Legal/ Protection Officer

About the Company

Established in 1991 by a group of educated Afghan women in exile, the Afghan Women's Educational Center (AWEC) is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, nonpolitical, and nongovernmental organization dedicated to advocating for and raising awareness about the rights of women and children in Islam.

Our core activities focus on empowering women, eliminating violence, and increasing women's participation in both domestic and societal spheres.

With over three decades of experience, AWEC possesses a profound understanding of Afghanistan's socioeconomic, cultural, and political landscape. We are recognized as a leading organization that addresses the diverse needs of various communities, which are shaped by numerous social and economic factors.

Since 2002, AWEC has collaborated with women and communities to enhance access to education, health, and vocational services in Afghanistan. Our initiatives extend to livelihood improvement, protection, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), humanitarian aid, grant management, capacity building, social rehabilitation, cohesion, and justice. AWEC has successfully implemented projects in Logar, Faryab, Kapisa, Khost, Panjshir, Wardak, Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Paktia, Paktika, Laghman, Nuristan, and Bamyan provinces, maintaining an active presence in Kabul, Balkh, Herat, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Badakhshan, Parwan, Paktia, Paktika, Laghman, Nuristan, and Bamyan.

Our vision in AWEC is “an inclusive and just society with sensitized and responsive public and private sector, where all women and children have access to opportunities to improve their quality of life in order to realize their full potential”.

AWEC has zero tolerance approach to the AWEC Code of Conduct including safeguarding, SH, and Fraud violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

Job Summary

Responsible for identifying and addressing community conflicts through mediation and peaceful conflict resolution. Establish and support community conflict resolution networks, facilitate community and provincial dialogues, organize sports activities to promote social cohesion and peaceful coexistence. Provide basic legal and justice information to IDPs and returnees, conduct service mapping and establish effective referral pathways with relevant service providers to ensure access to legal, protection, and other essential services. Coordinate with community leaders, local authorities, and partner organizations to strengthen community engagement, protect vulnerable groups, and support sustainable peace and conflict resolution.

Responsibilities:

Identify, assess, and address community-level conflicts through mediation, negotiation, dialogue and other peaceful conflict resolution mechanisms.

Facilitate community-based mediation sessions and support conflicting parties in reaching mutually acceptable and sustainable solutions.

Establish, strengthen and support community conflict resolution networks and local dispute resolution mechanisms.

Organize and facilitate community and provincial-level dialogues involving community elders, religious leaders, youth, women, IDPs, returnees, local authorities, and other relevant stakeholders.

Plan and organize sports activities, peacebuilding events and community engagement initiatives to promote social cohesion, mutual understanding, peaceful coexistence, and trust among diverse communities.

Provide basic legal and justice-related information to internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and other vulnerable community members, including guidance on available legal services, civil documentation and dispute resolution mechanisms.

Coordinate with community leaders, local authorities, civil society organizations, and humanitarian partners to address community concerns, strengthen local ownership, and support inclusive peacebuilding initiatives.

Maintain accurate records of mediation cases, community dialogues, awareness sessions, referrals, and peacebuilding activities while ensuring the confidentiality and secure handling of sensitive information.

Prepare regular activity reports, case updates, referral records, and progress reports for the project team and management.

Any other task assigns by line manager.

Education and Experience

A minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Social Work, Legal studies/ laws, or a related field.

A Minimum of 5 years of proven experience preferably in conflict resolution and justice.

Skills

Strong technical knowledge of conflict resolution and community engagement including justice and legal support.

Leadership and team management skills to effectively supervise, guide, and motivate case workers.

Financial and administrative skills.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, for engaging with children, families, staff, and stakeholders.

Strong coaching and mentoring skills to build the capacity of case workers and improve performance.

Decision-making and problem-solving skills, especially for handling complex and high-risk cases.

Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with professionalism and integrity. Perform other relevant duties assigned by the supervisor.

Report writing and documentation skills with attention to detail.

Basic computer skills (e.g., MS Word, Excel, and case management databases).

Interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with their CVs to the attention of following updated link: https://forms.gle/FHxChpgX97CEFak28

After submission your information. All eligible shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for test/ Interview.

“Being committed to diversity & equal employment opportunity we highly encourage females & people living with disabilities to apply, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, language, religious sect.”