Equality & Inclusion Program Manager

Position Title: Equality & Inclusion Program Manager

2025-07-27 Kabul Full Time 13

Job Location:	Kabul
Nationality:	National
Category:	Program
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	Based on the Organization Salary Scale
Vacancy Number:	CARE-AF-1221
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Kabul

Organization:	CARE AFGHANISTAN
Years of Experience:	At least 5 years of work experience in program/project implementation in women and girls’ or related or a combined area of Rights and Awareness and Program Quality, Gender and Women Empowerment in a development context, experience with both International
Contract Duration:	One Year
Gender:	Female
Education:	Bachelors or Masters degree in a field related to gender such as gender studies, law, political sciences, and other disciplines, with preferably exposure/training in GBV/Rights, Peace and/or Security and Design and Monitoring of Programs
Close date:	2025-07-27

About CARE AFGHANISTAN:

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Job Descriptions:

Summary of Key Functions

The primary role of the Gender and Equality & Inclusion Program Manager is to support CARE Afghanistan’s Women Empowerment program pillar, projects, staff and partners to meet the challenges of advancing the Women Empowerment Program Strategy Framework which has a strong focus on promoting gender equality and equity as well as women and girl’s empowerment. He/ She will be actively engaged in the design of new concept notes and proposals to ensure the integration of gender-sensitive programming elements in accordance with CARE’s global practices, donor requirements and CARE Afghanistan’s requirements. The role will be actively involved in CAFG Advocacy strategy implementation. S/he will further support the equality and inclusion of all targeted groups in relevant programs, program quality activities, and proposal development through technical expertise, and fill in gaps through capacity-building where relevant.

The incumbent plays a vital role in building CAFG's capacity to implement and measure the impact of its long-term Women's Empowerment programs and initiatives that address equality and inclusion, including women’s and girls’ empowerment. The position is also responsible for building skills and competencies of the CO project level teams as well as that of partners to better understand and apply equality and inclusion approaches, tools and good practices, including facilitating learning on how to engage men and boys.

The position will directly manage/support project managers, specialists/advisors/officers in the program and work towards the program quality department in the development of coherent strategies, review, adaptation and execution of exaction of program strategy, development of standards and guidelines on equality and inclusion,, UN led relevant cluster participation VAWG and protection across CARE’s program. Furthermore, helps increase internal collaboration in the development of the thematic strategic framework and related SoP (for instance, SOP for GBV survivors and case management, women and girls (integration/mainstreaming as required). In addition, the positions will proactively engage with external coordination to ensure that respective program’s efforts are adequately represented in an impactful manner and as well feedback from the cluster are adequately communicated with CARE.

Key relations:

This position will work under Deputy Country Director – Programme and with Programme Coordinators, other key senior staff and relevant programs within CAFG.

External coordination with counterpart positions in NGOs, donors, forums and networks, organizations and consultants will be critical. She is also expected to work closely with counterparts in CARE COs, with CI members, CARE member partners and any consultants or regionally based technical staff.

Duty Location: Based in KABUL MAIN OFFICE
Key Results Expected:

Strengthening Equality and Inclusion, Pillar of the CO Program.

Align CO with CARE's global gender strategy and women empowerment work
Contribute to strategy and plans for women empowerment work at the CO level
Develop concepts and proposals to expand equality and inclusion and women and girls empowerment work at CARE
Network with all stakeholders to promote women empowerment work internally and externally
Support and Supervise all Women Empowerment Project Managers

Equality and Inclusion

Provide technical expertise to develop strategies, including advocacy that integrate equality, in line with the CAFG Program Strategy Framework and Global CARE and National Priorities.
Identify gaps in terms of equality and inclusion expertise in different CAFG programs and propose and lead capacity-building modules on selected topics
Contribute to the internal dissemination of equality policies and initiatives, including good practices, lessons learned, wins, and other positive messaging among the staff
Contribute to equality and inclusion aspects integration in relevant programs, program quality programs, and proposals

Advocacy and Communications Support

Draft papers, key points, and other related material related to CAFG Advocacy and Communications needs
Keep track of all developments related to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, especially related to equality and inclusion, and especially in Dari and Pashto (e.g. local media)
Support the research conducted by conducting interviews, transcribing them, translating them, coding them, and participating in the analysis as needed
Identify Advocacy focal points at each provincial level and train them on gender mainstreaming, capacity-building, and collection of advocacy key points from the field
Support the CO advocacy efforts as needed

Strategic Planning, Analysis and Program Design

Support the implementation of equality and inclusion, women and girls’ empowerment strategies that ensure technical consistency and coherence with CARE's approaches and support learning across the programs and projects.

