Over the past few years, Afghanistan has witnessed a relative improvement in security and stability across much of the country. This has allowed humanitarian actors like INTERSOS to maintain uninterrupted access and expand services in areas that were previously hard to reach. Despite this progress, the humanitarian situation remains critical, with millions of Afghans continuing to face acute vulnerabilities due to prolonged economic hardship, natural disasters, and limited access to essential services.

In 2025, more than half of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance, with food insecurity, child malnutrition, and displacement remaining key concerns. Natural disasters, such as floods and recent earthquakes, have further compounded the needs of already struggling communities.

INTERSOS continues to operate through a community-based approach with field bases in Kabul, Kandahar, and Zabul, delivering primary healthcare, nutrition, and protection services with a focus on women, children, and persons with disabilities. The organization enjoys strong community acceptance and collaborates closely with relevant national authorities, including maintaining the full participation of female staff in all activities.

While the operational environment is largely stable and conducive, funding shortfalls and systemic barriers such as restrictions on financial flows and administrative bottlenecks continue to impact the scope and scale of humanitarian response. Sustained support is crucial to ensure the continuity of life-saving services and to address the urgent needs of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable populations.

Is responsible for ensuring the overall implementation of activities to monitor and respond to the protection/human rights situation of people affected in the area of concern, while meeting quality standards. 

Supervise protection monitor teams’ day to day work, providing support in conducting mobile field visits to villages, camps and other urban settlements, assessing the security situation and facilitating access whenever needed.

Reporting to:

Hierarchical: Project Manager

Functional: Technical manager - Protection

Tasks

• In collaboration with the Protection Monitors support the development of the protection monitoring methodology and analysis
• Under the superivision of the Project Manager to lead all day-to-day protection monitoring activities ensuring qualitative and timely planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation 
• Facilitate access to affected communities and establish nurturing relationships with key stakeholders, including religious, local and tribal leaders
• Conduct regular field participatory protection monitoring activities, using an age, gender and diversity approach, in order to fully understand protection concerns and priorities
• Compile the protection cases identified by the teams to be referred to the Case Worker Team Leader
• Enhance and facilitate discussion on main protection concerns and response capacity within the displaced and the host communities with the Technical manager - Protection
• Ensure monthly / quarterly trend reports are drafted based on Protection Risks and trends identified through Protection Monitoring
• In cooperation with the Technical manager - Protection build the capacity of Protection Monitors in the programmatic areas of concern, i.e. identification of cases, data collection methods etc.
• Ensure and support the effective identification and referral of vulnerable individuals for case management support and/or additional relevant services available and advise on type of assistance
• Maintain regular and positive collaboration with the colleagues to harmonize approaches and methodologies of response, share challenges and best practices and ensure that protection is mainstreamed
• Submit weekly, monthly and quarterly activity plans, analysis and quality reports with quantitative and qualitative information related to the activities according to INTERSOS and donor requirements ensuring that reports are of a high quality and submitted on time
• Represent the organization at general coordination working groups and clusters with donors, humanitarian actors and local authorities, when requested

Education

• University Degree in Social Sciences or relevant field

Professional Experience

• Minimum 3 years relevant working experience in protection sector (of which at least 1 year in a supervisory role)

Professional Requirements

• Familiar with the concept of Protection Monitoring
• Strong knowledge in other protection areas (i.e. case management, psychosocial support activities etc.)
• Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel, Power Point) 

Personal Requirements

• Leadership, planning and organizational skills
• Respect and non-discriminatory attitude
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong report writing skills
• Ability to work under pressure and as part of a team
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles

Respected Applicants, please visit the link below and fill in the required information.

https://forms.gle/d4YfDjjEq72MCSeE7

Please note that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted with and called for a test/Interview.

Qualified People with Physical Disabilities and Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.