Relief International is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing. Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience. We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need.

Position Summary:

The Project Manager will oversee all aspects of the AHF project, ensuring high-quality implementation, coordination with stakeholders, and compliance with donor and national health guidelines. This includes overseeing health and nutrition service delivery, supervising field teams, coordinating with MoPH and PPHD, and contributing to reporting, monitoring, and learning. The role is responsible for ensuring delivery is gender- and disability-inclusive and in line with AHF and BPHS standards.

Program Implementation Oversight

• Lead day-to-day operations of four BHCs in line with the project workplan and BPHS standards.
• Ensure quality service delivery in primary health care, and all BPHS components (maternal and new born health, child health and immunization, nutrition, control of communicable diseases, mental health, disability and provision of essential drug), MHPSS, and GBV response.
• Supervise field-based staff and ensure high quality services are provided and timely procurement, HR, and logistics support.
• Prepare budget projections and regularly review budget reports; make any needed changes with support of DOP.
• Active participation to PHCC and PDC meetings and present RI achievement from the project.
• In coordination with Kabul Logistics Manager, prepare procurement plan for the project;
• Prepare and manage all project activities and make sure the activities meet project’s objectives
• Ensure HFs data entry is accurate in reporting system DHIS2, NND and donor platform.
• Well present project with sharing good and high-quality success stories and photos.
• Responsible for collecting information and data from the field, compiling narrative reports for preparing and submitting Inception, Interim, and end-of-project reports, and contributing to financial reports, both internal (weekly updates, monthly progress) and external (baseline, interim report, final report) as needed.
• Close the grant/project and complete hand over process at the end of the project and receive signed document and share with Grant.
• Receive Completion letter of the project from PPHD and provincial economic directorate and share the singed document with Grant.
• Monitor the implementation timeline, budget utilization, and reporting deadlines.

Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

• Liaise with PPHD, MoPH, HER partners (e.g., AKHS), and the Health/Nutrition Clusters.
• Ensure coordination remains strictly at strategic level in line with RI's humanitarian mandate.
• Participate in cluster coordination forums and district-level planning meetings.

Monitoring, Reporting, and Compliance

• Support MEAL in data collection and CFRM implementation.
• Ensure proper documentation, medical records, inventory, and reporting compliance.
• Prepare weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for internal and donor submission (On GMS).

Team Management and Capacity Building

• Lead recruitment, training, and performance appraisal of the field team.
• Support technical staff on capacity development in BPHS protocols, RCCE, PSEA, and AAP.
• Foster a positive, inclusive, and accountable team culture.

Behaviour and Conduct

• Uphold RI values and safeguarding standards.
• Model ethical conduct in and out of work.
• Ensure team and stakeholder safety and dignity.

Encourage communities and staff to use CFRM and PSEA channels.

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, medicine, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• At least 5 years’ experience managing health or humanitarian projects.
• Experience in BPHS/CBHC implementation in Afghanistan.
• Strong budget, planning, and reporting experience.
• Excellent coordination and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Fluency in English and either Dari or Pashto.

Desirable Criteria

• Prior experience with AHF, UNICEF, or WHO-funded projects.
• Experience in gender-sensitive and disability-inclusive programming.
• Knowledge of humanitarian access protocols in Kabul Province.

Gender: Male/Female

The interested candidates should submit their RI Application letter with a CV and with three references.
Please Mention the announced position and vacancy number in the email subject please like (Project Manager RI-AHF-2025-20)
Via email: vacancies.afghanistan@ri.org
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Please download the RI application form through below link. fill and send it along with your CV: :
http://www.acbar.org/upload/1572844955489.DOCX
Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.

Safeguarding

• Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
• Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.

Relief International values: 

• We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:
• Inclusiveness
• Transparency and Accountability
• Agility and Innovation
• Collaboration
• Sustainability