Personal Assistant/Communications (Internship)

Join Afghanaid as a Personal Assistant/Communications intern, providing key administrative support to the Managing Director in development efforts.

• Coordinate the MD’s daily diary, screen email, draft correspondence and prepare documents for meetings and professional appointments.
• Provide preparatory materials and coordinate the MD’s external representation and fundraising engagements, draft talking points and speeches, visual presentation and workshop materials.
• Coordinate and support drafting of internal quarterly reports and other Executive Team reports, as well as the external Annual Report, and ensure appropriate distribution; edit other organisational strategic and operational documents as required.
• Minute Board of Trustee, Executive and other internal meetings attended by the MD.
• Research and write internal and external briefs and reports to be used in national and international level communications.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for managing requests from various departments to the Managing Director, ensuring efficient communication and follow-through on tasks.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to schedule and organise meetings for the MD.
• Organise MD’s travel, trustees’ visits, annual retreat and other events as requested.
• Represent Afghanaid in advocacy and influencing forums and meetings.
• Assist the MD in monitoring performance indicators against strategic and operational plans.
• Support the communications focal point in the Kabul office, including taking photos and collecting case studies.
• Perform other relevant duties as assigned and approved by the MD.

• Experience living, travelling or working in isolated and conflict locations/countries
• Firsthand understanding of the operating environment of humanitarian and development work in Afghanistan (or a similar context)
• Basic fluency in Dari or Pashto