No. of Vacancies: 1

Duty Station: Kathmandu

Required Qualifications and Criteria:

• Masters Degree in Economics, Management or Sociology with at least 7  years of work experience in Economic Development, Poverty Alleviation,  Project Design , Project Monitoring and Project Appraisal, working in partnership, resource mobilization and so forth at managerial positions such as Managing Director, Deputy /Executive Director, Division Chief, Project/Program Director, Under Secretary or higher level  of Government institutions, international organizations and finance institutions.
• Working tenure will be  maximum 5 years in contract basis.  Retirement age will  be 58 years.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills:

• S/he should have managerial skills, leadership and management as well as strategic, financial and staff management skills. S/he should have excellent communication, networking and partnership building skills and have proven ability to write documents in a concise and convincing manner. S/he should be able to build consensus amongst diverse views, to operate successfully with a high degree of autonomy and to delegate effectively with ability to participate effectively in fund raising activities and programs.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Providing visible executive leadership
• Execute policies ,directives , decisions of PAF Board and approved Plan/program
• Creating funding strategies and opportunities to support Poor and poorest groups of Nepal and Formulate long term and short term Plan/Vision, yearly program and budget and submit to the PAF board
• Creating funding strategies and opportunities to support Poor and poorest groups of Nepal and developing the mid- to long-term funding base, including engaging new potential funders, for example development donors and f and carry out day-to-day administration of the PAF secretariat to obtain and work as per PAF objectives.
• High-level liaison and representation experience with major national and international stakeholder bodies.
• Knowledge of relevant intergovernmental partner organizations and processes, including The World Bank and IDA
• Demonstrated ability to work within a complex, international, interdisciplinary and multicultural environment
• Prepared Annual /Trimester Report of PAF program and submit to PAF board
• Carry out appointment, performance evaluation and dismissal of Executive staff.
• Appoint and dismiss support staff.
• Make job allocations of the employees and evaluate their performance.
• Take disciplinary actions against employees for incompetence, negligence, and misappropriation of funds and abuse of power.
• Arrange Board meeting and prepare minutes.
• High-level liaison and representation experience with major national and international stakeholder bodies.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a complex, international, interdisciplinary and multicultural environment
• Chair the Technical Appraisal Committee.
• Participate in policy discussion at the Board meeting.
• Project the demand for funds for Board’s approval.
• Delegate authority to executive staff according to needs of PO
• Submit periodic reports to the Board on PAF performance.
• Coordinate and supervise functional units and hold staff meetings from time to time.
• Coordinate with government/donor agencies to facilitate PAF supported activities and services.
• Select Service Agencies and contract out services such as project promotion, training to potential POs, community awareness, field evaluation and monitoring, research and development studies etc.
• Coordinate with donors and mobilize resources for PAF.
• Other activities as assigned by the Vice Chairman

Note: If above mentioned position would be vacant within one year, appointment will be given to the first alternative candidate.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further selection process. The PAF reserves the right to accept or reject the application without assigning any reason, whatsoever. Canvassing at any stage of the processes shall lead to automatic disqualification.

To Apply Via Email : Interested and qualified candidates are requested to send their updated CV with the name and contact details of three referees and a Cover letter addressing the job description, qualifications knowledge and skills requirements at [email protected] with ‘ED application’ in the subject line.

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