About SNaPP2-MAIL

Job Summary

IFAD support for NPP-2 aims to achieve national coverage over a three-phase implementation period consisting of 15 years. The present project constitutes the first phase of IFAD support. It will be implemented in three selected pilot provinces, namely Balkh, Herat and Nangarhar, with planned geographical expansion to additional provinces over the second and third phases. The selection of Balkh, Herat and Nangarhar provinces is aligned with MAIL's intention to commence with seven priority provinces for NPP-2 roll-out across the country. The present project will cover 589 CDCs consisting of 60,000 households (450,000 people) across six districts – NahriShahi and DihDadai in Balkh, Karukh and Zendhajan in Herat, and Darah e Noor and Khewa/Kuzkunar in Nangarhar.

Duties & Responsibilities

The PM will head the Project Management Unit (PMU). He will be responsible for ensuring the project is managed efficiently and achieves its operational objectives and deliverables. The PM will report to the National Program Director. The PM’s tasks will be as follows:


Responsible for day-to-day Project technical management of the project and the relevant sub-components.

He should also closely work with the project director on the recruitment of technical (livestock, agriculture) staff required by the project.

Ensure close and effective collaboration at the provincial and district levels staff of MAIL functionaries and related service providers/ agencies so that project objectives and deliverables are realized at the target group level.

Ensure the adequate and timely preparation and submission of all the Annual Work Plan & Budgets

Help the project director and the finance team on the withdrawal applications, disbursements, preparation of all supporting documents, financial reports, travel claims, procurement and audit reports together with timely preparation of quarterly and annual progress reports for submission to the Government and IFAD.

Undertake regular monitoring and supervision visits to project areas and facilitate cross learning and sharing of experiences between project functionaries; ensure best practices are documented and disseminated within and beyond the project; insist that IFAD‟s policies and standards (transparency and accountability, gender sensitivity, inclusiveness, targeting) are complied with across all levels of the project; sanctioned plans are executed as envisaged; personnel and SPs are adequately resourced and equipped for the task; and arrange/conduct impact assessment surveys periodically.

In collaboration with the PSU staff ensure that the staff of the PMU as well as project staff are sensitizedon gender issues; targeting and activities specified for women are regularly monitored; gender issues are identified and resolved during project meetings, periodic gender assessments and the same reflected in reports to the PMU and PSU.

Provide technical support and back-stopping to communities/ common interest groups and service providers as needed and ensure implementation of the participatory and multi-faceted interventions of the programme in line with project strategy.

Organise training and learning events for project staff so as to upgrade their competencies and capabilities in accordance with the approved Training Calendar.

Provide support to all supervision, monitoring, evaluation teams from IFAD, third party agencies or anyone else contracted to undertake these functions for the Project.

Coordinate with the procurement unit of the PST on undertaking contract management and monitoring compliance of Service Providers with the terms of their contracts and keep the PSU informed accordingly.

Any other project specific tasks assigned by the project director.

Job Requirements

INTERVIEW SCORE CRITERA


QUALIFICATIONS (50)

Education/Training – 10

Overall Experience in Agriculture and Rural Development – 10

Relevant Experience (Agriculture production, marketing, value chain, Institutional development, Rural Finance) - 15

Accomplishments- 5

Potential – 10

CHARACTERISTICS (20)

Achievement-oriented – 5

Responsible/Dedicated -5

Professionalism/Maturity – 5

Verbal Skills – 5

Project related questions (15)

Knowledge of Agriculture and Rural Development issue in Afghanistan – 5

Knowledge of project area – 5

Knowledge of project objectives and requirements – 5

OVERALL (15)

OVERALL EVALUATION

Has an engaging personality;

can inspire confidence and can communicate effectively;

Has handled senior level managerial, training and mentoring responsibilities previously.

Familiarity with governmental functioning especially at the sub-national level and with field conditions would be an advantage.

Submission Guideline

The interested candidates should submit their resume alone with a covering letter as follow conditions:

Please send your CV along with a cover letter

Subject line must be: (Project Manager JLY-001 /MAIL/SNaPP) otherwise your application will NOT be considered.

Candidate’s educational degree must be attested with Ministry of Higher Education - Afghanistan otherwise we will not accept the application in short listing process.

Please note that application received after the closing date will not be considered.

Only short listed candidates whose application responds to the above criteria will be contacted for interview.

Note: Only CVs submitted online will be accepted. Hard copies of CVs will not be accepted.

Functional Area

Agriculture

Countries

Submission Email

vacancies.rmlsp@mail.gov.af

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