About Nokhbagan Institute of Higher Education 

Nokhbagan Institute of Higher Education is one of the leading higher education institutes in Afghanistan in terms of infrastructure. It was established in 2017 and currently opened to applicants with 4 main disciplines and various departments. Nokhbagan serves under the Khana-e-Noor Educational Network (KEN) administration. It is located in Mazar-e-Sharif, a northern province of Afghanistan. Nokhbagan aims to educate students with national values imbedded with modern system of education. It is vision is to be a research oriented and national standing university.

Job Description

Qualification: A minimum of Master’s degree candidates will be preferred. Experience: minimum 3 years (as an VC Admin) in any national or international organization. Nationality: National or International (Afghan national will be preferred) Language: Dari, Pashto and English (Speaking, Writing and Comprehension) Communication skills: Good communication skills in Dari, Pashto and English) Computer skills: (Word, Excel, MS Access, PowerPoint and Internet) Competencies and personal characteristics: Inter-personal skills, Leadership qualities, Problem Solving skills and Analytical skills.

Job Requirements

The VC Admin  should have the following responsibilities;

Assist the Chancellor in the overall planning, organizing, and controlling of the University’s administration areas. Supervise the University’s administration team in successful running of the University. Assist the University staff and students in their administration issues. Lead and motivate administrative staff by orienting, coaching and training employees to provide a good customer service to students, faculties and staff. Accomplishes staff results by communicating, coaching, counselling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures. Provides supplies by identifying needs for reception, faculties, security and hostel. Completes special projects such as graduation, debates and other university programs by organizing and coordinating information and requirements; planning, arranging, and meeting schedules; monitoring results. Improves service quality by devising new plans; updating procedures; evaluating system results with users. Achieves financial objectives by anticipating requirements; submitting information for budget preparation; scheduling expenditures; monitoring costs; analyzing variances. Maintains continuity among different administration work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by benchmarking professional standards; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks. Supervises the reception, security, and hostel in evaluating and approving their recommendations for good administration. Supervises budget preparation for the administration and related programs, allocation and resources to and from these programs. Perform the duties related to vice chancellor in his absence. Lead and organize all internal administration meetings.

Submission Guideline

Interested Candidates shall send their detailed CV with a Cover letter. mentioning the post "applied For" and Vacancy number in the Subject line.

Email address: admin.nokhbagan@ken.edu.af

Note: CVs received without mentioning the post and vacancy number will not be considered. Only those candidates shall be shortlisted for interview who fulfill the above mentioned requirements. We will be reviewing applications as we receive them start interviewing candidates until the position is filled.

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About Center for International Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst, (NHTAP)

Afghanistan National Health Technical Assistance Program (NHTAP) is designed to target policy, mid-level and service delivery agents with a range of technical activities to strengthen care seeking, access to and quality of health and nutrition interventions. The Center for International Education (CIE) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) in collaboration with the Management Science for Health, Inc. (MSH) and Kabul University of Medical Sciences (KUMS) strive to enhance adoption of optimal health and nutrition behaviors by providing expertise in the area of literacy/health literacy accelerated learning and community-based education. Building on the successes of the earlier Learning for Life Project and similar work, NHTAP will work with stakeholders to identify and assist in the development of local learning centers to engage with communities and provide training. NHTAP will recruit and train local facilitators to ensure that literacy classes complement training for health workers and community midwives, will develop and deliver training activities, and will provide support and mentoring to facilitators and Provincial Managers

Job Description

The Senior Field Manager will serve as a senior representative of CIE/UMass in the field and provide oversight, monitoring and mentoring to the MSH Cooperating Country Nationals assigned to this position. While the Senior Field Manager will report directly to the Project Manager at CIE/UMass, s/he will be part of the MSH team. It is a full time benefited position with an initial one year duration.  This is a local hire and is governed by Afghan Labor Law.

Assist in the development and delivery of in-service training activities & provide support and mentoring to facilitators and Provincial managers.

Assist in the recruitment and training of facilitators ensuring that literacy classes complement training for health workers and community midwives.

Provide oversight of the development and offering of 2 distinct activities for women utilizing the materials from the earlier Foundation and Bridging programs and pilot for materials for men.

Work with stakeholders to identify and assist in the development of local learning centers; a place and opportunity for community engagement and training.

Work with MSH local staff to monitor and evaluate pilot program – achievement of objectives, learners outcomes, facilitators, families and communities, and the effectiveness of provincial-level management system.

Coordinate with the Project Manager and PI at CIE/UMass to ensure that project activities are implemented in line with overall program objectives.

Work closely with and supervise a team of local and international staff to carry out the goals and objectives of NHTAP.

Job Requirements

A bachelor’s degree (master’s and doctorate preferred) plus significant experience in the areas of education, public health and community development.

Minimum 4 years of progressively responsible experience in program/project management, leadership and capacity building.

Knowledge of Afghan culture, international norms of conduct, and the current political situation in Afghanistan.

Knowledge of community-based education, health and nutrition in urban and rural areas of Afghanistan.

Demonstrated strong analytical, managerial, leadership, communications and interpersonal skills are critical. 

Strong inter-personal skills and written and oral communication skills.

Ability & willingness to live and work in a difficult and sometimes dangerous environment.

Ability to organize and effectively follow through on multiple complex tasks.

Ability to work both independently and in a team

Good judgment and decision-making skills.

Submission Guideline

Submit a CV and a letter of interest to the following email address for consideration. To facilitate review, please include names and contact information for three professional relevant references. The title of the position being applied for must be indicated in the subject line of your e-mail.

CIE-inbox@umass.edu

We thank all individuals for their interest, however only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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