Peace Dividend Trust - Afghanistan, Multi Location
The Field Manager is the field office’s senior national staff liaison with the Afghan business community and national/international buyers. He reports to the Senior Business Development Manager and, oversees the province-wide delivery of PDM-A’s five core services and manages the day-to-day office activities. He directly manages up to three staff members and works closely with Kabul’s BDS and Admin/Finance staff sections to ensure that the work produced by the field office is aligned with the PDT countrywide strategy and is properly coordinated and resourced. The Field Manager is responsible for forming, maintaining and fostering productive relationships within the provincial business community and national/international buyers in order to create opportunities that will generate results and contribute to the achievement of PDT’s economic development goals in Afghanistan.
Business Development Services and Management
Management
• Supervision and mentoring of the Data Entry and Business Verification Officer;
• Supervision and mentoring of the Training Officer;
• Supervision and mentoring of the Project Assistant;
• Establishing workflows for the project activities of the field office;
• Collaborate with the Business Development Team and Kabul-based support staff;
• Ensure that all verification, tender distribution, business matchmaking, training, and market information activities are properly coordinated with national strategic objectives;
• Ensure that the field office is sufficiently and adequately staffed and that the work of the staff delivers results on target and on schedule;
• Develop staff capacity and provide mentoring as required;
• Supervise any special or short-term projects.
• Other support duties as required.
Business Development Services
• Responsible for enforcing workflows and for setting verification, tender distribution, and training priorities
• Responsible for monitoring and evaluation of office performance and reporting outputs on a weekly and monthly basis to Senior Business Development Manager;
• Identify procurement needs in priority sectors (including both civilian and military institutions such as the UN, the international military forces and large international companies);
• Identify Afghan businesses that can respond to the identified procurement needs;
• Develop local procurement solutions, including organizing site visits, vendor days, feasibility assessments and identifying emerging needs;
• Facilitate the development of key relationships with partner organizations;
• Market PDT’s services to the local business community;
• Support the development of marketing and networking strategies and implement them;
• Represent PDT at events, including trade fairs, meetings, etc.
Administration/Finance
• Coordinate budget for field office
• Establish and maintain a smooth flow of routine, administrative work of the PDT offices; including Finance and Compliance, Office Administration, Human Resources, and Logistics support functions,
• Implementation and adherence to all PDT financial and administrative policies;
• Maintain banking relations; plan and monitor country cash flow requirements to ensure the smooth implementation of PDT programs;
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job.
Business Development Services and Management
Management
• Supervision and mentoring of the Data Entry and Business Verification Officer;
• Supervision and mentoring of the Training Officer;
• Supervision and mentoring of the Project Assistant;
• Establishing workflows for the project activities of the field office;
• Collaborate with the Business Development Team and Kabul-based support staff;
• Ensure that all verification, tender distribution, business matchmaking, training, and market information activities are properly coordinated with national strategic objectives;
• Ensure that the field office is sufficiently and adequately staffed and that the work of the staff delivers results on target and on schedule;
• Develop staff capacity and provide mentoring as required;
• Supervise any special or short-term projects.
• Other support duties as required.
Business Development Services
• Responsible for enforcing workflows and for setting verification, tender distribution, and training priorities
• Responsible for monitoring and evaluation of office performance and reporting outputs on a weekly and monthly basis to Senior Business Development Manager;
• Identify procurement needs in priority sectors (including both civilian and military institutions such as the UN, the international military forces and large international companies);
• Identify Afghan businesses that can respond to the identified procurement needs;
• Develop local procurement solutions, including organizing site visits, vendor days, feasibility assessments and identifying emerging needs;
• Facilitate the development of key relationships with partner organizations;
• Market PDT’s services to the local business community;
• Support the development of marketing and networking strategies and implement them;
• Represent PDT at events, including trade fairs, meetings, etc.
Administration/Finance
• Coordinate budget for field office
• Establish and maintain a smooth flow of routine, administrative work of the PDT offices; including Finance and Compliance, Office Administration, Human Resources, and Logistics support functions,
• Implementation and adherence to all PDT financial and administrative policies;
• Maintain banking relations; plan and monitor country cash flow requirements to ensure the smooth implementation of PDT programs;
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job.
Forward your CVs to Peace Dividend Trust at delbary@pdtglobal.org
Post Date
Aug 10, 2011
Closing Date
Aug 24, 2011
Reference
PDT-A-52
Number of Vacancies
1
Salary Range
As per NTA salary scale
Years of Experience
Fresh
Probation Period
1 month
Contract Type
Permanent
Contract Duration
Not Specified
Contract Extensible
false
Gender
Male
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Lane 3, Kabul, Afghanistan
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