Research and Education Officer

Terms of Reference (ToR)
Position Title: Research and Education Officer
Location: Kabul (in-person)
Organization: TAGHEER
Contract Type: Short-term, full-time
Duration: 5 months

Closing Date: 30 May 2025

TAGHEER is hiring an Afghan Research and Education Officer to support TAGHEER in evaluating a recently awarded community-based education project. The Officer will be responsible for managing the evaluation work, including coordinating field-level work, facilitating communication with stakeholders, and assisting with data collection.

1. Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with community-based classroom management, schools, community education committees, and local authorities
• Arrange field visits and ensure smooth logistics for data collection teams
• Record and share meeting minutes, visit notes, and communication logs
• Liaise with the project client and field teams to ensure the timely implementation of the evaluation assignment

• Support the development of EGRA/EGMA and SEL tools, and the utilization of these tools in the field by enumerators during literacy, numeracy, and SEL assessments.
• Ethically handle consent information from children, caregivers, and teachers
• Monitor the progress of field activities and report challenges on a weekly basis to the TAGHEER team lead and field/data manager, and the client point of contact.

2. Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Social Sciences, or management & administration

3. Required Experience

• At least 2 years of work experience in implementing and monitoring community-based education projects in Afghanistan
• Working experience in data collection and analysis tools (e.g., Kobo Toolbox, Excel, and SPSS) will be preferred

4. Key Competencies

• Good communication and coordination skills
• Confident in engaging with community members and local authorities
• Good translation skills from English to Pashto / Dari and Vice versa
• Skilled in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel); basic data entry skills required
• Willingness to travel to the field sites across 34 provinces

5. Application Process

Interested candidates should submit their CV and a brief cover letter to the following email addresses with the subject line [Research and Education Officer],

info@tagheer.co,

zubair.salarzai@tagheer.co

Deadline: 30 May 2025

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.