Job Detail

Islamic Relief Worldwide – Afghanistan Country Office (IRW) is an international non-profitable non-governmental humanitarian relief organization with its headquarter in UK-Birmingham. It enjoys consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. It is a signatory to the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Moments and NGOs in Disaster Relief. IRA started its humanitarian activities for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan and Afghan people inside since then; IRA continued assisting in emergency relief, food security, women empowerment, girl education, orphan sponsorship, health, emergency education, shelter, Ramadan, and Qurbani programs.

Job Summary

Conduct market needs assessment, and market movement monitors data collection and identification of high-valued skills, MSMEs, local producers, and non-agriculture products from the HHs.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Facilitate vulnerability assessments to identify the vulnerable groups including men, women, youth, elders, and people with disabilities, IDPs and marginalised groups.
• Help in establishment of men and women producers’ group at the targeted districts, which will be supported in handicrafts, local SMEs and agricultural production, processing, and marketing.
• Help in Designing, developing, and managing community mobilization activities which provides effective support to men and women groups in agricultural businesses, SMEs, cooperatives, and associations which benefit program beneficiaries and are in line with our program.
• Conducted training need assessments and assist in capacity development of men and women producers’ group operating handicrafts, agricultural businesses, cooperatives, and associations; to improve business and financial performance which results in an increased sustainable production.
• Preparation the list of selected MSMEs, SMEs, local producers include of men and women and conduct the awareness raising campaigns regarding small invitation founds “Grants and shared the reports and plans with program technical team in main office.
• Deliver project related training and guidance, to men and women producers’ group and women-run handicrafts, local business, agribusinesses and cooperatives and conduct capacity building activities to men and women groups.
• Prepare plans for workshops and public awareness programs to the men and women groups on Women economic empowerment and development and Assist Market Development Officer in the Preparation and development of the concept notes and ToRs for the business events and exhibitions.
• Assist women groups in marketing of their local products, handicrafts and agriculture products and improving linkages between them and sellers through local business process and assist in the formation of value chain partnerships and networks.
• Identify value chain opportunities, notably by mapping and evaluating existing supply chains, and recommend additional priority opportunities for value chain and skills development.
• Outline value chain opportunities by developing project summaries and market analysis reports and must select the vulnerable, marketable, and sustainable value chains.
• Facilitate, monitor, and supervise the process of selection of lead farmers and other producers’ groups and the setup of key component outputs and tools, including the training activities, transfer of technologies, and facilitation of producer groups’ creation.
• Assist entrepreneurs, and prospective investors by providing advice and technical support, including business case development, economic viability analysis, risk assessment, and feasibility of value chain activities – projects.   
• Work closely with the departments of commerce and industry DoCI, Afghanistan chamber of commerce and investment ACCI, DAIL, and key stockholders (NGOs, community institutions, private sector and etc) to coordinate the overall implementation project activities.
• Assist in the Preparation of the business development capacity-building training materials on (financial literacy, bookkeeping, principle of business management, branding quality control, production process, marketing, and business plan writing).
• Conduct business development training for entrepreneurs, SMEs, and project beneficiaries and prepare, develop production plans and business plans for small households and entrepreneurs for scaling up their business/economic activities. 
• Prepare the lists of identified MSMEs target groups for business grants and maintaining coordination with the government authorities in provincial and district level. Coordinate with other stakeholders in provincial level and district level. 
• Maintain strong communications with clients and disseminate outputs with provincial field managers and conduct business grants post-distribution monitoring processes and Prepare reports and submit to line manager weekly/monthly basis.
• Performing any other activities as directed by the Livelihood project manager and program technical team.