Carpet Technical Officer (Re-Announced) (Re Announced)

Date Posted: Mar 14, 2024

Job Detail

Location:

Kabul - Afghanistan
Type:

Contract
Shift:

Rotating Days
Career Level:

Entry Level Staff
Positions:

1
Vacancy number:

0124-01
Experience:

3 Year
Gender:

Any
Salary:

As per Company salary scale
Degree:

Bachelors
Apply Before:

Mar 27, 2024

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About Turquoise Mountain

About Turquoise Mountain:

The Turquoise Mountain Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture (TMI) is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit vocational training institute established in 2006, providing high-quality training across four schools: calligraphy & miniature painting, woodworking, ceramics, and jewellery and gem cutting. The Institute is registered with the Afghan Technical and Vocational Education and Training Independent Authority- TVET-A and is also accredited with City & Guilds, a UK-based vocational training body. The Institute is funded by the Trust but is overseen by its own Board of Directors.

Job Description

Order and production management

Work in close coordination with other members of the Turquoise Mountain carpet team to oversee all technical aspects relating to the production of carpet orders.
Coordinate closely with carpet producer companies (management, wool spinners, dyers, weavers, washing/finishing teams) to ensure all carpet orders are finished on time and to the required design and quality
Coordinate closely with the Turquoise Mountain sales and customer liaison teams to ensure accurate information on all orders is given to them on the production status of all outstanding customer orders.
Support the introduction of new carpet designs by acting as an intermediary between Turquoise Mountain designers/sales agents/international client and local carpet producer companies

Capacity Building

Raise the technical skill levels (especially in dyeing, washing and finishing) of carpet producer companies by carrying out trainings so they are able to fulfil orders from international clients to a consistently high standard
Carry out visits to carpet producer companies to provide training and to supervise order fulfillment, and to ensure quality control

General Activities:

Help identify new carpet producer companies to join Turquoise Mountain’s current development program
Identify way to improve the production infrastructure of carpet producer companies
Contribute to Turquoise Mountain’s strategy for supporting the Afghan carpet industry in collaboration with other members of the carpet team
Participate in regular coordination calls with management and other team members

Job Requirements

Minimum 3 years of experience in carpet production with experience in wool spinning, wool dying process, weaving, washing, and finishing.
A diploma in social science or a related field at the undergraduate level.
An understanding of carpet qualities and finishes required by international carpet customers.
Experience in carpet design software preferred.
Experience of using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)
An understanding of local languages (Dari, Pashtu and or Turkman), and English

Skills Required

Submission Guideline:

Candidates should submit their CVs with Cover Letter to: vacancy.af@turquoisemountain.org by no later than, 27th March-2024. In the subject line of the e-mail, please mention – (0124-01 Carpet Technical Officer-Re-Announced) only.

Kindly combine CV and Cover Letter as one pdf document and avoid sending us certificates and other heavy sized documents.

Note: Individuals Applied in first round are not encouraged to apply again

Submission Email:

vacancy.af@turquoisemountain.org

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