Afghanistan

Professional Profile and Requirement

• Background in Communications/Publishing/Journalism.
• Editorial and copyediting experience.
• Project management skills.
• Language skills: English (native or professional proficiency).

CBM is an international development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world. Based on its values and over 100 years of professional expertise, CBM addresses poverty as a cause and a consequence of disability, and works in partnership to create a society for all. CBM’s vision is: “an inclusive world in which all persons with disabilities enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential”.
CBM works with persons with disabilities, their families, local partner organisations, alliance partners including UN agencies, global organisations, and Disabled Persons’ Organisations (DPOs).
CBM has been involved from the outset with "VISION 2020: The Right to Sight", a global initiative with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) to eliminate avoidable blindness by the year 2020, and other global initiatives such as the provision of affordable hearing aids, education for all and community mental health.
CBM is also recognised as a collaborating organisation by the World Health Organization (WHO) and has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Together with its partner organisations, CBM is active in more than 670 projects in 65 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, and in 2014, reached more than 14 million people.
CBM’s International Office in Bensheim, Germany, is accepting applications for

Editor and Publication Coordinator of CBM’s Series on Disability-Inclusive Development

Location: Bensheim, Germany

Contract Duration: 2 years (with possibility of extension)

Job Type: Part time – 50% (19,5 hours per week)

Contract Start: As soon as possible

Objective:
In 2015, CBM e.V. and CBM Germany jointly started to publish a professional publication series to foster the international debate on disability-inclusion in development and to share its experience in this field. The books are published in English and German. For the production of the English version CBM e.V. seeks support of an experienced, passionate, creative native speaker editor and coordinator.
As part of the Communications Team of the International Office of CBM e.V., the position holder is responsible for further high quality, and informative publications on the disability-inclusive development topic in close cooperation with our Member Association CBM Germany. Furthermore the Editor and Publication Coordinator ensures that each publication in the Series on Disability-Inclusive Development is consistent with the series.

Main tasks

Role of series coordination

• Identifying topics, developing and planning of the series jointly with CBM D.
• Identifying and hiring writers.
• Responsible for keeping the series going, for further developing the series, and main contact within CBM IO.
• Drafting TORs for each publication.
• Ensure process is followed according to the TOR between CBM D and IO.
• Setting up time line.
• Communication with CBM Member Associations.
• Putting together project team.
• Identifying reviewers.
• Introducing consultants (coordinators of single publication) to their job.
• Dissemination and press work.
• Organise/coordinate writing of press articles if needed.

Role of project coordination for each publication

• Management of consultants, including Terms of Reference and contracts.
• Management and identification of Project/review team.
• Overseeing, managing and monitoring process and timelines.
• Support case study/good practice collection as appropriate and needed
• Reporting on the progress of the project (to President CBM eV and Director CBM D).
• Picture selection and writing of captions.
• Writing of alternative text for pictures and graphics.
• Copy editing of all drafts, ensuring a logic flow and thread, good language style and easy reading.
• Ensure availability of high quality final version (checked and copy edited up to every detail including footnotes and bibliography), within agreed timeline.
• Support distribution process to Member Associations, Country Coordination Offices and Regional Offices.
• Ensure development of materials for marketing and dissemination process (press clips, abstract etc.), together with authors.
• Support marketing and dissemination of English version to external stakeholders, in coordination with non-German speaking Member Associations.

Professional Profile and Requirement

• Background in Communications/Publishing/Journalism.
• Editorial and copyediting experience.
• Project management skills.
• Language skills: English (native or professional proficiency).

Personal Profile & Competencies

• Excellent communication skills.
• Creative
• Customer orientation
• Forward thinking personality with initiative
• Strongly result orientated and thorough
• Stress resistant
• Good team worker
• Holds a valid work permit for Schengen (EU) countries

The future job holder adheres to CBM’s values and commits to CBM’s Child Safeguarding Policy.

CBM encourages persons with disabilities to apply for this position.


Candidates with the required profile and proven experience, who meet these qualifications, are invited to submit, in English via e-mail, a meaningful letter of motivation, stating why he/she wishes to work for CBM, CV, copies of diplomas, three professional references, salary expectations and samples of previous works to recruitment@cbm.org 
www.cbm.org.

Application deadline: November 8th, 2015

You hold a bachelor degree in logistics and have occupied a similar position on the field for an international NGO.

You demonstrate excellent logistics capacity assessment and you have performed above expectations in operational management of security at national level in your previous positions. You hold a strong experience in team management.

You speak and write English fluently.

A previous experience in the field of logistics and/or security management with ACF is preferable.

 

Status:

Context: Afghanistan, based in Kabul 

ACF Afghanistan mission was created in 1979 to support afghan refugees in Pakistan. Kabul base was then opened in 1995 and is still operational after more than 20 years.

Length of contract: 6 months, starting as soon as possible

The position:  Under the supervision of the Country Director, you will be responsible to secure sound logistical performance and coordination at mission level in order to provide programs with optimum support.

More precisely, you will be in charge to:

-          Contribute to the definition of mission strategy

-          Coordinate logistics at national level

-          Collaborate with headquarters in the management of international transport

-          Set up a security policy for the mission

-          Manage the Logistics team in capital and be support/technical Manager for Logistics Manager in the bases: more than 40 staff members include drivers and watchmen.

-          Manage and organize Human Resources of the Logistics Department

-          Promote and ensure collaboration and coordination in logistics with the mission’s partners

-          Prevent and manage fraud and corruption

 

Status:

Gross monthly salary ranging from €1805 to €2305 depending on relevant experience

A SPECIFIC ALLOWANCE IS GRANTED FOR THIS POSITION in addition to the gross monthly salary

Food and hygiene expenses, per diem, transportation costs, collective or individual accommodation, medical insurance

25 days of annual paid leaves and 20 days of rest and recuperation (R&R) per year

Pre departure training, at the HQ in Paris (1 to 2 weeks)

 

 

To apply, please visit our website :

http://www.actioncontrelafaim.org/en/content/logistics-coordinator-10

 

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