Gender & Inclusion Officer (Call for CVs)

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.

• Lead and support integration of gender equality, disability inclusion, diversity, protection mainstreaming, and inclusion principles across all VDO programs and operations.
• Conduct gender and inclusion assessments, risk analysis, and program reviews to identify barriers and opportunities for vulnerable and marginalized groups.
• Support development of gender-sensitive and inclusive project designs, indicators, targeting criteria, community engagement approaches, and accountability systems.
• Conduct staff awareness sessions, training workshops, and capacity-building activities on gender equality, inclusion, safeguarding, disability inclusion, and protection mainstreaming.
• Coordinate with program teams, safeguarding units, MEAL departments, and field offices to ensure inclusion considerations are integrated into implementation, monitoring, reporting, and learning processes.
• Support development of gender action plans, inclusion strategies, and donor reporting requirements related to gender and diversity.
• Monitor participation and access of women, girls, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable groups across programs.
• Prepare gender and inclusion analysis reports, recommendations, and lessons learned.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Human Rights, Development Studies, Sociology, or related field.
• Minimum 4–6 years of experience in gender, inclusion, safeguarding, or protection mainstreaming.
• Strong understanding of gender-sensitive programming, disability inclusion, and humanitarian principles.
• Strong facilitation, analytical, and reporting skills.
• English excellent, Dari and Pashtu fluent

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/1FAIpQLScj5SlC775hj8M-E2316fGdTHQElBPTmcMwQZ5fWEy5BLZV5Q/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.