Position: IT Assistant
About Union Aid
Union Aid (UA) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political humanitarian and development organization established by Dr. Toryalay Nassery (an Afghan scholar) in July 1979 in Peshawar, Pakistan. It was formed in response to the influx of refugees from Afghanistan and was the first/pioneer organization to serve the Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Union Aid implemented its activities mainly in refugee camps that later became villages, which was one of the biggest refugee camps in the world at that time. UA initiated its activities in Afghanistan in the 1981 and gradually expanded its services all over Afghanistan. UA started its activities with two doctors and two paramedical staff that gradually expanded to various programs, including:
Health Care & Nutrition: Establishment and management of hospitals and clinics, maternal and child health services, nutrition programs, family planning, as well as full sponsorship and specialized treatment of patients in European countries including Germany, Spain and Italy.
Food Security: Distribution of food items throughout the country.
Education: Literacy initiatives, school management, scholarships for students, and teacher training programs.
Livelihoods & Vocational Skills: Technical training, handicraft production, and employment generation activities to strengthen self-reliance.
WASH & Shelter: Provision of clean drinking water, sanitation facilities, hygiene promotion, and emergency shelters.
Emergency Response: Life-saving interventions including food and non-food distributions, winter relief packages, and rapid health responses during crises.
Agriculture & Environment: Tree plantation and afforestation initiatives to support sustainability and environmental resilience.
Protection: Women empowerment projects, orphanage centers, and demining project.
Cash Assistance: Continuous financial support for needy families and internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Job Description:
- Helping to install, configure and maintain the UA’s IT facilities,
- IT support to solve technical problems of UA’s staff in the main office and provincial offices.
- Maintain the website and other web portals of UA.
- Design & Develop needed pages for the website and add functionalities to the web portal of UA.
- Help UA’s staff in taking backup of files and securing their PCs from data loss, and getting backup files.
- Maintain the email server of UA & ensure privacy and confidentiality in the use of email addresses.
- Maintain IT stock and complete required documents regarding IT devices.
- Working with IT department in installation and configuration of IPPBX, intercom system, Windows server, and managing active directories and shared folders.
- Design, banners, covers, and required design needs for support of the program.
- Keeping updated the content of the UA website and social media pages.
- Keeping records of network configurations, peripheral specifications, problems, solutions, etc.
- Performing any other tasks assigned by the line manager.
| Job Location: | Kabul |
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| Nationality: | Afghan |
| Category: | Nonprofit-Social Services |
| Employment Type: | Full Time |
| Salary: | As per scale |
| Vacancy Number: | UA-82/AFV-H/2023/ITA |
| No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
| City: | Kabul |
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| Organization: | Union Aid |
| Years of Experience: | Two years of practical working experience in IT with local NGOs or International NGOs |
| Contract Duration: | One year - extendable |
| Gender: | Female |
| Education: | Bachelor in Computer Science, Computer Application, Information Systems, and computer informatics. |
| Close date: | 2024-01-06 |
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor in Computer Science, Computer Application, Information Systems, and computer informatics.
- Two years of practical working experience in IT with local NGOs or International NGOs.
- Familiarity with Laravel 9.5 framework and windows Server 2016
- Knowing designing software will be a plus point.
- Good written and fluent verbal communication skills in Pashto, Dari, and English.
Submission Guideline:
- Please write the Job title/Vacancy Number on the subject line of your email.
- Aplications received after the closing date will not be considered
- ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED
Submission Email:
hr@unionaid.org