Senior program manager / Country coordinator - Afghanistan

**Work Context**

Over the last years, CESVI has implemented humanitarian response, early recovery, resilience-building and local economic development programmes funded by institutional donors including AICS, the European Union, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and IOM. CESVI has developed strong technical and operational expertise in food security and livelihoods, agriculture, WASH, disaster risk reduction, gender equality, education and humanitarian assistance, with a particularly consolidated presence in Herat Province since 2008. Recent AICS-funded initiatives have supported vulnerable households, returnees, women and farming communities through integrated agricultural livelihoods support, WASH, irrigation rehabilitation, Cash-for-Work, women-led income generation, community-based DRR, early warning and emergency preparedness.

CESVI operations in Afghanistan includes emergency response with resilience, livelihoods recovery and gender-sensitive programming in areas affected by return movements, climate shocks and displacement.

**Job Description**

The collaboration will start in **Mid July/ August** **2026.** The main duty station will be Herat, with regular visits to Kabul and field missions’ country-wide in line with the security conditions.

The Senior Programme Manager / Country Coordinator is acting as HoM in the country and he/she is responsible for the overall mission coordination in its different aspects: staff, logistics, budget and procedures respect, security and donor relations.

He/She represents CESVI in the Country, coordinates local and international staff, promotes and maintains political and operational partnerships, impulses new projects drafting and funding.

He ensures regular update to Regional Manager/Area Manager through CESVI monthly reports

The Senior Programme Manager is responsible for the management and direct implementation of the demining project, in collaboration with the international and national partner.

**As the PM of the AICS project (BAFGH005) the Senior Program Manager is in charge of:**

**Project Management and Coordination**

- Responsible for the planning and management of AICS project activities, budget and relations with project partners.
- Manages relations with the AICS office and with the partners.
- Ensures the correct application of CESVI and donor procedures.
- Ensures the timely submission of high-quality project reports.
- Responsible for drafting periodic, interim, and final reports for the donor, integrating inputs from project partners.
- Prepares and updates the project Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.
- Ensures the correct monitoring of indicators and applies tools for their monitoring, both for CESVI and for partners.
- Prepares and updates the Procurement Plan and ensures that procurement procedures respect CESVI and donor rules.
- Responsible for the forecast and is the project’s budget holder.
- Defines and requests authorization for any modification, extension or revision of the original project, in coordination with partners.
- Coordinates and supervises the Country’s programmes and procedures.
- Supervises projects and supports the staff in achieving the planned objectives on time and with efficient use of resources.
- Monitors project activities both at technical and administrative level according to the established workplan.
- Coordinates staff to guarantee project implementation and reporting, including financial reporting, in coordination with the Area Manager.

**Administrative and Procurement Oversight**

- He’s the final responsible for procurement procedures in collaboration with the Country Administrator and DHoM for Operations of the project AICS
- Collaborates with the Country Administrator for project accounting and expense verifications in case of need.

**As Country Coordinator he is responsible for:**

**Representation**

- Acts as Head of Mission, with responsibility over security issues, contributing to the revision and update of security plans and manuals when required.
- Coordinates with the HQ for project, organization and donor visibility activities.
- Promotes and organizes meetings with donors, institutions, NGOs, local authorities and international agencies, in close collaboration with the Deputy HoM for operations/Specialists/Project Manager.
- Cooperates with the Communication and Fundraising Department in HQ for visibility and awareness activities implemented in and for the country.

**Security Management**

- Guaranteeing the respect and setting of CESVI Security Plan and other rules and regulations on security, in close collaboration with the Security Focal Point and Security Advisor
- Having constant contact with the Area Manager/Regional Manager and the Security Focal Point and Security Advisor to coordinate actions to be undertaken
- Timely information sharing with staff in the country
- Maintains communication with key informants and actively participates in country-level security coordination mechanisms.
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