INTERSOS sta selezionando un/a Grants and Partnership Coordinator da inserire nella sua operatività in Afghanistan. Durata 12 mesi. Tipo contratto: Co.co.co. Scadenza candidature 05/08/2026

INTERSOS is an independent humanitarian organization that assists the victims of natural disasters, armed conflicts and exclusion. Its activities are based on the principles of solidarity, justice, human dignity, equality of rights and opportunities, respect for diversity and coexistence, paying special attention to the most vulnerable people.

Terms of reference

Job Title: Grants and Partnership Coordinator 

Code:  SR-28-10260

Duty station: Kabul (with field requests to other locations if necessary)

Starting date: 01/10/2026

Contract duration: 12 months

Reporting to:Head of Programs and to Country Director for Partnership related matters

Functional Supervisor: Regional Grants and Programme Manager

Supervision of: ROE Grants and Reporting Manager

Type of Duty Station: Non-family duty station

General context of the project

Over the past few years, Afghanistan has witnessed a relative improvement in security and stability across much of the country. This has allowed humanitarian actors like INTERSOS to maintain uninterrupted access and expand services in areas that were previously hard to reach. Despite this progress, the humanitarian situation remains critical, with millions of Afghans continuing to face acute vulnerabilities due to prolonged economic hardship, natural disasters, and limited access to essential services.

In 2025, more than half of the population is in need of humanitarian assistance, with food insecurity, child malnutrition, and displacement remaining key concerns. Natural disasters, such as floods and recent earthquakes, have further compounded the needs of already struggling communities.

INTERSOS continues to operate through a community-based approach with field bases in Kabul, Kandahar, and Zabul, delivering primary healthcare, nutrition, and protection services with a focus on women, children, and persons with disabilities. The organization enjoys strong community acceptance and collaborates closely with relevant national authorities, including maintaining the full participation of female staff in all activities. While the operational environment is largely stable and conducive, funding shortfalls and systemic barriers such as restrictions on financial flows and administrative bottlenecks continue to impact the scope and scale of humanitarian response. Sustained support is crucial to ensure the continuity of life-saving services and to address the urgent needs of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable populations.

General purpose of the position

In coordination with the Country Director (CD), Senior Management Team (SMT), Head of Programmes (HoP), Technical Coordinators, and Regional Office, lead and coordinate INTERSOS Afghanistan's grants management, business development, institutional fundraising, donor engagement, and strategic partnership functions. The role is responsible for driving resource mobilization and organizational positioning, identifying and pursuing funding opportunities, strengthening donor relations, and ensuring the timely development and submission of high-quality, competitive, and compliant proposals and donor reports.

The position provides strategic leadership to the Grants Unit and serves as the focal point for donor intelligence, fundraising coordination, partnership development, and consortium-building initiatives, while ensuring compliance with donor requirements and INTERSOS policies throughout the project cycle. It also leads the mission's localization and partnership agenda by supporting partner identification, due diligence and capacity assessments, partnership framework development, compliance monitoring, and capacity-strengthening initiatives, ensuring effective collaboration with local and international partners.

Main responsibilities and tasks:

Portfolio development & Strategic positioning

• Work closely with the Country Director (CD), Head of Program (HoP), SMT, and Regional Office to develop and periodically update the mission's Business Development and Fundraising Strategy, ensuring alignment with INTERSOS' strategic priorities and country programme objectives.
• Monitor donor strategies, funding priorities, policy shifts, and emerging humanitarian trends to proactively identify funding opportunities and position INTERSOS competitively before funding opportunities are announced.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive donor intelligence and funding pipeline, including donor mapping, funding forecasts, strategic calendars, and opportunity tracking.
• Lead the preparation and implementation of the annual fundraising action plan, regularly monitoring progress and recommending strategic adjustments.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with institutional donors, UN agencies, embassies, foundations, and other funding partners in coordination with the Country Director.
• Produce periodic business development analyses, including funding trends, donor priorities, competitive landscape, and portfolio performance, to inform strategic decision-making by the Senior Management Team.

Proposal Leadership & Quality Assurance

• Lead the institutional Go/No-Go processes, steering the SMT decision-making framework based on the technical and compliance analyses of Calls for Proposals provided by the Grants Department.
• Lead the strategic planning and coordination of proposal development processes, ensuring that funding opportunities are fully aligned with the country programme strategy, operational priorities, and donor interests.
• Steer programme design priorities across technical, finance, logistics, HR, and MEAL teams, setting the strategic framework for the Grants Manager to facilitate integrated, evidence-based, and competitive project concepts.
• Lead the strategic engagement and assessment of consortium partners, establishing high-level institutional collaboration frameworks throughout the proposal development and submission phases.
• Ensure proposals incorporate macro lessons learned, donor feedback, technical standards, and contextual evidence to maximize quality and competitiveness.
• Provide high-level strategic quality assurance and final sign-off on all proposal packages, ensuring institutional risk mitigation and overall alignment between strategic narratives and donor expectations, while leaving operational document matching and annex verification to the Grants Manager.
• Oversee the institutional review and submission processes with the Regional Office and Headquarters, ensuring timely feedback and compliance with INTERSOS submission workflows

