Project Manager – Reproductive Health and Psychosocial Support Project (Call for CVs).

About ACDEO:

The Afghanistan Capacity Development and Educational Organization (ACDEO) is an Afghan, non-governmental, non-political, non-profit and nationally registered NGO established in 2012. ACDEO is committed to Afghanistan’s development and is dedicated to assisting the country’s most vulnerable individuals by enhancing social welfare and promoting a better quality of life for Afghans and their families within the framework of Islam.

ACDEO provides women and children the opportunities for mental health and psychosocial counselling, and education enabling them to help themselves and their families. ACDEO has primarily focused on supporting Afghan women and their families in different areas such as Family Support Helpline, Education Promotion and Sustainability Promotion.

ACDEO vision is “a just and peaceful Afghanistan for women, children, and men have enhanced knowledge of their rights, access to personal support, and opportunities for employment and income generation”.

ACDEO has zero tolerance approach to the ACDEO Code of Conduct including safeguarding, SH, and Fraud violations being committed by its staff, consultants, contractors, volunteers, interns, suppliers, vendors, sub-grantees/partners, implementing partners or any other associate.

Position Overview:

The Project Manager will provide strategic, technical, operational, and managerial leadership for the implementation of the Project.

The position will ensure effective program delivery, donor compliance, quality assurance, safeguarding implementation, coordination with stakeholders, and achievement of project targets while maintaining survivor-centered approaches.

The Project Manager will supervise project staff, ensure integration of health and psychosocial interventions, strengthen referral pathways, and oversee reporting and monitoring systems.

Duties & Responsibilities of Project Manager:

Under the general guidance of ACDEO’s Executive Director/Country Representative the Project Manager will perform the following substantive duties and responsibilities:

A.  Program Leadership and Management

• Lead implementation of project activities across all centers.
• Develop detailed implementation and operational plans.
• Ensure achievement of project indicators and targets.
• Monitor project progress and ensure timely corrective actions.
• Conduct regular field visits and provide technical supervision.

B.  Technical Oversight

• Provide technical leadership on SRHR, reproductive health, MHPSS, and referral systems.
• Ensure quality standards for counselling and health consultations.
• Guide implementation of survivor-centered and confidential service approaches.
• Strengthen integration between clinic services and referral pathways.

C. Team Management and Capacity Building

• Supervise field teams and center staff.
• Facilitate staff induction and continuous learning.
• Support performance management and coaching.
• Promote staff well-being and professional development.

D. Monitoring, Reporting and Accountability

• Oversee monitoring systems and indicator tracking.
• Review narrative and reports to donor and other stakeholders.
• Ensure quality data collection and documentation.
• Lead project review and learning processes.

E.  Coordination and Representation

• Coordinate with Donor and relevant stakeholders.
• Strengthen referral pathways with health facilities and service providers.
• Participate in coordination meetings and technical forums.
• Represent ACDEO professionally.

F.  Compliance and Risk Management

• Ensure compliance with donor requirements and ACDEO policies.
• Oversee safeguarding, PSEA, confidentiality, and ethical standards.
• Support financial oversight and budget monitoring.
• Identify operational risks and mitigation measures.

Required Experience and Education

• Medical Doctor (MD) qualification.
• Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) or related discipline preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years managing donor-funded health and/or psychosocial programs.
• Proven experience managing NGO or humanitarian programs.
• Experience supervising multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred:

• Experience with UN and international donors.
• Experience managing MHPSS and interventions.
• Familiarity with referral systems and case management.

Technical Skills

·       Program and project management.

·       Health systems strengthening.

·       MHPSS programming.

·       Monitoring and evaluation.

·       Budget management.

·       Report writing.

·       Stakeholder coordination.

·       Risk management.

Core Competencies

·       Strategic leadership.

·       Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

·       Decision-making under pressure.

·       Accountability and integrity.

·       Problem solving.

·       Team development.

Commitment to safeguarding and ethical practice.

Submission Guideline:

Interested candidates are requested to send their applications along with their CVs to the attention of following address Recruitment@acdeo.org

Kindly mention vacancy number and position title in your email's subject line, otherwise you won't be shortlisted.

All shortlisted candidates will be directly contacted for test/Interview.

“Being committed to diversity & equal employment opportunity we highly encourage females & people living with disabilities to apply, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, language, religious sect.”