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About Aga Khan Agency for Habitat, Afghanistan

The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), an agency of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in Afghanistan, on Sunday was introduced as an agency specializing in emergency management and the built environment.

Onno Ruhl, the General Manager of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH), said the program has helped promote standard dwellings for returnees and helped those living in remote regions to find adequate shelter. 

“All these activities I mentioned would be highly relevant in Afghanistan at the present time - that’s why we are here today. We are here because of all of us at AKDN believe that Afghanistan is one of the most important countries in the world for Aga Khan Agency for Habitat to deliver its mandate. 

"We want to build on 22 years of FOCUS’s excellent work, to make remote communities in the mountains of the Hindukush not just safe but for them to thrive. We want to deepen our partnership with the government and in particularly with ANDMA for even greater impact on all Afghanistan,” said Ruhl. 

Afghan officials welcome the move and pointed out that Afghanistan deals with a wide range of regular natural disasters. 

“We are in the first or second position among ten countries which have a lot of natural disasters,” said State Minister For Natural Disaster Management Najib Aqa Fahim. 

“Restoring degraded land means better lives and incomes for farmers and pastoralists and less pressure on people to migrate to cities. We see this ethic of partnership,” said Nurjehan Mawani, the Ambassador the AKDN in Afghanistan. 

“We can see some very alarming numbers that are coming from various reports, based on the World Bank and the The Global Facility for Disaster reduction and recovery report which was produced in 2017; we can see that in Afghanistan annually we have 560 people on average who lose their lives due to earthquakes; floods are threatening their lives and poverty is also impacting 800,000 people. 

“Based on the report, 10,000 kilometers of roads in Afghanistan is under threat of avalanches which happen every year; the effect of drought is very significant. Based on a report, $280 million in agricultural losses are sustained annually and if you go to rural areas, the impact is indeed very challenging,” said Shodmon Hojibekov, CEO of Aga Khan Foundation for Habitat. 

In Afghanistan, the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat (AKAH) − previously Focus Humanitarian Assistance − engages with communities living in remote mountainous areas to increase their resilience to natural disasters and complex emergencies.  

The Aga Khan Agency for Habitat also supports communities to utilize an enabling habitat to enhance their health, education and economic development. 

The approach is to predict where possible potential emergencies may impact homes and livelihoods, identify structural and non-structural interventions that can prevent or mitigate the impact of those hazards, and to build the capacities of communities and local and national governments to reduce their vulnerability to risk and to increase their capacities to help their neighbors.  

To enable this, AKAH implements a wide range of disaster prevention and response initiatives in local communities, including disaster preparedness training, vulnerability assessments, risk mitigation activities and disaster relief efforts. 

Job Description

JOB SCOPE / OBJECTIVES:

Under the guidance and supervision of the Supervisor, admin/logistics or his/her nominees, the admin Officer is responsible for applying administration-based management techniques, operational oversight, handling procurement, maintaining coordination between departments and responsible for all aspects of the admin/logistic and AKAH admin/logistics services. The admin officer shall perform the following key functions.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

• Maintain and regular checks/verifies of capital asset with cooperation of finance and update the list; incorporate any new assets in the list and assign tags and complete the Asset Assignment Form
• Design and conduct admin/logistics and supply needs assessment and prepare plans based on that
• Provide an uninterrupted support to AKAH operation in terms of administrative and logistical arrangement and control office inventory
• Ensures the timely and cost–efficient delivery of tasks and duties, such as sub-contracting of local companies, renting or rehabilitation of office premises, office equipment and supply, transportation and fuel agreements
• Ensures proper record keeping and managing the inventory.
• Guide and monitor daily transport arrangements (drivers, logbooks, vehicles records forms, etc.)
• Arrange transportation, and make sure to do regular vehicle maintenance and update insurance vehicle
• Assist in managing day –to-day Admin/Logistic for Office and provide all necessary admin and logistic inputs
• Market survey for new materials and development of new sources of supply
• Assist the Supervisor, admin/logistics in any administrative/logistics, financial or accounting tasks upon request
• Coordinate clearance of AKAH export/import in liaison with handlers and customs officials
• Coordinate with the management team to ensure timely and cost-effective purchasing of materials, equipment and other services necessary for the effective implementation of the initiative
• Assist supervisor, Admin/Logistics with processing and handle mass procurement within country and abroad in close coordination of the procurement committee and finance
• Any other tasks assigned by Supervisor, Admin/Logistics and/or his/her nominee(s)

Skills Required

• Strong Communication skills
• Flexible and can work under pressure.
• computer skills

Submission Guideline:

Submission Email:

hr.afghanistan@akdn.org