Church World Service - Pakistan Afghanistan Karachi Job Opportunity

An international humanitarian organization seeks the following candidate to work for the development and relief of marginalized communities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. If you are looking to work in an open, friendly, professional and stimulating environment, we are interested in you.

Position:              Enterprise Liaison Officer             

Location:             Karachi (with frequent travel to Thatta, part time)

No. of position:    1

Major Responsibilities:

• Conduct rapid market assessment
• Develop linkages of skilled artisan’s in Thatta with the Karachi market
• Explore, facilitate and mature orders for women’s artisans
• Communicate to artisan’s market demands, dynamics
• Act as a liaison between women artisan’s and buyers
• Develop record keeping logs for women’s products (e.g. costing, time needed to produce particular products, etc.)
• Facilitate women in meetings with buyers and exposure visits
• Facilitate in providing product finishing trainings at the field level
• Explore online marketing tools
• Monitoring and analyzing market trends and communicate information to women artisans
• Exploring ways of improving existing products and services, and increasing profitability
• Participate in project related meetings/trainings/workshops etc.
• Submit reports on weekly/monthly basis as per project needs

Skills Required:

• For the post of Enterprise Liaison Officer a degree from university and at least 3-4 years’ practical experience in business and enterprise development or small- to medium-scale enterprises
• Have knowledge of a wide range of marketing techniques and concepts
• Familiar with Karachi Market and has linkages with designers/outlets, market traders etc
• Be an excellent communicator
• Familiar with local tradition and culture
• Flexible, committed and dedicated.
• Good English & Urdu are essential. Sindhi is an asset.
• The Enterprise Liaison Officer must be tolerant and sensitive to needs of religious and ethnic minorities, women and the poor.
• In the absence of the supervisors, the Enterprise Liaison Officer must have the confidence, initiative, patience and integrity to work independently.
• The Enterprise Liaison Officer is required to follow Organization Accountability Framework and its commitment to the Codes of Conduct practiced by the organization. The Enterprise Liaison Officer will ensure his/her commitment to the organization mission and values and for working in accordance to his/her job expectations

Deadline for applications is April 14, 2014. Please submit your applications (cover letter and CV) to:  jobapplications.ingo@gmail.com c/o Pakistan Recruitment in the subject line.

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