Program Manager (Emergency Response) (Call for CVs)

Vision Development Organization (VDO), founded in 2015 by Afghan women leaders, is a national, women-led NGO dedicated to advancing the dignity, resilience, and leadership of women, youth, and marginalized communities. Despite Afghanistan’s complex humanitarian and governance challenges, VDO has grown into a trusted, principled, and adaptive organization, delivering programs in protection, education, livelihoods, social inclusion, and community development across multiple provinces. Anchored in integrity, accountability, and operational excellence, VDO upholds strong governance, safeguarding, and compliance standards while championing women’s leadership and equitable, high-quality service delivery.

• Lead the strategic planning, implementation, supervision, and expansion of emergency response programs including food assistance, cash assistance, NFI distribution, nutrition support, rapid response mechanisms, and humanitarian relief operations.
• Develop emergency response strategies, contingency plans, implementation frameworks, staffing structures, and budgets aligned with donor and humanitarian standards.
• Supervise project managers, coordinators, field supervisors, and emergency response teams.
• Ensure compliance with humanitarian principles, Sphere standards, safeguarding, accountability, protection mainstreaming, and donor regulations.
• Coordinate with clusters, government authorities, UN agencies, donors, and humanitarian partners.
• Oversee emergency assessments, targeting mechanisms, beneficiary verification, distribution systems, risk management, and post-distribution monitoring.
• Lead proposal development, donor reporting, emergency preparedness initiatives, and operational decision-making during emergencies. Ensure timely and effective response to disasters, displacement, food insecurity, and humanitarian crises.

• Master’s degree in Disaster Management, Humanitarian Affairs, Development Studies, Public Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 7–10 years of senior humanitarian response experience.
• Strong experience managing emergency food security, cash, or relief programs.
• Strong leadership, coordination, and donor compliance skills.
• Experience managing multi-provincial emergency operations and teams.

Vision Development Organization (VDO) is accepting CVs and applications from qualified candidates from 13 June 2026 to 27 June 2026 to establish a candidate roster (database) for future employment opportunities. Eligible applicants with relevant qualifications and work experience are encouraged to apply through the Google Form available below on the website. Shortlisted candidates will be included in the roster and considered for vacancies based on project needs. The opportunity is open to both women and men, and Mahram expenses for female staff will be supported where applicable. Applicants without internet access may submit a hard copy of their CV & Cover Letter to the VDO Nangarhar Provincial Office.

Address: Nangarhar Provincial Office
District 3, Street 3, House 06 Arabha Roundabout, Opposite the Provincial Police Command, Jalalabad City, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

All qualified candidates are requested to copy and open the below given link and follow the instructions:

applications received without a given link and/or online system will be disqualified and removed from the entire process. 

Shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for a written test or interviews. If you are not contacted Two or Three Weeks after the closing date .please know that your application has not been successful for the post.

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