BRAC started its first international operation by venturing into Afghanistan in 2002. BRAC Afghanistan currently operates in 14 out of 34 provinces with programmes in Education, Health, Capacity Development, and Citizens’ Charter.

Job Summary

• Assist the MSME Supervisor and project staff to verify pre-identified eligible women-led micro-enterprises in the target communities. Build the capacity of the project participants on the existing enterprise management. He/she will lead the team to achieve the project activities and objectives. Provide technical, financial resources, and equipment support to the project participants. He/she will conduct field visits to analyses the relevant reports to ensure quality. 

The MSME Officer Only Couple ( 6 Vacancies ) will have responsibilities that include:

1. Verify the targeted project participants and appropriate enterprise option as an Income Generating Activities (IGAs) for them following the project guidelines in order to enroll into the Project.

2. Provide enterprise development training, asset purchase and transfer, input distribution to the participants as per project guideline.

3. Provide education on business management and continuous follow up, supervision, close monitoring and progress analysis of enterprise and the project participants in order to orient them on business and enterprise management and from the extreme poverty level within the project cycle.

4. Develop different progress reports, training, proper documentation and follow administrative rules of the project and organization.

5. Monitoring and support the formation process by providing necessary guidance to build effective pro-poor social platforms in the community

6. Communicate and build a network with different government and other service providers to obtain different services and facilities for the program participants

7. Provide support and guidance to the field team for resource and Community mobilization activities

8. Support field and provincial team on social integration related issues to proper follow up and provide guidance to respective team to overcome challenge 

9. Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

10. Practice, promote, and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

11. Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

12. Perform any other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.

Job Requirment

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Law and Political Science, Social Science, and or a close relevant field.

• 2 years of experience in SME Management, beneficiary selection, verification, and need assessment, Women-Led Businesses.

• Experience in training methodologies and techniques and facilitation skills with focus on SME Management, beneficiary selection, verification, and need assessment, Women-Led Businesses.

• Good organizational, communication, interpersonal, and team skills.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills and time management skills.

• Fluency in Pashto and Dari, English when required both written and spoken

• Familiar with report writing and Training Plan 

• Honest, proactive, and well mannered.    

• Training and facilitation  skills 

• Experience of working in teams and coordinating with project/Programme personnel located in distant offices 

• Problem-solving

Submission Guideline

• interested candidates are requested to send their application (complete C.V along with a cover letter and reference information) to Human Resources Department, BRAC Afghanistan,
• Note: Only Couples ( پدر و دختر، خواهر و برادر، شوهر و خانم. میتواند به این بست اپلای کند ) can apply for this position.
• To apply please click on the below link: https://jobs.af/jobs/msme-officer-only-couple
• Only complete applications will be accepted and short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• BRAC is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. Therefore, our hiring process includes extensive background checks and a criminal records disclosure to ensure safeguarding and to prevent harassment and abuse.
• BRAC Afghanistan retains the right to not recruit for any of the positions advertised for here.

• BRAC is an equal opportunities employer female are highly encouraged to apply.

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