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Economic Development Program Manager (Call for CVs)

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Full Time 2026-06-27 Male/Female
Job Overview
Location
Kabul
Nationality
National
Category
Other
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary
As per organization salary scale
Vacancy Number
VDO-00133-2026
No. of Jobs
1
City
Kabul With Field Travels
Organization
Vision Development Organization (VDO)
Experience
Minimum 7–10 years of senior-level experience in livelihoods, economic development, market systems, or enterprise development programs.
Contract Duration
Project based
Gender
Male/Female
Education
Master’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Development Studies, Agriculture Economics, or related field.
Closing Date
2026-06-27

About Vision Development Organization (VDO)

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.

Job Description

  • Lead the strategic planning, implementation, supervision, and expansion of economic development, livelihoods, entrepreneurship, and market systems programs across target provinces.
  • Develop annual workplans, budgets, implementation frameworks, and partnership strategies aligned with donor requirements and VDO policies.
  • Oversee value chain development, enterprise support, income generation activities, financial inclusion initiatives, and private sector engagement.
  • Supervise program staff, coordinators, mentors, and field teams.
  • Ensure integration of gender equality, safeguarding, climate resilience, disability inclusion, youth empowerment, and accountability mechanisms into all programming.
  • Lead donor reporting, proposal development, risk management, monitoring systems, and stakeholder coordination.
  • Facilitate partnerships with financial institutions, chambers of commerce, cooperatives, vocational centers, and private sector actors. Represent VDO in coordination forums, donor meetings, and technical working groups.

Job Requirements

  • Master’s degree in Economics, Business Administration, Development Studies, Agriculture Economics, or related field.
  • Minimum 7–10 years of senior-level experience in livelihoods, economic development, market systems, or enterprise development programs.
  • Strong donor compliance and grant management experience.
  • Strong leadership and strategic planning skills.
  • Experience managing multi-provincial programs and teams.
  • Strong analytical and coordination abilities.
  • English excellent, Dari and Pashtu fluent.

Submission Guidelines

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/1FAIpQLSfe9S-4Y7J6kBANFoYWIsvtlRjCf-UGuC_-R0wTeHSpt8Qj7Q/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.

Submission Email
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfe9S-4Y7J6kBANFoYWIsvtlRjCf-UGuC_-R0wTeHSpt8Qj7Q/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=109440621383724205465
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