Applications are being accepted for appropriate individuals in ACTED International to fill their vacant job published in daily Classified Source newspaper dated 09 September, 2025.
ACTED International
Date Posted:
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09 September, 2025
Department:
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ACTED International
Category | Sector
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INGO
Newspaper:
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Classified Source Newspaper
Education:
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Master
Total Vacancies:
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Details in attached ads
Vacancy Location:
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Buner, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa KPK, Pakistan
Job Type:
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Full Time
Expected Last Date:
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22 September, 2025
Vacant Positions: Education & Protection Officer
EDUCATION & PROTECTION OFFICER
Now, the ACTED InternationalBuner, Swat is looking for a Education & Protection Officer candidate.
JOB Description: Education & Protection Officer
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The job holder is responsible for providing education capacity strengthening support, and coordination of the planning, implementation, and support in report compilation of the core program being implemented by Acted in Pakistan. The Job Holder will also take responsibility for supporting compliance mechanism of project’s safeguarding, child protection and GESI (Gender Equality and Social Inclusion) streams of program to promote safe programming and communities that increase the participation of children and enable them to develop to their full potential.
Chain of Command:Under the authority of The Project Manager, KP, Pakistan.
Objectives
To assist the Project Manager while ensuring the program is achieving all Value for Money benchmarks
Coordination with relevant departments (Program development, Implementation Unit, Area Coordination, Logistics, Finance, HR, M&E, Security) within Acted and consortium/implementing partners as well as external stakeholders when needed to ensure activities are implemented in a smooth manner.
Duties and Responsibilities
External Positioning
Provincial and District Education Departments
Social Welfare Department
Village Management Committees
Gender Focal Points Networks
Education Sector Working Group
PSEAH Network
Project Implementation
Education:
He/She will lead program development for Education in close coordination with the Country and Area Coordination, Program Development Department, M&E Department, Implementation Unit, and Finance.
He/She will grow Acted’s Education portfolio sustainably and strategically, consistent with the Country Strategy and the needs of children in Pakistan.
He/She will lead the continuous assessment of Education needs and ensure that these are appropriately reflected in sectoral strategies and programs.
Periodically update education needs and gap analysis, program priorities and advocate internally and externally for resource mobilization.
He/She leads on technical visioning of new programs and proposals.
Work with colleagues from other sectors to coordinate on and integrate programming to ensure all children’s needs are met.
He/She will continue pro-active and meaningful participation in Education Sector Working Group
He/She will record meeting minutes for all coordination undertaken at different levels
The candidate will effectively liaison with support departments on matters pertaining to purchase requests, travel plan, approval of budget request etc.
Coordinate in compilation and dissemination of Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and final reports.
Develop and maintain effective information database on projects, providing resource and necessary support for program inputs and outputs.
Ensure all the program documents are in line with the requirements and available for audit and projects and keep record of all reports for donor in soft and hard form.
Facilitate documentation and reporting of assessments, program data, lessons learnt and best practices for internal and external sharing.
GESI and Safeguarding
He/She will be responsible for providing necessary support to the team for GESI, protection and SG while ensuring program is functioning according to standard Gender, protection and SG policies of Acted.
He/ She will ensure that all GESI, protection and SG documentation are kept in an organized manner
The candidate will effectively liaison with support departments on matters pertaining to purchase requests, travel plan, approval of budget request for GESI and protection programming.
On behalf of the Country coordination, coordinate with field team on implementation, Safeguarding, protection and GESI aspects.
Work closely with all the allied units and program teams at main and field offices to ensure all safeguarding needs are incorporated and complied at all levels of program.
monitoring purpose and are up to date and recorded.
Provide technical support to staff for safeguarding and GBV event and workshops arrangement etc.
Ensure collection of systematic data, photos, activities information of the field with informed consent and have proper record of those for utilization for reporting.
Perform other related duties as per the instructions from the Team Lead or other project team members, under guidance received from the TL.
Develop staff refresher training in GESI and safeguarding
Support HR in safeguarding and PSEAH case management when needed.
Support HR in developing new GESI and SG resource material.
Conduct regular visits when required to the field offices to coordinate with field managers, senior field staff and to provide technical support to field teams.
Accountability
All Acted team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects
Accountability
All Acted team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
PSEAH Obligation:
Acted has a zero-tolerance approach to sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH) and strives to recruit those who share our values.
All candidates will be subject to a pre-employment check that includes satisfactory references, screening, and criminal checks in line with legal requirements.
All candidates who have been offered a position will sign and respect Acted’s Code of Conduct and related policies as part of their work contract. All staff are expected to abide by the standards of behaviour outlined in those documents.
Managers will have a special responsibility to foster a safe environment.
Misconduct can lead to serious disciplinary sanctions.
For the purposes hereof, the following definitions shall be used
Sexual exploitation means any actual or attempted abuse of a position of vulnerability, differential power, or trust, for sexual purposes, including, but not limited to, profiting monetarily, socially or politically from the sexual exploitation of another.
Sexual abuse means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions
Note: “Acted is equal opportunity employers. Females, minorities and candidates with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Final selection will be based on security clearance of the candidate. Only shortlisted candidates will be called for next step of the recruitment”
Interested candidates should submit their CVs (together with any other papers specified in the attached advertisements) by the Closing date: 22 September, 2025. The applicant must provide the job title in the subject line of the application. ACTED International ensures equal opportunity for all equally qualified candidates.
