Afghanaid is a British humanitarian and development NGO established in 1983. It is headquartered in Kabul and is currently working in four provinces: Badakhshan, Samangan, Ghor, and Daykundi. We also work through partners in nine others: Herat, Faryab, Jawzjan, Sar-i-Pul, Balk, Bamyan, Takhar, Khost and Paktya for nearly 4 decades, Afghanaid has developed its thematic expertise and the capacity of its staff in correspondence with the evolving needs of the country, international best practice, and opportunities for innovation. Our work supports four pillars of sustainable development: providing basic services; strengthening sustainable livelihoods and food security; climate change and disaster risk reduction, and emergency humanitarian assistance. Three guiding principles are mainstreamed in all our work to ensure its contribution to sustainable development: gender and inclusion, good governance and community development, and conflict mitigation and peacebuilding.

Job Purpose and Role

Reports to Recruitment & Talent Acquisition Coordinator, the HR Intern is responsible of all basic functions of Human Resource unit and assist HR team with the day to day HR activities.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Scan, upload, and maintain staff personal documents in the HR Information System (HRIS).
• Create, organize, and maintain employee personal files, ensuring all required and updated documents are on file.
• Update and maintain employee records, including personal data, contracts, leave balances, and status changes.
• Maintain both physical and electronic filing systems for the HR department in an organized and confidential manner.
• Record and update daily staff attendance sheets and support monthly attendance reconciliation.
• Assist in preparing and sharing HR announcements by uploading them to relevant platforms and distributing them to all Afghanaid staff.
• Coordinate recruitment activities by contacting candidates for written tests and interviews.
• Download job applications and CVs and submit them to the relevant HR staff for long-listing and short-listing.
• Support the HR team in reference checks for selected candidates, when required.
• Assist with onboarding activities for new staff, including document collection, orientation support, and checklist preparation.
• Support offboarding processes by assisting in clearance forms and personnel file updates.
• Send medical insurance rejection notifications to the provinces and maintain accurate records.
• Assist the Liaison Coordinator with document preparation for work permits and Tax Identification Number (TIN) processes.
• Assist in organizing HR trainings, workshops, and staff orientation sessions.
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism when handling employee information.
• Perform any other HR-related tasks assigned by the line manager or HR supervisor.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Education/ Training

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration

Professional Skills, Competencies, Values and Attitudes

Afghanaid seeks a responsible and dependable candidate with strong initiative, judgment and adaptability as well as excellent skills in communication, interpersonal relations and decision-making.

Specifically, the holder of this position should also demonstrate the following:

Essential

1. Ability to work with limited supervision
2. Ability to deal with difficult, often challenging work situations.
3. Have interest in learning
4. Excellent communication skill
5. A good team player
6. Sensitivity to gender issues.
7. Fluent in Dari, Pashto in English (written and oral).
8. Personal integrity, sense of humour, intuition and self-motivation
1. Knowledge of personal strengths and weaknesses
10. Active listener

Please create your portal account and submit your application by filling the Afghanaid standard job application form by no later than 9^th May 2026. Your covering letter and CV should be in PDF format.  Your covering letter should be no more than 1 standard A4 page in length and explain how you meet the essential and desirable position requirements and why you feel you would be a suitable candidate for this role. Your CV should be no more than 4 pages and include 3 professional references including your current employer. Afghanaid has a zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation and misconduct, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Afghanaid is an equal opportunity and inclusive employer that does not discriminate based on race, sex, gender identity, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, age, language, social origin or other status.

We invite qualified candidates to apply for the position through the Afghanaid HR portal. Please click on the link below to complete your application.

Link for the Afghanaid HR portal: https://afghanaid.odoo.com/jobs  

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to every application. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the deadline, then you have not been successful for shortlisting.