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About Concern Worldwide- Afghanistan

Identity: Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Currently, Concern has been working in Afghanistan since 1998, when it responded to an earthquake disaster in Takhar province.  Currently Concern has been working in Takhar and Badakhshan provinces undertaking both emergency response and long term developmental work in the areas of livelihood security, primary education and Water, Sanitation and Hygiene.

Job Description

Duties and responsibilities:

Strategic Management:

• Provide overall leadership and coordination across the consortium partners on detailed planning, implementation and monitoring of programme activities in the light of consortium and donor strategic priorities and programme design/objectives.
• Provide strategic guidance to ensure consistent quality implementation and sustainable approaches across partners and geographic areas, taking into due consideration specifics of the contexts in which the partners operate.
• Ensure the sustainability of the programme, including effective handover of structures and activities, implementation of the exit strategy, project closure, and final reporting to the relevant authorities and donor.

Consortium Management:

• In consultation with the consortium members, ensure smooth communication and decision-making.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with other consortium members. Maintain regular communication with the members, including addressing requisite revisions in programme work, and addressing issues that may arise.
• Serve as the key liaison person for the programme with relevant government authorities.
• Provide line management to Concern programme implementation staff in accordance with the organisational policies and procedures.
• Ensure that gender equality and diversity principles are up-held in the recruitment, orientation, performance and management of staff.
• Ensure the quality of technical programme implementation guidance and training documents.
• Coordinate consortium members in preparation for developing reports for donors.

Finance, Procurement and Donor Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with organisational and donor rules and regulations, particularly with respect to financial, procurement of supplies and contract management, budget and expenditure monitoring.
• Monitor expenditure across consortium partners and manage budget utilization.
• Provide managerial and technical support, including management of the sub-contracts.
• Ensure payment requests from consortium members are processed, signed and recommended for payment to Concern Country Finance.

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E):

• Coordinate with Concern and consortium members MEAL units to ensure the implementation of the programme M&E framework.
• Ensure adherence to agreed programme quality standards, M&E guidelines, frameworks for the programme.
• Provide technical support to embed M&E and Accountability to Affected People in consortium implementation.
• Conduct regular field monitoring visits to ensure quality and timely implementation.
• Manage the end-term evaluation for the programme.

Knowledge Management, Advocacy, and Communications:

• Working closely with the Concern Afghanistan management and Concern head office, maintain regular and transparent communication and ensure high quality reporting on the programme.
• Ensure the proper documentation of the joint Annual Review, Reflection, Accountability and Learning workshops.

Management of Risk:

• Identify, monitor and mitigate risks related to the programme activities in consultation with consortium partners. Facilitate regular risk planning.
• Oversee and monitor financial, logistical and other support systems, security and safeguarding risks and flag issues in a timely manner to the Concern Programme Director.
• Ensure the proper planning and implementation of behavioural change and awareness raising activities to ensure an enabling environment for women to actively participate in the programme.
• Coordinate with Concern and consortium security focal persons and ensure the alignment of the activity implementation plan as per security and access strategy of the local areas.
• Ensure adherence/compliance across the consortium with Concern World wide’s Code of Conduct, Programme Participant Protection Policy, Safeguarding policy and associated policies.
• Promote and ensure accountability to programme participants and Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) principles across the consortium and throughout programme implementation.

Emergency/ CHS (Core Humanitarian Standards):

• Concern is committed to CHS to ensure downward accountability. CHS standards guide Concern activities in all stages both emergency and development projects /programs. In Afghanistan, we also bounded our activities by Accountability framework and therefore any Afghanistan employees is responsible to comply with CHS principles and benchmarks as instructed by its policies and therefore make sure that all accept and implement CHS standards in all our activities.
• To give full support in relation to emergencies/ humanitarian operations when occurring in any area that Concern Afghanistan will respond. This can include but is not limited to participation in the Concern Afghanistan Rapid Deployment Unit (CARDU) and deployment on emergency response teams.

Skills Required

• Communication Skills
• Management
• computer skills

Submission Guideline:

Applications should be written in English and demonstrate the applicants suitability for the job. A current Curriculum Vita and three referee’s reports should be included in the application. In the first instance, applications should be submitted to Concern World Wide- Afghanistan offices in Taloqan marked to the attention of the Human Resources Department. And / or to any other field offices of Concern in Faizabad, Yawan, Chahab and Kabul (Shari now, 5^th  Street of Qalai Fatullah, connected with Qalai Moosa) or through this email address: afghanistan.hr@concern.net

Subject line must be (825/2024 Consortium Manager) or your application may not be considered. 

Closing Date: 22 March 2024

Submission Email:

afghanistan.hr@concern.net