Safeguarding Officer – Female (Call for CVs)

2026-06-27 Kabul Full Time 52

Job Location:	Kabul
Nationality:	National
Category:	Other
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	As per organization salary scale
Vacancy Number:	VDO-00155-2026
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Kabul With Field Travels

Organization:	Vision Development Organization (VDO)
Years of Experience:	Minimum 3–5 years of experience in safeguarding, protection, GBV, community engagement, or humanitarian programming.
Contract Duration:	Project based/Core Staff
Gender:	Female
Education:	Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Gender Studies, Law, Human Rights, or related field.
Close date:	2026-06-27

About Vision Development Organization (VDO):

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.

Job Descriptions:

Support safeguarding implementation with focus on safe access, dignity, confidentiality, and protection of women, girls, children, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable groups.
Conduct safeguarding awareness sessions for staff, partners, communities, women’s groups, and beneficiaries.
Support safe and confidential reporting channels, especially for women and girls who may face barriers to reporting.
Conduct safeguarding risk monitoring during distributions, trainings, case management, education, health, livelihoods, and community activities.
Provide first-line safe reception of concerns and refer cases according to approved pathways without conducting unauthorized investigations.
Support safeguarding assessments, training records, incident tracking, risk mitigation plans, and staff compliance monitoring.
Coordinate with PSEA, AAP, protection, MEAL, and HR teams to ensure safeguarding is integrated into all project cycles.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Gender Studies, Law, Human Rights, or related field.
Minimum 3–5 years of experience in safeguarding, protection, GBV, community engagement, or humanitarian programming.
Strong knowledge of confidentiality, survivor-centered communication, referral pathways, and safe programming.
Experience working with women and girls preferred.
English excellent, Dari and Pashtu fluent.

Submission Guidelines:

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.

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

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeB1t6mKKfcV8cIX9qW-Aa4-y7JCj0fxUh8KhOZTWYBtaSdFg/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109440621383724205465

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.