Action Against Hunger/Action Contre La Faim (AAH/ACF) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was created in France in1979. AAH/ACF has been active in Afghanistan in the medical, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation fields since 1995.AAH/ACF improved access to health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable people, who live in remote areas without a localhealth system. In particular, the country team supported pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five, who are atgreater risk of malnutrition. Nutrition programs rely on an integrated approach, addressing both primary and underlying causes, inorder to have a lasting impact on nutritional status. The country team worked at community level, in villages and at provincial level,strengthening the public health system. It also worked at national level to ensure reliable information about the nutritional situation reached the wider humanitarian community. Covid-19 prevention was integrated into all interventions and additional responseactivities were implemented, such as the disinfection of health facilities and public places, cash assistance, psychosocial support andthe distribution of hygiene kits to affected populations.

Purpose of this position

The main purpose of the Program Manager role is to supervise, monitor, and coordinate the Mobile Health activities and team.

The main objective for this project is: 
Respond effectively to acute needs of drought and/or conflict affected most vulnerable populations through Rapid Response Emergency Nutrition and Health Teams

The main activities for this project are:

1. Selection of deployment locations in coordination with the Nutrition, Health and Protection Clusters

2.  Pre-Deployment Assessment (PDA)

3. Preparedness and deployment of Rapid Response Emergency Nutrition and Health teams

4. Provision of IMAM services to children under 5 years old and PLW

5. Provision of treatment of common illnesses amongst under 5 years boys and girls

6. Caregivers and PLWs with children U2 receiving IYCF counselling and care practices activities

7. Provision of sexual and reproductive health services including family planning services for women in reproductive age, ANC/PNC consultations for PLW and referral of pregnant women to hospital for safe delivery

Major responsibilities:
 

Project Implementation

• Responsible for the planning, implementing, and supervision of all project activities 
• Ensure timely implementation of the planned activities as per MoPH guidelines
• Monitor implementation of activities and conduct regular visits to the project site
• Coordinate with local authorities and school authorities to ensure the smooth implementation of activities
• Provide technical support to the team
• Conduct supportive supervision and provide on the job training in the field
• Regular technical follow-ups and evaluations in the field
• Identify and anticipate problems or constraints during the project implementation and propose solutions or improvements for better performance
• Coordinate with relevant Technical departments to ensure project activities are in line with ACFs technical guidelines
• Participate at nutrition and health coordination meetings with partners at provincial level (NGOs, MoPH, BPHS, UN).
• Communicate with Flying Field Manager on the implementation of activities to highlight challenges and ways forward
• Respect Action Against Hunger (AAH) charter and perform any other related duties as required

HR:

• Ensure that recruitment of all project positions is done in a timely manner
• Prepare training and capacity building plan for the project staff and share in advance with relevant departments
• Carry out appraisals of all project staff before the end of the project implementation
• Communicate internal grievances between project staff to Flying Field Coordinator and HR department

Logistics:

• Prepare the Procurement Plan in collaboration with the Logistics department
• Anticipate and raise all procurement requests related to the project activities
• Coordinate with the Logistics department to follow-up on the deliveries of requested items
• Regularly assess the medical and nutrition supply need for the implementation of the project activities and make timely request to the mission pharmacist.
• Ensure donor’s guidelines are respected in regards to items procurements

Finance:

• Forecast expenses for all project-related budget lines
• Track expenses on a monthly basis and monitor remaining budget through the use of the Budget Follow-Up
• Highlight issues with budget with Flying Field Coordinator and Finance department
• Ensure donor’s guidelines are respected in regards to financial expenses

Reporting:

• Develop Activity Progress Report (APR) tool and ensure validation by Technical Heads of Department and Flying Field Manager
• Provide a monthly narrative and quantitative update of project activities through the APR
• Share weekly updated Sit-Rep with Flying Field Manager and Flying Field Coordinator
• Draft donor reports and share with Flying Field Manager in a timely manner
• Ensure that all reports are prepared following donor’s guidelines, and respecting donor’s deadlines

MEAL:

• Coordinate with Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) department to develop and finalize project monitoring plan.
• Ensure beneficiaries are aware of AAH’s complaints and response mechanisms and that these are accessible to targeted beneficiaries and communities
• Support the MEAL department to ensure that all beneficiaries’ complaints are addressed
• Integrate MEAL recommendations into project implementation
• Organize a kick-off and a close-out meetings, as well as a mid-term lessons learnt workshop

Security:

• Share the movement plan with security focal points on weekly basis
• Respect security movement plan
• Inform his/her line manager about any security incident in a timely manner

Qualification/level of study:

• Has graduated from a recognized university with at least a bachelor’s degree  in Medicine or Public Health.
• Master’s degree in Public Health or Project Management is preferred.

Experience:     

• At least three years’ experience working at a senior level position with an international NGO or UN organization in Health and Nutrition WASH. Knowledge of the Food Security, WASH, and Protection sectors is a plus.
• Five years of experience in team management and supervision
• Proven experience in team management
• Experience working in Emergency contexts, BPHS projects and Health and Nutrition programming.

Technical skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Has a good knowledge and understanding of the Afghanistan Health System, sectoral priorities and the context.
• Ability to work in partnership with local implementing partners, government, and other international/national partners

Transverse skills

• Team-building and training skills.
• Independent, critical mind and pro-activity
• Strong analytical skills.

Managerial skills

• Highly developed management and leadership skills
• Excellent knowledge of project cycle management
• Strong flexibility is required in terms of mobility & working hours
• Ability to work with minimum supervision

Required skills

• Ability to effectively research and analyses market data
• Creativity and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong negotiation skills
• Enhanced mobilisation and communication skills

Languages

• Fluent in Local Languages Dari and Pashto (Written and spoken, Reading)
• Fluent in English Languages (Written, Spoken, Reading)

Qualified and interested candidates should submit a cover letter and full CV with three Referees indicating the vacancy announcement to the address: Human Resources Department AAH office or can also be emailed to:

vacancies-dk@af-actionagainsthunger.org indicating the job tile and vacancy number of the position in the email subject line.

Eligible candidates are invited to apply by the earliest possible, until 10 Dec 2025. 

Qualified female candidate are encouraged to apply.

Do not submit academic certificates with the application. These will be requested if the candidate is selected. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the written test/interview.  

Action Against Hunger/Action Conter La Faim is an equal opportunity employer.  We strongly encourage women and people with disabilities to apply.  ACF/AAH has zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA)

Employment at Action Against Hunger is free of charge. Action Against Hunger does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process to the candidates. Therefore, please refrain of offering money or any other form of compensation to anyone claiming that they can secure you a job or assist you in the hiring process and this is strictly against our recruitment policy.