Project Director

About ( Ministry of Agriculture) AAIP Project

Job Summary

The Project Director will have overall responsibility for the performance of the project implementation unit. The core duties of this position include coordinating project implementation activities such as personnel management, financial management, procurement/contracts management and facilitation, grants management, monitoring and evaluation and overall project management with other units within SGR project. He/she will lead and guide the project staff in the preparation and work plans in accordance with the project documents and agreements between MAIL and World Bank in order to achieve desired goals.

Duties & Responsibilities

Have responsibility for the day to day management and implementation of the SGR project.

General need assessment of the implementation unit and development of Term of Reference for the unit.

Develop project implementation plan for the unit and monetize the project activities in term of multiyear budgeting.

Coordinate with finance unit in respect of financial management of project. Responsibilities include preparation of periodic financial forecasts, preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial expenditure and budget versus actual reports, and ensuring compliance to the overall financial operation manual of SGR.

Work with procurement unit on all project related procurement matters. Responsibilities include preparation procurement specification, participating actively in the bid opening and bid evaluation, assist in drafting contracts, follow-up the administration of contracts as per the policy of SGR.

Review and write of SGR reports, project documents and proposals as and when needed.

Ensure that the program is implemented in accordance with its design and within the available budget, produces the expected impacts and that the right target groups are being reached.

Supervise the tendering, purchasing, installation of equipment and transportation of facilities in good working order in accordance with World Bank and Government procurement procedures.

Project coordination, cooperation, and communication with beneficiaries and related stakeholders.

Lead and supervise all Project Implementation Unit (PIU) staff in their daily assignments.

Ensure that the timely organization of monitoring and evaluation at identifying implementation bottlenecks and assessing program impact.

Prepare monthly progress reports, monthly financial reports and other ad-hoc reports as required by SGR project.

Timely reporting and communication with the MAIL management team and adoption of program compliance with all requirements of World Bank.

Analyze all performance reports collected from contractors or service provider.

Able to travel to project sites as and when needed. The incumbent would be required to travel occasionally to provinces of Balkh, Baghlan, Herat, Kandahar, Badakhshan and others as needed.

Ability to work under pressure and work extra hours when required.

Perform any other task as needed to SGR project.

Job Requirements

The Project Director must have the following basic qualification and working experience:

At least a master degree holder in the field of Economics/ Agriculture/ Agricultural Economics or any other relevant field.

Applicants with a PhD degree are preferred.

Having at least 4 years of Senior Management Experience.

Be a team player and team leader.

Fluency in local languages as well as English Language.

Familiarity with World Bank will be an advantage.

Familiarity with agriculture/ministry of agriculture.

Computer literacy is a must.

Experience on World Bank, MoF, public project financing or similar projects preferable.

Experience on grain storage policies

Managerial, leadership and staff motivation.

Financial management and administrative skills.

Data analysis and report writing.

Be able to use the MS Office package (Word, Excel and Power Point)

Problems Solving / Coordination Collaboration.

Excellent communication and organization skills.

Have the ability to take a strategic view of the results to be delivered and to conceptualize how the SGR project can fit into the overall development objectives in the project area.

Ability to work under pressure and work extra hours when required.

Submission Guideline

Please send your update CV along with a cover letter electronically to below e-mails:
The email subject line must be: (Project Director – 01/MAIL/SGR).
Please note that any/all application submissions after the closing date will not be considered.
Only short listed candidates whose application responds to the above criteria will be contacted for interview. Offering the contract to the successful applicant is subject to fund availability from the donor.

Functional Area

Management

Countries

Submission Email

sgr.vacancies@mail.gov.af

sgr.vacancies@gmail.com

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