Communications Manager (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 the strategic communication, branding, visibility, public relations, media engagement, and digital communication functions of VDO across all projects and operational areas.
• Develop and implement organizational communication strategies, visibility plans, media guidelines, branding standards, and stakeholder engagement approaches aligned with donor requirements and organizational priorities.
• Oversee production and dissemination of communication materials including reports, brochures, fact sheets, newsletters, press releases, videos, photography, social media content, success stories, and campaign materials.
• Supervise communication staff, digital media teams, designers, photographers, and documentation personnel.
• Ensure all communication products comply with donor visibility requirements, safeguarding standards, informed consent procedures, and data protection principles.
• Lead organizational website management, social media strategy, digital campaigns, public awareness initiatives, and external communication systems.
• Coordinate media relations, interviews, press coverage, events, and organizational representation activities. Support proposal development, donor reporting, advocacy campaigns, fundraising visibility, and emergency communication needs.
• Maintain organizational archives of photos, videos, publications, and visibility materials.
• Promote ethical storytelling, protection-sensitive communication, and dignified representation of beneficiaries.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Media Studies, Public Relations, Marketing, or related field.
• minimum 7–10 years of communications and media management experience within NGOs, humanitarian, or development organizations.
• Strong experience in digital communication, branding, media relations, and visibility management.
• Strong writing, editing, leadership, and strategic planning skills.
• Proficiency in communication design and digital media tools preferred.
• 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/1FAIpQLSeaoEcPWSlHHNLZPHWD4YP3ckgg3ZoJSmgCFJomo_aDSmCBUQ/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.