About the Job and National Procurement Authority (NPA):

The National Procurement Authority (NPA) was established in 1393 in the framework of the General Directorate of Administrative Office of the President through a presidential decree. Now, NPA is hiring three assistant to procurement specialists for the Directorate of Projects Analysis and Program Development of the authority. Eligible applicants can read the details below and apply accordingly.

Job Details:

Position Title:                Assistant Procurement Specialist (Directorate of Projects Analysis and Program Development)

Job Location:                 Kabul (CITY)

Nationality:                    National

Category:                       Purchasing-Procurement

Employment Type:        Full-time

Salary:                            As per NPA Salary Norm

No of Positions:             3

Vacancy #:                     NPA/AFG/003

Organization:                 National Procurement Authority (NPA)

Working experience:     Three years of related experience

Contract duration:          Permanent

Gender:                          Male/Female

Closing date:                 16 July 2020

Job objective

Professionally assisting with the facilitation of procurement processing in an effective, transparent, and accountable way and as per the laws and procedures of public procurement and guidelines of the sponsor(s) when necessary.

Job Description:

Duties and responsibilities

• Preparing monthly, quarterly, and yearly working plans in accordance with the work plan of related departments to ensure that planned goals are achieved.
• Creating coordination among procurement agencies and specialists concerned to facilitate the processing of procurement documents.
• Conducting coordinative meetings to ensure troubleshooting and identifying the needs of bodies involved.
• Coordinating the pre-bidding meetings with the relevant entities and conducting that based on the schedule predefined in the tender or/and offer.
• Producing the minutes of pre-bidding meetings, amending the bidding documents, and sending them to bidders after the approval of the department director.
• Preparing the project files and sending them to the offer issuing Secretariat as per the related form.
• Maintain all correspondence and procurement documents of the projects according to the transparency and accountability norms stipulated in the procurement law.
• Observing the behavioral rules and disciplines of the authority, transparency accreditations, accountability, competition among companies, and full accuracy of the procurement process in line with the law of Afghanistan and reporting on in the event a conflict of interest arises.
• Observing and applying the policies and instructions of the NPA and strategic plans of the Directorate of Projects Analysis and Program Development in the NPA.
• Reporting weekly and monthly on the procurement-related performance of the department and yours to the director.
• Performing other duties as assigned by the relevant directorate.

Job requirements

1. Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Business or Public Administration, Financial Management, Accounting, or Civil Engineering.

2. Experience:

Three years of job-related work experience.

How to apply?

Interested and eligible Afghans should completely fill in the application form attached below and send that along with other required documents to the provided email address by the deadline.

Please note to include the [position title and related Directorate] in the subject line of your email.

Application for link: https://bit.ly/2VLzu1d

Submission Email:  careers@npa.gov.af