About this role
- At least 10 years of post-qualification experience in procurement management (of goods, works and consulting services) of health-related projects will be given preference. Knowledge and implementation experience of various international /national/sub-national public procurement rules shall be accorded due weightage. Hands on experience in conducting technical evaluation of bids, contract award and management for government and donor funded projects. - The Procurement Specialist will be responsible for development of the Annual Procurement Plan, preparation and issuance of various documents required at different stages of the procurement cycle e.g. EOIs, IFBs, RFPs, Bid Documents, Evaluation Reports, Minutes of Negotiations, Contract Award, Contracts, and various internal processing documents required to facilitate decision making; - To maximize efficiency of the procurement cycle by providing strategic expert advice and implementing necessary controls ensuring transparency, cost effectiveness and soundness of all procurements, carried out under the program; - Support the Project for organizing Bid Evaluation Meetings by: (i) arranging venue and the timing of bid opening, evaluations with evaluation panel members, (ii) preparing necessary bid evaluation packages (bid documents, proposals, evaluation sheets etc.) and distribute them to evaluation panel members, (iii) attend bid evaluation meetings as a note taker and keep the minutes of the meetings, and (iv) provide other necessary technical supports to facilitate the procurements; - To assist on need basis on matters associated with taxation, duties clearance; - To develop appropriate procedures, controls, checks, rules, etc. preventing frauds, pilferage, etc. in the procurement process in line with commitments stated in Anticorruption Guidelines 2016; - Coordination with Ministry of NHSR&C for the procurement activities, file processing and approvals; - Preparation of bidding documents for all goods/services/individual consultants/audit/any smaller work as per Procurement Plan; - The Procurement Manager will facilitate the departmental Procurement Committee in meetings on monthly basis; - Preparation of bidding documents for consultancy services, third party audits and validations, as well as for National Awareness raising firm Component; - The specialist will work on fulltime basis while working in close liaison with relevant sections for implementation of various components, following the routine government approval mechanism; - To coordinate with concerned programme sections to develop/update, monitor and implement need-based Procurement Plan to implement the project, ensuring timely completion of all procurement activities; - Participate in technical meetings and provide recommendations to improve the project implementation in terms of procurement, based on capacity development needs; with regard to the procurement of the services, goods, etc; - Provide expert procurement and sourcing solutions for various programme activities. Assist various audit/ex-post review outfits in performance of their tasks by ensuring that procurement documents are efficiently filed and provide complete track of the procurement cycle. - MBA in Finance with 10 years of post-qualification experience in procurement management of PSDP projects will be given preference - Merit Location of Job: Islamabad - Expertise to apply PPRA rules for the effective procurement process and procedures; and other skills(e.g. IT): Knowledge of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook etc. - Age relaxation has already been added.