Project Officer, Afghanistan Initiative

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Malala Fund

Hybrid
  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 5-10 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Hybrid
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: £57,300 GBP-£64,700 GBP / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 18/07/2025
  • Location: United Kingdom
Child protection/ Children’s rights Movement building
About Malala Fund

Registered in the U.K., U.S. Nigeria, and Pakistan, Malala Fund is working toward a world where all girls can learn and lead. Malala Fund advocates for resources and policy changes needed to give all girls a secondary education. We invest in local education leaders and front-line organizations, the people who best understand girls in their communities in regions where most girls are missing out on secondary school.

Responsibilities:
Project Management and Delivery
  • Lead coordination and implementation of activities under the Afghanistan Initiative, including high-level delegation visits, legal roundtables, strategy meetings, and public events.
  • Manage timelines, deliverables, and budgets across advocacy, policy, and legal accountability workstreams to ensure alignment with initiative goals and organisational strategy.
  • Support the Senior Director in driving the overall delivery of the Afghanistan Initiative, including coordinating internal processes, tracking key activities, and facilitating cross-team collaboration.
  • Convene and manage the Afghanistan Initiative Working Group, ensuring internal alignment on priorities, strategy, and actions across policy, legal, communications, and programme teams.
  • Provide logistical and administrative support for convenings, legal and policy meetings, and coalition-building efforts, ensuring smooth implementation and timely follow-up.
  • Maintain project management systems and tools to track outputs, risks, milestones, and impact across the initiative.
  • Support budget tracking and liaise with operations colleagues on contracts, grant deliverables, and procurement needs related to the initiative.
  • Facilitate coordination between internal teams and external partners to deliver integrated, high-impact advocacy and accountability interventions.
Advocacy and Research Support
  • Contribute to the preparation of targeted advocacy materials (e.g. talking points, policy memos, internal analysis).
  • Conduct desk research and media scans on relevant developments in Afghanistan and international forums (e.g. UN, EU, OIC).
  • Translate findings and stakeholder insights into internal recommendations and briefings for senior leadership.

Communications and Documentation
  • Liaise with Malala Fund’s communications team to support visibility of the Afghanistan Initiative, particularly around key events or milestones.
  • Assist in the drafting and translation (Dari/Pashto/English) of written materials including public statements, op-eds, and campaign content.
  • Monitor public discourse and flag emerging narratives relevant to Malala Fund’s positioning on Afghanistan.

Risk and Compliance
  • Support due diligence, safeguarding, and data security processes for all stakeholder engagements and activities.
  • Escalate potential political, security, or reputational risks to the Senior Director and maintain risk documentation.

Qualifications
  • Typically 5+years of experience in project coordination or officer-level roles in international advocacy, human rights, development, or policy settings.
  • Fluency in English is essential.
  • Strong knowledge of Afghanistan’s political and social landscape, with particular attention to gender and education issues.
  • Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to lead delivery across multiple partners and stakeholders.
  • Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities under tight deadlines.
  • Experience working with civil society organisations, multilateral bodies, and/or diaspora communities.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; experience drafting for both internal and external audiences.
  • Occasional travel required.

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