Programme Coordinator

Job Summary About the job Christian Aid and Cordaid have entered into a long-term strategic collaboration in Afghanistan to strengthen programme effectiveness, operational efficiency, and locally led development and humanitarian action. Under this collaboration, Cordaid will serve as the lead implementing organization in Afghanistan, assuming responsibility for programme implementation, partner engagement, grant management, risk management, and country-level coordination and oversight. Christian Aid will support the joint programme through strategic engagement, fundraising, donor relations, technical support, advocacy, and the provision of annual block grants and other funding opportunities. To facilitate this partnership, Cordaid will recruit a Programme Coordinator who will act as the principal coordination focal point between the two organizations while serving as the Secretariat of the Joint Coordination Committee. The incumbent will report to the Regional/ Country Director. Responsibilities Partnership Coordination Serve as the primary liaison between Cordaid Afghanistan and Christian Aid Asia MCC by coordinating joint activities, supporting the Joint Coordination Committee, facilitating communication, organizing meetings, documenting decisions, tracking follow-up actions and maintaining strong institutional partnerships. The position will explore opportunities for programme development under the joint strategy. Planning and Coordination Coordinate annual programme planning, support work plan development and implementation, manage block grant planning, monitor progress against priorities, ensure coordination across teams and partners, and promote integrated humanitarian and emergency response, development, and advocacy programming jointly with Cordaid teams such as M&E, Humanitarian, Governance/ Economic Empowerment (Progarmme). Monitoring, Learning and Reporting The Programme Coordinator works closely with Cordaid's PMEAL team to coordinate programme monitoring, reporting, and information management. The role ensures timely and high-quality reporting, consolidates programme data, supports data quality assurance, captures lessons learned and good practices, promotes organizational learning and adaptive management, and coordinates inputs to Christian Aid's corporate reporting systems and requirements. Donor Coordination Work closely with Cordaid, CAID Asia MCC and partners to ensure oversight, coordinate reporting, compliance, and information sharing while supporting proposal development and promoting programme achievements to strengthen fundraising, advocacy and resource mobilization. Partner Coordination Support implementing partner engagement by coordinating meetings, conduct parters due diligence. risk management, sharing timely information, strengthening partner capacity through on-site and off-site mentoring and visits, and promoting locally led approaches and partner leadership. Information Management Manage programme documentation, coordinate cross-organizational updates, and maintain tracking systems while preparing dashboards, briefings, and management reports. Advocacy and Communication Coordinate programme information, communications, and visibility activities to support advocacy, document impact, develop communication products, and ensure compliance with agreed external visibility requirements. Operational Coordination Coordinate and support Christian Aid missions to Afghanistan by liaising with programme, operations, and security teams of Cordaid, facilitating logistics, and ensuring that all agreed operational protocols are implemented. Integrity Showcases integrity standards as outlined in Cordaid’s integrity policies. Fulfills integrity responsibilities as outlined in Cordaid’s Integrity Framework and Standard Operating Procedures. Actively contributes to a safe environment within their scope of influence by encouraging dialogue, trust, as well as understanding and adherence to Cordaid’s integrity standards and procedures. Other Any other duties assigned by the Country Director or required by the donor/CAID. Job Requirements Knowledge of development cooperation/unit relevant topic on master level. Knowledge of programming work, socio-economic and socio-political structures, donor requirements and relevant languages. Knowledge of mission, vision, values, goals, structure, program strategies, regions. Behavioral values and skills: trust, accountability, problem solving, cooperation, flexibility, creativity, innovative, results-oriented, collaboration. Social/Communication skills to increase the expertise of partners and to direct partners on results and to create support. Social/Communication skills to cooperate with international parties. Writing skills to formulate reports and project proposals. Master's degree in International Development, Social Sciences, Public Administration, Project Management or a related field. Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience managing development and/or humanitarian programmes. Experience coordinating complex multi-stakeholder programmes. Experience working with international NGOs. Experience supporting donor-funded programmes. Experience in programme planning, monitoring and reporting. Experience working with local civil society organizations. Work experience in Afghanistan is essential. Frequent travel within the country is required to ensure the effective implementation of the project.