Contract Manger

About Afghanistan Land Authority

Job Summary

ARAZI is looking for a qualified national Contract Manager who will be responsibl e for all the deli verables and
activities of the Contract Management Unit. This is a key unit of Land Lease Directorate of ARAZI. The overall mission of this unit is to realize effective l and lease contrac ts that make optimum use of government lands. The Contract Unit swings into action, af ter the proposal
evaluation team identifies the best proposals/business plan and passes it on the Contrac t Unit for negotiating the terms and concluding the contrac ts. Contract Manager position requires some level of legal knowl edge of the nature of government land contracts . He/she will report to Land Lease Director and will liaise with specific units of the same and perti nent Directorates.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1. As the manager of Contr act Unit , the incumbent will be unit’s super visor and will be tasked with pl anning, organizing,
controlling, super vising, directi ng and leading the Contract Unit. His/her specific responsibilities are as followi ng:
2. Negotiation of contract terms with prospective tenants
3. Realization of lease contracts
4. Supervising contracts record-keeping
5. Supervising the transfer of contracts from Amlak Department of Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock to
Arazi
6. Other pertinent responsibilities deemed necessary by his/her direct supervisor

Main Tasks

- Negotiation of contract terms with prospective tenants
- Maintenance of applications (proposals/business plans) passed on by the Proposal Evaluation Unit in organized and
effective manner.
- Liaising with the related units of Land Inventory and Lease Enforcement Directorates on identifying the negotiation points
- Inviting the prospective tenants for negotiation
- Recording the decisions made and receiving the reviewed applications (proposals/business plans)
- Realization of lease contracts
- Identification, receipt and verification of supporting documents required with the lease application
- Registration of approved and signed lease contracts
- Review of requests for amendment of lease contracts
- Issuing of lease contract expiration, cancellations and terminations

Realization of lease contracts

- Identification, receipt and verification of supporting documents and collateral security required for lease contracts
- Registration of approved and signed lease contracts
- Review of requests for amendment of lease contracts
- Issuing of lease contract expiration, cancellations and terminations


Supervising record-keeping of contracts

- Designing an effective virtual and physical record keeping mechanism for contracts
- Supervising the regular update of contracts and incorporating the amendment/modified information
- Generating regular date-based, geographical and other types of reports for various level of Arazi management


Supervising the transfer of contracts from Amlak Department to Arazi

- Supervising the process of collecting, sorting and data entry of contracts currently managed by Amlak
- Extracting key information and due diligence of contracts including identifying the contracts that are expired, due and running
- Liaising with the pertinent units of Land Inventory and Lease Enforcement Directorates on verifying the land


information and enforcement of contract terms

- Transferring the approved contracts into the new Arazi format of lease contracts
- Issuing the current lease contracts expiration, cancellations and terminations

Job Requirements

Education

- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Management, Agriculture, Politica l Science, Sociology, Economics or
Engineering (Master’s deg ree preferred)

Professional experience
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Minimum of 5 years of managerial exper ience in government, NGOs, UN Agencies or business preferably with the legal affairs

Technical skills

- Effective communication and negotiation skills

- Contract design, development and enforcement

Language Knowledge
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Dari, Pashto, English

Computer Science
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MS Office

Personal Qualities
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Effective inter-personal skills

- Leadership skills

- Team worker

- Able to work under pressure and tight timelines

Submission Guideline

ARAZI is looking for qualified candidates for the below positions recently announced. If you meet the qualifications required and interested in working with our organization, you can send us your application and resume via

Vacancies@mail.gov.af.

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