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 17 assistant to procurement specialists of the authority. Eligible applicants can read the details below and apply accordingly.

Job Details:

Position Title:                Assistant Procurement Specialist (Directorate of Procurement Facilitation)

Job Location:                 Kabul

Nationality:                    Afghan

Category:                       Purchasing-Procurement

Employment Type:        Full-time

Salary:                            As per NPA Salary Norm

No of Positions:             17

Vacancy #:                     NPA/AFG/004

Organization:                 National Procurement Authority (NPA)

Working experience:     Three years of relevant experience

Contract duration:          Permanent

Gender:                          Male/Female

Closing date:                 16 July 2020

Job objective:

Assisting in and regulating the facilitation of procurement (except the assessment of the documents of needs identification phase, preparation of tender & bidding announcement) in an effective, transparent and accountable way and in accordance with the law and procedure of Afghan’s public procurement and guidelines of the sponsoring body when required.

Job Description:

Duties and responsibilities

• Organizing and conducting the meeting of the directorate with other entities in coordination with the director of the department and respective specialist, and keeping all the correspondence of the projects relating to procurement bodies
• Assisting with the respective sector in the evaluation of offers and recommendations
• Enduring the validity period of offers and recommendations and approving the renewal requests for offers and recommendations’ deadlines at least ten days before to its end in coordination with specialist
• Preparing public announcement for issuing the contract conferral decision following the negotiation process when required and communicating that with the related publishing unit
• Helping in the organization of documents and details of the projects according to the content of the standard procurement archive
• Assisting with the specialist or professional assistant specialist in organizing and presenting the documents to the secretariat directorate of NPA for approval of the commission when necessary
• Approving the draft of offer acceptance letter, ensuring the accuracy of the offer, guaranteeing the implementation of and preparing the contract draft and finally submitting it to the respective procurement entity in coordination with the specialist
• Observing the behavioral rules of the office, transparency accreditations, competition among companies, full accuracy of the procurement process in line with the law of Afghanistan and reporting on in the event of a conflict of interest
• Observing and applying the policies and instructions of the NPA and strategic plans of the facilitation directorate in the NPA
• Reporting weekly and monthly on the procurement-related performance of the related department in coordination with the director
• Doing other duties as assigned by the relevant directorate

Job requirements

1. Education:

• Having an Engineering, Economics, Law, OR Business Administration degree is necessary.

2. Experience:

Three years of job-relevant work experience

How to apply?

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

Please note to indicate the [position title and related directorate/duty station] in the subject line of your email.

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

Submission Email:  careers@npa.gov.af