ActionAid is a non-governmental & non-profit international organization working towards achieving a world without poverty and injustice in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

ActionAid started its activities in Afghanistan in 2002 and was registered in Ministry of Economy of Afghanistan as non-governmental international organization “INGO”.

ActionAid-Afghanistan committed itself a long-term work with poor and excluded sections of the society through the Human Rights Based Development Approach, WASH, and livelihood programs in multiple provinces of Afghanistan.

The position exists to ensure programme development and delivery on of ActionAid’s Women’s Rights programme in Afghanistan. S/he will operationalize Gender Justice strategies and Programming guidelines, in line with the local cultural context in Afghanistan through partnership, alliance building and advocacy initiatives. S/he shall provide leadership in cross-learning and knowledge generation for thematic alignment in relation to inclusive programme development and delivery in ActionAid Afghanistan.

S/he is expected to manage colleagues/team recruited to projects under this thematic area as appropriate to the role. And work closely with members in the Afghanistan team, colleagues across division and wider organisation, adapt to changing priorities, also lead the organizational work on Women’s Forum and promote Feminist principles in Afghanistan.

Job Responsibilities 01: Technical Role

• Support cross-cutting research and advocacy work around women’s Rights work in Afghanistan
• Lead capacity building initiatives on the women’s Right and Inclusive programming theme for staff and partners;
• Coordinate the Women’s Forum Work of ActionAid Afghanistan
• Lead the work on Feminist Leadership Principles in AAA
• Contribute to Annual Planning Exercise to mainstream Women’s Rights

Job Responsibilities 02:   Representation with Stakeholders

• Represent ActionAid Afghanistan to attend meetings and networking to gather, share and learn from other National and International partners
• Act as focal person for Women’s Rights and represent ActionAid Afghanistan to ActionAid International Platforms on Women’s Rights as and when required. Participate in training  and  conferences and  Contribute  towards  the  development and implementation of a coherent Women’s Right agenda in ActionAid Afghanistan.
• Maintain Good working relationship with relevant sectoral  Departments
• Participate in Protection and GBV clusters in Afghanistan

Job Responsibilities 03:   Programme Delivery & Management

• Overall Management and oversight of assigned projects that has a Women’s Rights, Protection or GBV component.
• Work with the M&E Department to establish the Monitoring Framework for the relevant programmes in line with the requirements of ActionAid International MEAL framework.
• In collaboration with program team, Head of Programs and Country Director, ensure high quality Women’s Rights proposals are conceptualized and developed.
• Build, strengthen and maintain close coordination and collaboration with Senior Management Team and with various units within the AAA.
• Review Project expenses and take corrective actions to ensure that the project is able fully spend.  
• Timely delivery of donor reporting requirements
• Coordinate with agencies working on Women’s Rights as well as with clusters and the line ministry, etc.
• Provide technical support to the projects and other initiatives on women’s Rights Components.
• Oversight any Women’s Rights projects that are assigned till suitable replacements are found.

Job Responsibilities 04:   Team & People Management

• Ensure an enabling environment for staff performance, recognition and reward of finance  function  to encourage staff productivity, innovation and performance (e.g. facilities, equipment, duty facilitation, team building etc.)
• Directs and controls the staff of the function to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained  to carry out their responsibilities to the required standards
• Participates in recruitment of staff under supervision.
• Provides coaching mentoring and advice to supervised staff to ensure that they understand and carry out their responsibilities effectively 
• Assigns performance objectives and conducts comprehensive performance appraisal of supervised staff and provides / obtains feedback when necessary to supervised staff, identifies training needs during appraisals.
• Provides financial management training to all staff in ActionAid Afghanistan and partner organisation when required.
• Promotes a healthy work culture among the staff

Job Responsibilities 05:   Others

• Any other task assigned by the Line Manager from time to time

Education & Training:

Bachelor’s degree in social science/international law, development studies or rural development a development related field is required.

Training certificates in disaster management, emergency responses are strong assets for the role.

      Experience (Number of Years and field of expertise): 

1. At least 5 years’ experience in the successful management of Women’s Rights programmes with International NGOs, of which three years must be in a senior donor funded project management position from a reputable organization, preferably an NGO.
2.  Proven track records/ successful project management experience of similar nature

3.   Experience in effective social mobilization, Partnership and Advocacy.

Technical Skills

1. Familiar with Women’ Rights, Protection and GBV issues in the country as well as global priorities.

2. Good knowledge of potential Donors and their requirements

3.  Deep understanding of project reporting requirements for various donors.

4.  Leadership and project management

5.  Excellent presentation, communications, and negotiatio

6.  Networking, influencing and interpersonal.

7.  Planning, organization, time management, and coordination

If you have the expertise to take on this exciting opportunity, please apply online by sending your CV and motivation cover letter to jobs.kabul@actionaid.org up to December 16, 2023. Please clearly indicate Women Rights Manager-Kabul-1024

in the subject of your email, otherwise your application will not be considered.

ActionAid Afghanistan welcomes applications from all sections of the community and promotes diversity.  Although all applications will be considered on their individual merit, suitably qualified women candidates are especially encouraged to apply.  

Due to high volumes of applications received, we can only correspond with short-listed applicants. Should you not have received feedback on your application within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful. ActionAid Afghanistan will not consider unsolicited candidates from recruitment agencies. We reserve the right to withdraw any of our vacancies at any time. 

ActionAid is an equal opportunity employer.

Women are highly encourge to apply