CDDU - AFGHANISTAN - Admin Finance & HR Coordinator

**About La Chaîne de l’Espoir**

Founded in 1994, La Chaîne de l’Espoir (CDE) is an international NGO headquartered in Paris, France. Its mission is to strengthen healthcare systems and to provide everyone, especially children, with equal chances and opportunities of survival and development.

CDE is currently active in twenty-five (25) countries with a global approach, mainly focusing on children, mothers and disadvantaged communities.

Our main activities consist of :

- Prevention and screening from an early age, particularly through school health Programmes.
- Care and surgery to meet the most urgent needs of children and women.
- Training and transfer of skills to local teams (capacity building) thanks to our international network of experts in all areas of surgery.
- Construction and equipment of hospital facilities adapted to local needs.

La Chaîne de l'Espoir has been working in Afghanistan since the early 2000s. In 2005, CDE opened the French Medical Institute for Mothers & Children (FMIC) in Kabul, a non-profit pediatric hospital, to provide high quality surgical care for young patients. Since 2006, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has been responsible for the overall management of the FMIC, with La Chaîne de l'Espoir providing medical support and access to the most vulnerable populations. Since 2025, CDE supports several maternal health clinics in Kabul province to ensure free and safe access to health care for women.

**The position**
The Finance, Administration and HR Coordinator (FAHR) oversees HR management and administrative operations, and ensures effective financial management, including accounting, budgeting, and compliance processes.This role ensures compliance with relevant laws and regulations, La Chaîne de l’Espoir’s internal procedures, donor requirements, and other applicable regulations. The key component of this position is to ensure the capacity building of the HR and Finance national staff & to strengthen the respective departments.
Reporting directly to the Head of Mission (HoM), the FAHR supervises a team of 3 national staff.
They will receive technical oversight from the Financial Controller and the HR referent at HQ. Moreover, they will work closely with the accounting and institutional funding services at HQ.

**Main activities :**

**Accounting Management and Monitoring:**

- Oversee and execute the monthly accounting closure, ensuring the accurate and timely submission of bank and cash journals to headquarters, accompanied by all necessary supporting documents.
- Develop and prepare treasury forecasts for the country office. Submit these forecasts for validation to the Head of Mission and subsequently transfer them to headquarters.
- Review and verify the eligibility of vouchers and supporting documents, ensuring all financial transactions are well-supported and compliant with organizational policies.
- Supervise and validate accounting entries and cost allocations, ensuring accuracy and adherence to budgetary constraints.
- Monitor and manage the processing of supplier invoices and payments, ensuring that all transactions are executed correctly and timely.

**Budget and Financial Follow-Up:**

- Contribute to the development of operational project budgets as well as annual mission’s budgets, ensuring comprehensive inclusion of all planned activities and costs.
- Prepare and update monthly budget monitoring reports and forecasts for projects, including activity budgets and donor contributions (both private and public).
- Lead monthly pipeline meetings, focusing on budget follow-up. Collaborate with the Head of Mission and the support and technical field teams to review financial performance.
- Assist in revising budgets based on input from the technical field team, ensuring accuracy and alignment with project needs.
- Familiarize yourself with donor contracts to ensure correct cost allocation and compliance with regulations. Collaborate with the institutional funding service at headquarters for guidance.
- Lead and coordinate the field team during internal and external audit exercises, ensuring readiness and compliance with audit requirements.
- Draft and consolidate qualitative financial reports. Contribute to the preparation of external reports for donors, authorities, and other stakeholders, utilizing data from projects and partners.
- Collaborate with other departments and with HQ focal points to develop and implement process and methodology where necessary.

**Human resources and administrative management**

- Strengthen the overall capacity of the HR department.
- Support the recruitment process, including reviewing job description, job postings, candidate shortlisting, and interviews. Ensure proper selection process comply to CDE, local law and donor regulation.
- With HR support, lead the 2026/2027 salary grid revision process, including benchmarking and related analyses.
- Validate and finalize employment contracts for