Partnership development and management

• Define the strategic criteria for local actor mapping and oversee the maintenance of the mission’s stakeholder and partnership databases, managed operationally by the Partnership Officer/Manager.
• Oversee and validate the Capacity and Risks Assessments (CAR) for local NGO partners, ensuring that cross-departmental evaluations (from Finance, HR, Supply Chain, and Programs) are effectively synthesized and institutional risks are mitigated.
• Provide overall leadership in establishing collaborations, ensuring the high-quality review of Sub-Grant Agreements (SGAs) or MoUs before presenting recommendations to the Country Director for final approval.
• Ensure a comprehensive capacity strengthening strategy is in place for local partners, monitoring that specialized departments deliver the required technical and compliance support.
• Provide top-level oversight on partner compliance and performance, reviewing consolidated cross-departmental inputs and presenting strategic action points and partnership recommendations to the SMT and Country Director.
• Represent INTERSOS in sensitive, high-impact networks, partnership forums, and donor engagement activities related to localization, as delegated by the Country Director.
• Reporting Oversight, Compliance Control & Capacity building
• Ensure top-level oversight of the mission's Master Planning/Reporting Trackers, ensuring internal and external accountability mechanisms are met.
• Act as the mission's senior authority on compliance queries, advising the SMT and program teams on complex regulations and systemic risks.
• Supervise the internal quality control systems for donor reports, ensuring the Grants and Reporting Manager maintains strict data consistency between financial, logistical, and narrative inputs.
• Develop and implement a capacity-building strategy for programme, technical, operations, and grants staff to strengthen institutional competencies in business development, proposal design, donor compliance, grant management, reporting, and project cycle management.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing by documenting lessons learned, disseminating best practices, and facilitating learning events across programme and support departments.
• Conduct regular field visits to mentor programme teams, strengthen grant implementation, assess compliance, identify capacity gaps, and maintain a strong understanding of the operational context.
• Support the capacity strengthening of implementing partners through mentoring, training, and technical guidance on donor compliance, programme quality, proposal development, and reporting standards, in coordination with relevant technical departments.

People management & Leadership

• Line-manage, coordinate, and evaluate the Grants and Reporting Manager, supporting their professional growth.
• Ensure, in close coordination with the HR department, that the entire Mission Grants Unit is fully trained on and strictly respects INTERSOS internal policies, values, and code of conduct.
• Oversee and conduct the periodic IRP performance appraisals for direct reports.

Required profile and experience:

• BA in International Affairs, Development, International Political Economy, or a related field

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in program departments in the humanitarian sector, with a proven track record in resource mobilization, proposal development, and senior grants management
• Minimum 5 years of experience in similar senior coordination positions in complex, multi-partner, or volatile/potentially insecure environments as expatriate staff

• Advanced, deep knowledge of institutional donor regulations (such as BHA, ECHO, EU, OCHA, UNHCR, UNICEF, AICS) and strategic risk compliance
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-departmental proposal development and partnership processes from concept to final submission
• Experience in building the capacity of staff in proposal development, reporting and donor compliance
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Excellent computer skills (Word, Excel, internet)

• English fluency is required.
• Italian fluency is considered an asset.
• Exceptional leadership, coordination, negotiation, and time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Solution-oriented and detail-oriented
• Understanding of humanitarian principles, standards, and best practices
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles

General conditions and benefits:

• Salary range: 12 - 3.690€ - 4.245€ monthly gross
• Accommodation: Shared Guesthouse
• R&R: 7 days of psycho-physical recovery every 8 weeks + 1000€ allowance.
• Annual Leave: 2.5 days per month
• Medical insurance for the staff
• Transportation and visa: Round-trip flights. For missions lasting at least 9 months, an additional flight ticket to the Country of residence and return to the mission will also be provided.
• Induction: one week of online induction before the deployment 

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested candidates are invited to apply following the link below: 

https://www.intersos.org/fr/travailler-avec-nous-sur-le-terrain/#intersosorg-vacancies/vacancy-details/6a54c66ab4c86c7192f28aac/ 

Please note that our application process is made of 3 quick steps: register (including your name, email, password and citizenship), sign-up and apply by attaching your CV in PDF format. Through the platform, candidates will be able to track their applications’ history with INTERSOS. 

Please also mention the name, position and contact details of at least three references: two line managers and one HR referent. Family members are to be excluded.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the first interview.