Programme Management Support Officer

The Programme Management Support Officer supports the implementation of UNODC's Alternative Development Programme in Afghanistan, focusing on market development, trade promotion, certification, and private sector engagement. The role involves strengthening value chains, facilitating market access, supporting certification processes, and fostering partnerships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support the AD Project Management Office (PMO) Specialist and project team in the planning, design, and implementation of programme activities related to market development, trade promotion, certification, and private sector engagement at national and sub-national levels.
• Assist in the development and implementation of annual work plans to ensure timely delivery of project outputs.
• Support the preparation of community-based AD project concepts, proposals, and interventions in close consultation with target communities and relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to market assessments and value chain analyses studies to identify market opportunities, constraints, and potential interventions for programme beneficiaries.
• Facilitate the establishment of market linkages between input suppliers, producers, cooperatives, traders, exporters, Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Investment (ACCI) and Afghanistan Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI) and other relevant stakeholders.
• Support business and product development, branding, packaging, quality assurance, certification, marketing, and compliance with national and international market standards.
• Work with certification bodies for acquiring certificates for the target SMEs and with financial institutions, business development service providers, and trade promotion organizations to facilitate sustainable business opportunities and market access.
• Monitor project implementation activities, ensuring compliance with project objectives, work plans, donor requirements, and UNODC policies and procedures.
• Contribute to the preparation of technical reports, progress reports, quarterly reports, annual reports, donor updates, briefing notes, lessons learned, case studies, success stories, and other programme documentation.
• Participate in coordination meetings, stakeholder consultations, workshops, training events, and joint UN or partner missions as required.
• Undertake regular field visits and travel to project locations for monitoring, beneficiary consultations, market assessments, and evaluation purposes.
• Maintain effective working relationships with counterparts, community representatives, development partners, private sector stakeholders, and implementing partners.
• Promote gender-responsive, inclusive, and sustainable approaches across all AD market related interventions.
• Performs other duties as may be reasonably required and in line with the incumbent's scope of services above

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Economics, Agricultural Economics, Marketing, Enterprise Development or other relevant discipline with 2 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Business Administration, Economics, Agricultural Economics, Marketing, Enterprise Development, or other relevant disciplines with 0 years of relevant experience is required.
• Experience in agriculture value chain development, trade promotion, and market access initiatives.
• Relevant work experience in project management or related areas.
• Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
• Experience of working with developmental programmes/projects is desired.
• Fluent proficiency in English is required.
• Fluent proficiency in Pashto is required.
• Fluent proficiency in Dari is required.

Skills

• Agriculture Value Chains
• Trade Promotion Initiatives
• Market Access Initiatives
• Project Management
• Programme Implementation
• Certification Processes
• Private Sector Engagement
• Stakeholder Partnership Building

Languages

English, Pashto, Dari