About Charmaghz Cultural & Services Organization

Charmaghz Cultural & Services Organization

Job Announcement for Grants and Communication Officer

About Charmaghz:

Organization Background: Charmaghz was founded in 2018 to instil a joy of reading in Afghan

children through mobile libraries. Based in Kabul and a registered NGO, Charmaghz grew from

the dreams of a group of Afghan youth whose childhoods were scarred by war, and who wanted

to secure a peaceful future for the next generation. Charmaghz is the largest chain of children’s

libraries in Afghanistan, and welcomes 2,000 child visitors a day to our libraries. Since 2018, we

have registered over 500,000 child visitors. Charmaghz operates 16 mobile libraries, including

five bus libraries, one van library and ten mobile library boxes, to welcome children into a safe,

supportive, and creative environment. While visiting our libraries, children are supported to build

basic literacy and numeracy skills, but also to engage in art activities, have an open-mind, think

critically, and to develop a love of reading. Across all of our activities, we utilize traumainformed

approaches that support children to process the distress and grief that nearly every Afghan has

experienced

Background:

Charmaghz is delighted to launch a new literacy and numeracy program in 2023, which will serve

over 500 primary school girls in Kabul in three education centers. We are seeking a consultant to

develop teaching and learning materials for this program, in Farsi, to be used by students and

teachers in the program.

Job Summary

The Grants and Communication Officer plays a key role in supporting Charmaghz’s fundraising

and external communications, including managing the organization’s social media accounts,

planning fundraising campaigns, drafting funding proposals, drafting donor reports, editing the

website, preparing communications materials such as annual reports, newsletters, and

powerpoint presentations. This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate to gain practical,

high-demand professional skills on the frontlines of the grassroots non-profit sector in the highly

complex, dynamic context of Afghanistan. The successful candidate will have notable

professional development opportunities, as the level of the role will be largely dependent on the

candidate’s ability and interest to take on increasing responsibilities. This role will report to the

Fundraising and Partnerships Advisor.

Duties & Responsibilities

We are open to adjusting the exact scope of the role depending on the skills and

interests of the successful candidate; indicative areas of focus include:

• Social Media

o Develop a monthly/weekly social media plan/schedule based on

Charmaghz’s social media objectives and target audiences.

o Ensuring Charmaghz’s social media presence is consistently growing.

o Work with Charmaghz’s fundraising and programs teams to ensure that

all content on our social media pages reflects organizational values and

aligns with fundraising and communications goals

o Assist in managing the Founder’s social media pages.

o Regularly track Charmaghz’s social media statistics (e.g. number of

followers), and identify creative opportunities to increase reach and

engagement.

• Fundraising

o Regularly review grant databases and flag potential opportunities for further

team review. ○ Contribute to (with the potential to lead on) drafting funding

proposals and related documents (e.g. timelines, budgets, risk assessments),

including by communicating with team members to request needed inputs.

o Contribute to (with the potential to lead on) drafting donor reports, including by

communicating with team members to request needed inputs.

o Maintain a schedule of reporting and proposal deadlines and follow-up with

team members as needed to ensure deadlines are met.

o Contribute to maintaining regular and proactive communication with donors

o Manage Charmaghz’s presence on Global Giving (an online fundraising platform),

and plan for Global Giving fundraising campaigns, such as Giving Tuesday and

other occasional fundraising campaigns offered by Global Giving.

• External Communications

o Manage Charamghz’s external communication with different stakeholders, and

respond to media inquiries. ○ Write, edit, design and systematically distribute

content for external communication such as quarterly newsletters, press

releases and annual reports.

o Support the Founder and other staff by preparing powerpoint presentations and

other collateral needed for conferences, speeches, and other opportunities for

external representation

o Maintain an internal database of Charmaghz contacts

o Design templates for external use ○ Update and edit the Charmaghz website as

needed Visualize data in an engaging and clear manner.

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant subject, including but not limited to international

development, education, children’s rights, communications, digital marketing,

social media, etc.

o Minimum 1 year of experience (including internships) in a relevant role.

o Fluency in English

o Superb writing skills in English

o Interest in education in Afghanistan

o Interest in working with a grassroots NGO with a small, diverse team.

o Ability to “wear many hats,” and tackle challenges proactively.

o Quick learner eager to build new skills.

o Excellent organizational skills.

o Ability to think and plan systematically.

Desired Qualifications and Experience:

(We are not expecting candidates to have all of these qualifications and

experiences, but candidates should have experience in some of the areas below;

we are open to adjusting the role based on the specific skills and interests of the

successful candidate.)

o Prior experience with writing grants/proposals and donor reports for non-profits

o Prior experience with project management tools, such as logical frameworks and

grant charts.

o Understanding of non-profit funding mechanisms, and ability to evaluate

potential funding opportunities.

o Social media expertise, including planning and creating dynamic content to be

posted on social media channels (in particular, Instagram and LinkedIn).

o Familiarity with and ability to use basic photo and video editing, and visual

design software, e.g., Canva, Photoshop.

o Graphic design skills

o Familiarity with website design and editing

o Understanding of the current context in Afghanistan, and/or education

o Skills in Dari and/or Pashto is an added bonus, but not required for the role

Submission Guideline

Interested candidates should send a CV, Cover Letter and Writing Sample to reshtin.99@gmail.com. Please submit PDF format of your CV.

Please mention the Job Title (CCSO-2023) at the subject line of your email.

Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for the interview.

Functional Area

Public Relation

Countries

Afghanistan

Provinces

Kabul

Kapisa

Parwan

Wardak

Logar

Nangarhar

Laghman

Panjshir

Baghlan

Bamyan

Ghazni

Paktika

Paktya

Khost

Konar

Nooristan

Badakhshan

Takhar

Kunduz

Samangan

Balkh

Sar-e-Pul

Ghor

Daykundi

Urozgan

Zabul

Kandahar

Jawzjan

Faryab

Helmand

Badghis

Herat

Farah

Nimroz

Submission Email

reshtin.99@gmail.com

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