Support CO and partners to raise and leverage funds for gender capacity and cutting-edge programs promoting equality and inclusion through the design of quality concept notes and proposals (aimed at building CO staff and partners’ capacity in gender).
Ensure and provide input in the research process and disaggregated data is collected.
Review, revise and execute the CAFG relevant strategies for CARE Afghanistan
Ensure that project narrative reports are reviewed and equality for all is mainstreamed
Support the development of women and girls mainstreaming guidelines and a the relevant strategy for CAFG.
Support CO staff and partners in defining learning agendas facilitate reflective learning and support the establishment of mechanisms for effective learning and sharing of experiences.
Support CO staff and partners to identify and operationalize program approaches and interventions that demonstrate a high impact on empowering women and girls.
Ensure that women and girls’ marker is applied in all projects

Capacity Building of CARE Country Office Staff and Partners

Lead the development of quality standards for women and girls -sensitive programming, including tools for UCP/V and power analysis and women and girls audits and train CO staff and partners to carry out these analyses.
Plan for, and conduct women and girls capacity assessment of CO staff and partners
Design and provide tailor-made capacity-building training and coaching to CO staff and partners.

Establish a women and girls task force in the Country Office with the representation of all programs and related departments conduct periodical regular meetings and ensure the group meets regularly
Ensure that all project has unified all related training materials and that the relevant staff are orientated.
Leading women and girls Focal Point from each provincial office

Strategic Support to Coalition Building and Policy Engagement

Facilitate CO and partners’ staff representation and participation in national, regional and international networks promoting gender equality and women empowerment.
Representation of CARE related forums as well as actively contributing to GBV Sub-Cluster
Provide technical assistance to CO staff in the development of gender-specific national and regional advocacy strategies or multi-country gender issues.
Support CO on policy analysis of all relevant laws and policies affecting women and girls.
Support and facilitate CO staff and partners to generate evidence from CO programs for policy engagement and advocacy with allies and coalitions.
Safeguarding Responsibilities:
Uphold CARE’s Safeguarding Policy (https://www.care-international.org/resources/care-international-safeguarding-policy) and Safeguarding Code of Conduct.
Must read the Safeguarding Policy and either sign the Safeguarding Code of Conduct or sign a Code of Conduct that is consistent with or references this policy and Safeguarding Code of Conduct.
Safety and Security Responsibility:

We all have a responsibility to promote a safe and secure work environment, foster a safety and security culture, and ensure consistent application of, and compliance with, CARE Afghanistan safety and security policies and procedures.

Job Requirements:

Core Competencies:

Strategic thinker with strong leadership and management skills adaptable to a large organization. Able to facilitate change and demonstrate innovation. Analytical/conceptual thinking. proven experience in drafting advocacy/ reporting papers Strong, clear communication skills and ability to take complex ideas and explain them for easy comprehension. Self-starter and independent organizer. Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills. Effective coaching and mentoring. Good problem analysis.

Education:

Bachelors or Masters degree in a field related to gender such as gender studies, law, political sciences, and other disciplines, with preferably exposure/training in GBV/Rights, Peace and/or Security and Design and Monitoring of Programs

Skills:

Adept in communication, experienced in the representation of CARE at national and international events, good reporting writing skills, effective presentation skills, and Excellent knowledge of both written and spoken English. Must be able to write reports in English. Proficiency in Dari or Pashtu.

Desirable: research experience, including conducting interviews and coding using Nvivo, Kobo, etc.

Work Experience:

At least 5 years of work experience in program/project implementation in women and girls’ or related or a combined area of Rights and Awareness and Program Quality, Gender and Women Empowerment in a development context, experience with both International and National Women's NGOs or government organizations.

Submission Guidelines:

Please submit your completed CARE Standard Job application form (ACBAR: Application Form) along with updated CV to afg.vacancies@care.org.
Applications after the closing date (12:00 AM) and without CARE Application form will not be accepted.
Please Indicate the position title, Vacancy Number in the Subject Line (Equality & Inclusion Program Manager CARE-AF-1221 Kabul) otherwise, your application will not be considered.
Please note that there is no telephonic inquiry and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted with and call for Interview.
The successful applicant will be expected to undergo a Background Check, Bridger check & Reference check and be compliant and sign up to Care Afghanistan’s Code of Conduct, PSHA (Prevention from Sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse) and other Care Afghanistan policies prior to a final offer being made.
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Equal Opportunity Statement

CARE is an Equal Opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.

MDS (Misconduct Disclosure Scheme)

CARE participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we hereby request information from the candidate’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the candidate left employment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.