul, Rome, and Dubai, OXUS Group provides on-time, on-target, and on-budget solutions.