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Job Summary

Peace Dividend Trust (PDT) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization dedicated to making peace and humanitarian operations more effective, efficient and equitable. Since January 2006, PDT has operated the Peace Dividend Marketplace-Afghanistan (PDM-A) project to streamline the local procurement activities of the international community in order to strengthen the Afghan private sector. PDM-A’s efforts support the Afghanistan National Development Strategy and the Afghanistan Compact (2006).

Linking demand to local supply is an effective, necessary, and sustainable pillar of private sector growth and job creation. PDM-A has facilitated the award of over 400 contracts worth more than 20 billion AFN (400 million USD) to Afghan-owned businesses.

In order to increase the impact of its 4-year program in Afghanistan, PDT has opened sub-offices in Jalalabad, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar and Helmand.

Duties & Responsibilities

Responsibilities and Duties

Support the business development activities of the Business Development Services section by verifying business to be registered in PDT’s online business portal (http://afghanistan.BuildingMarkets.org).

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Verify existing business information and collect additional information for inclusion of business on http://afghanistan.BuildingMarkets.org by:
o Setting of verification appointments in order to visit companies
o Visiting companies to fill out business questionnaires/assess Companies
o Continuous improvement of strategies and tools for the verification
• Information Management
o Assuring accurate tracking of businesses for future and past verification
o Assuring data quality of collected verification data
o Internal reporting
• Market PDM-A’s services to local suppliers
• Support roll-out of business development activities to regional centres
• Represent PDM-A at events, including trade fairs, meetings, etc.
• Conduct any other duties as assigned by the Business Development Operations Manager

Job Requirements

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of Afghan businesses in Paktika and Ghazi provinces ; particularly construction and logistics and manufacturering sectors
• High school graduated/enrolled in advanced degree program
• Fluent in Pashto and good command of Dari and English both oral and written
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team;
• Ability to work independently and within a team
• Strong organization and data management skills
• Excellent communication and networking skills;
• Energetic and efficient, results oriented

Submission Guideline

Forward your CVs to Peace Dividend Trust at delbary@pdtglobal.org, before given deadline.


Thank you for your interest in Peace Dividend Trust Afghanistan.

Functional Area

Private Sector Dev

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