Procurement Specialist; Strengthening Water and Irrigation Management Project in Tajikistan (SWIM)

Organization/Project: Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Project Implementation Group.

Title of your vacancy/procurement: Procurement Specialist

Closing date: November 30, 2024 (5 pm)

Contact information: 5/1 Shamsi Street, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, 5th Floor pmu.mewr@gmail.com

External/Direct link: (if any) N/A

Short description:

The Project aims to accelerate national water supply reforms, strengthen capacity in water resource planning, and improve irrigation management, including by building resilience to climate change. The Project will also contribute to the improvement of living conditions in rural areas, including improved food security indicators largely through the expected long-term outcomes related to increased area under double cropping, and increased total value of agricultural productions through the shift to higher level crops. The Project will combine support for improved water policy, planning and management at the national and basin levels with infrastructure upgrades at the irrigation scheme level to improve the efficiency of individual irrigation systems. 

The Procurement Specialist will assist in planning, carrying out, and monitoring the procurement of goods, works, and consulting and non-consulting services in line with the World Bank’s Procurement Regulations (July 2016, as amended in November 2017 and August 2018).

The Procurement Specialist will be hired to support the PIG in undertaking Project procurements, with direct reporting to the Manager of the PIG under the MEWR.

Qualification Requirements:

• A University degree and/or Master's Degree in the field of engineering, management, business administration, law, or economics or a subject related to the fields of project procurements.
• Excellent procurement forecasting skills;
• Excellent team-working, decision-making and analytical skills;
• Ability to work under pressure;
• Skills in preparing high-quality related reports in Tajik, Russian and English;
• A confident user of (MS Office, MS Wword, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Internet E-mail etc.).

Interested candidates should send their CV and cover letter in English before the deadline to pmu.mewr@gmail.com indicating the vacancy
title or in printed copies to the address: Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, Project Implementation Group, 5/1 Shamsi Street, 5th Floor, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Candidates who have passed the preliminary selection will be invited for an interview. The deadline for submission is November 30, 2024 (5 pm)