Exemption/ASYREC Project Manager:
- Location: Kabul, Afghanistan (Kabul)
- Closing Date: Feb 27, 2024
- Reference: 0626
- Number of Vacancies: 1
- Salary Range: $4000 – $4100 monthly
- Years of Experience: 5 – 7 years
- Probation Period: 3 month
- Contract Type: Fixed-term
- Contract Duration: 6 month
- Contract Extensible: Yes
- Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
- Gender: Any
Job Summary
Under the direct supervision of Sr. Program Officer, the incumbent will be primarily engaged in planning, preparing and implementing all the Exemption/ASYREC Project related activities in the UNCTAD Afghanistan, in consideration with rules and regulations defined by the United Nations.
Duties & Responsibilities
1. Planning and overseeing the implementation of the Exemption system and ASYREC system in a Customs administration.
2. Coordinating with various stakeholders, including Customs officials, IT professionals, and other entities to ensure successful deployment of the system.
3. Managing project timelines and resources to ensure the Exemption implementation stays on track.
4. Providing training and support to all humanitarian agencies, UN and other end users of the Exemption system.
5. Monitoring and evaluating the performance of the Exemption system, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing enhancements as needed.
6. Communicating with senior management and other relevant parties to provide updates on project progress and address any issues or concerns.
7. Ensuring compliance with international standards and best practices in Customs data management and automation.
8. Collaborating with external vendors and partners to procure necessary hardware, software, and technical support for the Exemption system.
9. Developing and maintaining documentation, policies, and procedures related to the Exemption system.
10. Leading a team of project staff and providing direction, guidance, and support to ensure project success.
11. Leading the team for the successful implementation of ASYREC system for the emergency relief of consignments.
12. Monitoring and Evaluation of the Staff management working in the project including the HR, Admin and other relevant areas.
13. Supervise the Exemption Helpdesk section of the project on regular bases.
14. Any other task as assigned by the supervisor.
Competencies:
Monitoring and evaluation: Ability to travel to the provinces to monitor the progress of work or evaluate the data and prepare a report to the management;
Professionalism: Good technical, managment, analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to identify and participate in the resolution of issues/problems; Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks; Proven expertise in use of IT-based tools used for exemption/ ASYREC systems , Ms. Office Package, Data base development, Jawa, C++ and required software; And ability to analyze project requirements.
Planning and Organizing: Proven ability to establish priorities and to plan, organize, coordinate and monitor team work plan and provide advice and guidance to them;
Creativity: Ability to actively seek to improve programmes/services, offer new and different options to solve problems/meet client needs.
Teamwork: Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
Job Location:
• Kabul with travels to the provinces (the travel expense will be paid by UNCTAD)
Job Requirements
Education:
• Master’s degree in software engineering, computer sequence, IT, or other relevant fields is required. Additional 3 years of work experience with Bachelor degree in lieu of Master’s Degree is also acceptable in the relevant field.
Experience:
• 7+ years of work experience with Master’s degree or 10+ years of experience with Bachelor degree in the field of IT management, database development or other relevant field is required.
• Experience in Customs automation of at least 5 years as leading the team technically will be an advantage.
Computer Skills:
• Working knowledge and experience using Ms. Office Package, Data base development, Jawa, C++ and required software is required.
• Experience in operating the ASYCUDA Exemption system is required
Language Requirement:
• Strong knowledge in written and spoken English and excellent knowledge of national languages (Pashto and Dari) are required. Translation of document to local languages will be added asset.
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Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Associate:
- Location: Kabul, Afghanistan (Kabul)
- Closing Date: Feb 27, 2024
- Reference: 0628
- Number of Vacancies: 1
- Salary Range: $1300 – $1350 monthly
- Years of Experience: 1 – 3 years
- Probation Period: 3 month
- Contract Type: Fixed-term
- Contract Duration: 6 month
- Contract Extensible: Yes
- Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
- Gender: Any
Job Summary
Under the direct supervision of Sr. Program Officer and support of Private Sector Development (PSD) project manager, the incumbent will be primarily engaged in planning, preparing and delivering the M&E activities to the UNCTAD Afghanistan projects and programs, in consideration with rules and regulations defined by the United Nations.
Duties & Responsibilities
1. Formulate and draft an M&E plan for the implementation of the UNCTAD projects.
2. Develop periodic assessments, reporting templates, and user guidelines as per the need.
3. Create performance indicators for measuring results of projects implementation in consultation with the relevant sections.
4. Assist the UNCTAD team to implement the M&E framework, guidelines, and other tools.
5. Prepare templates for evaluating the UNCTAD’s projects performance.
6. Develop a mechanism for obtaining the necessary information about the projects’ activities from the projects and ensure the information feeds into the compilation of the quarterly and annual reports.
7. Assist in compiling the relevant information required for the preparation of quarterly and annual work plans, reports, and other M&E-related documents and correspondence.
8. Provide support in the preparation of quarterly and annual reports for dissemination to the stakeholders.
9. Assist in extracting critical lessons learned and good practices from final evaluation & monitoring reports and distributing them to a larger audience for future reference.
10. Assist in the identification of gaps in knowledge and skills of program and project staff engaged in monitoring, reporting, and evaluation, and identify key elements of capacity building and training agenda.
11. Design, conduct or assist in surveys and assessments in the field.
12. Travel to the provinces to monitor the progress of work and report it back to the management.
13. Any other task as assigned by the supervisor.
Competencies:
Monitoring and evaluation: Ability to travel to the provinces to monitor the progress of work or evaluate the data and prepare a report to the management;
Professionalism: Good research, analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to identify and participate in the resolution of issues/problems; Ability to make an independent judgement based on set criteria and benchmarks; Proven expertise in use of IT-based tools, Ms. Office Package, and required software; Ability to analyze project requirements and assist in preparing documents in support of existing projects or for developing new ones.
Planning and Organizing: Proven ability to establish priorities and to plan, organize, coordinate and monitor own work plan and provide advice and guidance to others;
Creativity: Ability to actively seek to improve programmes/services, offer new and different options to solve problems/meet client needs.
Teamwork: Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with people in a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic environment with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
Job Location:
Kabul with mandatory travels to provinces (the travel costs will be paid by UNCTAD.
Job Requirements
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in economics, Business Administration, social sciences, political science or other relevant fields.
Experience: 1-3 years of work experience in performing M&E function in national/international organization is required.
• Experience in report writing and surveys will be advantage.
• Experience in online field data collection using standard applications will be an asset.
Computer Skills:
Working knowledge and experience using Ms. Office package is required.
Language Requirement:
Strong knowledge in written and spoken English and excellent knowledge of national languages (Pashto and Dari) are required. Translation of document to local languages will be added asset.
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Exemption Helpdesk/ASYREC Coordinator:
- Location: Kabul
- Closing Date: Feb 27, 2024
- Reference: 0627
- Number of Vacancies: 1
- Salary Range: $3000 – $3500 monthly
- Years of Experience: 5 – 7 years
- Probation Period: 3 month
- Contract Type: Fixed-term
- Contract Duration: 6 month
- Contract Extensible: Yes
- Minimum Education: Bachelor’s Degree
- Gender: Any