About La Chaîne de l'Espoir:

La Chaîne de l’Espoir is an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 1994. Its mission is to strengthen health systems to give everyone, especially children, the same chances of survival and development. The NGO has been working in Afghanistan since the early 2000s. In 2005, it built the French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) in Kabul, a non-profit paediatric hospital, to provide high quality medical and surgical care for young patients. Since 2006, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has been responsible for the overall management of the FMIC, with La Chaîne de l'Espoir providing medical support and access to the most vulnerable populations. In 2016, the hospital expanded with the opening of gynaecology, obstetrics and neonatology services, becoming the French Medical Institute for Mother and Child (FMIC). Services for adults have also been developed in recent years.

The goal of La Chaîne de l’Espoir is to increase access to healthcare in particular for the most vulnerable afghans. To do so, La Chaîne de l’Espoir:

• Trains and supports the medical, paramedical and technical teams through short- and long-term volunteer missions;
• Provides free surgical treatment at FMIC and social care for the most vulnerable children and women coming from all the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, and offers patients and their caretakers accommodation and food in the Women and Children House (WCH) for free.

The house has segregated common areas for men and women, private and shared rooms, a garden and a playroom.

2-TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Follow the menu on daily base and cook according to the Patient appointment list of the day.
2. Order food items from food suppliers on time.
3. Quality and quantity check of the food and report to supervisor in case of quality and quantity issue.
4. To cook the meal on high quality.
5. To distribute and divide the meal to all staff, patients and patients’ relatives equally.
6. Strictly follow the hygienic material for washing the dishes.
7. Keep separate all the dishes of patients and others.
8. Keep all the kitchen neat and clean.
9. Keep well-dressed at cooking time.
10. Distribute the Juice to patients with cookies twice a day.
11. Ensure a safe working environment and report any broken or faulty equipment to Supervisor.
12. To attend staff meetings or training courses as per requirement.              
13. Cleaning the kitchen before and after food distribution.
14. Cleaning all the kitchen dishes before and after use.
15. Control and minimize waste.
16. Prepare the food ready at the right time on daily base.
17. Collect all the glasses and dishes from all rooms of WCH.
18. Keep an inventory of all kitchen utensils, plates, glasses, cutlery, cookware, etc and report items missing or needing repairs to Supervisor.
19. Prepare the food and refreshment for meetings, workshop and guests.
20. Any other task assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications

High School, degree preferred such as Bachelor

Experience

Between 3 and 5 years of experience in similar position in NGO/INGO

Language

Fluency in Dari, Pashto.

Technical skills

• Very organized
• Be solution oriented and problem solver
• Capacity to handle multiple tasks at one time
• Good communication and interpersonal skills

Only those interested qualified candidates who meet essential job requirements should submit their CVs and cover letters online to afg.recruitment@chainedelespoir.org

Please indicate your name in the title of your email plus vacancy number (Cook-07-2025).

Only short-listed candidates will be invited for a written test and interview.