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. 

Main duty and responsibilities:

Project Reporting:

• Prepare accurate, comprehensive reports on grant-funded activities for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure timely submission of reports and that financial and narrative reports are accurate, coherent and meet donor guidelines and requirements.
• Assist in sharing successes and lessons learnt.
• Closely work with MEAL Team to cross-check project targets and figures.
• Participate in and take minutes of kick-off and close out meetings for each project.
• Monitor the implementation of grant-funded activities, ensuring adherence to established timelines and project objectives.
• Contribute to the Country Programme Annual Report and/or compile internal/external updates/reports as requested.

Project Development:

• Support the Programme Director in analyzing the country’s socio-economic situation, (donor) trends, needs and gaps by reading relevant reports and surveys on Humanitarian needs.
• Contribute to the identification of potential relevant international and/or local partners (private sector partners, national NGOs, think tanks, academia, etc.) to be included in proposals.
• Contribute to the development of fundraising documents (expression of Interests/ Concept Notes/ Proposals) by proposing a submission plan.
• Working closely with the Programme Director, Desk Officer, Technical Advisors, Programme Managers, and partner organizations, support the development of cohesive, quality programme designs to address needs in Afghanistan in line with Concern Afghanistan’s Strategic Plan, including conducting research into programmatic approaches and innovations.
• Lead the drafting of concept notes and proposals to ensure high quality content and formatting, including liaising with the Desk Officer, Technical Advisors, Programme Managers and partner organizations for inputs and ensuring comments are taken on board, in close collaboration with the Programme Director.
• Working closely with the Finance team, Programme Managers, and Operations team, support the development of project budgets for submission to donors.
• Liaise with Project Managers and HQ Technical Advisors to ensure that proposals are relevant and technically sound.

Grant Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with organizational and donor rules and regulations, particularly with respect to contract, reports and budget.  
• Ensure that all contracts and reports are properly saved and archived online (GMS).
• Maintain folders on GMS, Shared Drive and SharePoint, of key organizational information required for proposals, and of all prior proposals submitted, for staff induction, learning, and future reference purposes (in coordination with HQ Desk Officer).
• Support version control of documents and filing of final reports and proposals, learning documents, survey reports and data, using the shared data space in country.
• Lead the project modification requests, contract amendment, budget revision process.
• Maintain the country grants matrix: update and share regularly with the Country Management Team (CMT) and Desk Officer.

Communication:

• Working closely with Programme Managers, the MEAL team, and the Desk Officer, develop communication briefs, position papers, press releases, and website and social media posts to present Concern’s work in Afghanistan and document approaches and success stories for sharing with the public, external agencies, and donors.

Emergency/Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS):

• 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.

Qualification & Experience:

• University degree
• Minimum 2 years of professional experience with NGO, UN Agency or donor
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills in English language
• Experience of planning, organizing, delegating work
• Time management skills and qualitative report writing experience
• Experience of budget development
• Experience of proposal and concept note development and writing
• Knowledge and familiarity with food security, agriculture, climate resilience, natural resources management, disaster risk reduction, gender equality, WASH, and health and nutrition, programming desirable
• Having organizational commitment, personal integrity, ability to work with diverse groups of people and respect for others

Competencies & Skills:

• Computer skills needed (MS Word, Excel, Outlook and Power Point).
• Possess good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Oral and written excellent communication in English, Dari and other local languages

Applications should be written in English and demonstrate the applicant’s 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 Worldwide- 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 (869/2025-Grant Reporting and Development Manager) or your application may not be considered. 

Closing Date: 29 June 2025