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| Senior Liaison Officer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Afghanistan | Province | Kabul, |
| Categories | Management, | Type | Full Time |
| Post Date | 2024-12-26 | Close Date | 2025-01-01 |
| Vacancy No | 1379 | Gender | male female |
| No Of Jobs | 1 | Contract Duration | Till 31 March 2025 (With possible extension) |
| Education | University degree especially in agriculture is desired. | Experience | Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible working experience in coordination, communication, and/or project management experience preferably in an international development organization. |
| Organization | Opportunities for you | Salary | As per ROP salary Scale |
About Company
About Roots of Peace: Roots of Peace is a humanitarian organization that has worked in war-torn countries around the world with our partners to remove the remnants of war, landmines and unexploded ordinance, and restore the land in order to rebuild peaceful communities for generations to come. For the past twenty years, the Roots of Peace award-winning “Mines to Vines” approach has impacted one million farmers and families, enabling the exports worth over $150 million to international markets. Since beginning our work in Afghanistan in 2003, Roots of Peace has worked with agricultural value chains in every province of the country resulting in 100,000 tons of exports, creating over 9,000 full-time agribusiness jobs that benefited more than 38,000 families from these value chain approaches. From farmers to exporters, Roots of Peace develops entire agricultural value chains by implementing the ROP Development Model which is designed to serve as a catalyst to generate much broader impact industry-wide - improving incomes for smallholder farmers, bringing peace to rural communities, transforming national industries.
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Liaison Officer will constantly communicate with the ROP country representative and is responsible for developing and maintaining effective working relationships with all partner ministries to ensure the efficient implementation of ROP's projects.
Tasks to Support Role:
- The Senior liaison Officer shall coordinate and control any related standard activities with partner ministries, such as Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Ministry of Interior, and others, under the authority of the ROP country representative.
- Maintain effective coordination with line ministries to promote ROP activities in the country.
- Review quarterly ROP project reports and prepare a summary in local language for submission of quarterly report to MAIL to keep them up to date on ROP activities.
- Coordinate with the ROP project focal point to receive inputs for the timely upload of the six-month MOEC report and submission of hard copies with supporting documents to the relevant department, as well as obtaining a submission receipt for the ROP record.
- Attend coordination meetings with partner ministries and keep them up to date on ROP ongoing and planned activities.
- In charge of processing visas and work permits for expatriates.
- In charge of processing the vehicle's green book and AV permit extension.
- Responsible for continuing to fill out documents, updating the tracker sheet, and obtaining records of IN/OUT letters to partner Ministries.
- Assess the customs clearances of goods or commodities related to program inputs procured aboard.
- Report on monthly and quarter basis to the extension director.
- Undertake other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the role and level of this job as may be requested by the supervisor.
ADMINISTRATIVE
- Provide inputs (text and photos) for bi-weekly report.
Job Requirement
Education:
- University degree especially in agriculture is desired.
- Good knowledge of management, communication, coordination, conflict management, leadership, analyses, report writing, evaluations, assessment, and presentation.
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible working experience in coordination, communication, and/or project management experience preferably in an international development organization.
Skills:
- Must have demonstrated understanding of coordination and project management skills with diverse team and large flow of information and activities.
- Must be able to work independently and prioritize, show initiative experience in an NGO setting.
- Ability and flexibility to work under stress and understanding to address sensitive social and/or political issues.
- Fluency in both spoken and written local languages Dari and Pashto and understanding of English.
- Demonstrated planning, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to set priorities and manage time effectively.
- Ability to think and communicate clearly with others.
- Advance computer skills especially in Microsoft Office.
- Strong analytical and communication, report writing and presentation skills.
Submission Guideline
Important Note: Applicants should copy and paste the relevant Vacancy Announcement Number, Position Title, and Province Name (mentioned below) into the email subject line when submitting their application. Please do not add any other information in the subject line of your email except the Position title, Vacancy Number, and province name. Applications received without a VA Number will not be considered.
1. Senior Liaison Officer (AFN-1379)
"Roots of Peace does not want to disrupt government functionings and therefore cannot hire government staff".