Program Manager

Position Title: Program Manager

2026-02-18 Kabul Full Time 20

Job Location:	Kabul
Nationality:	National
Category:	Program
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	NCA Salary Scale
Vacancy Number:	#115
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Kabul

Organization:	NCA
Years of Experience:	Minimum 7 years of experience with managing projects in the humanitarian and/or development sector in Afghanistan.
Contract Duration:	One Year - Extendable
Gender:	Male/Female
Education:	Master’s degree in agriculture, economic empowerment, climate resilience, engineering, social studies or similar.
Close date:	2026-02-18

About NCA:

NCA is one of the largest Norwegian Non-Governmental Organizations for development and humanitarian aid with projects in 20 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. Its mandate is to save lives, build resilience and seek justice.

NCA has a long history in Afghanistan with the registration of the office in 1998. Current programmes include emergency responses and integrated watershed management with Climate Resilient WASH, Economic Empowerment & Livelihoods, Climate & Environmental Stewardship and Inclusion. Programmes are implemented both by NCA and in partnership with Afghan NGOs.

For its Afghanistan programme, NCA seeks a highly competent, highly motivated Programme Manager. The right candidate should be able to take initiatives, set goals for the programmatic work, and be a problem solver and team builder with strong leadership and managerial skills. He or she should be articulate with an ability to work across departments on both country and head office level in Oslo.

Job Descriptions:

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THIS POSITION:

Program development and fundraising: Actively seek new funding opportunities, and lead development and quality assurance of new project concepts as well as funding applications.
Grant management: Supervise grant management including budget utilization to ensure high quality, performance, results-management and proper documentation at all stages, from setup, to reporting and closing of a grant.  
Programme quality: Ensure high quality at all stages of the project cycle, through: assessments; detailed planning & design; monitoring and evaluations; learning and; system improvements and competence strengthening.
Partner engagement and strengthening: Assess and address partner performance throughout the project cycle and ensure implementation of capacity strengthening plans in agreement with partners.
Interdepartmental cooperation and personnel management: Facilitate and assure staff capacity and a conducive collaboration across teams and departments.
Representation: Coordinate with and represent, as agreed, on programmatic issues, NCA Afghanistan versus relevant government authorities, donors, key clusters and NGO working groups and the NCA Head Office.

Job Requirements:

Job Requirements:

An academic qualification, master’s degree in agriculture, economic empowerment, climate resilience, engineering, social studies or similar.
Minimum 7 years of experience with managing projects in the humanitarian and/or development sector in Afghanistan.
Documented experience in project development and proposal writing.
Experience with donor engagement and compliance with grant agreements.
Exposure to working with local partners is an advantage.
Proven leadership experience and managerial skills.
Proven experience from collaborating with staff from other departments both at national and Head Office levels.
Experience from communicating, coordinating and negotiating with various stakeholders.
Good communication skills in English, Dari and Pashto.
Active user of Microsoft office applications.

Submission Guidelines:

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

Applications will only be accepted via the following link:

https://ncaco.recman.page/job/465602

NCA does not charge or have any registered agents for job application or any form of paid priority listing. Application through the supplied web link is completely free.