Jobs in Afghanistan

Jobs In Afghanistan - 2012

Jobs in Afghanistan are available in support of the US military through a number of government agencies and contracting companies.

The US Army awarded the $150b LOGCAP IV (Logistics Civil Augmentation Program) contract for food, housing and other services to the U.S. soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait in 2007. Three companies were awarded the right to compete for task orders: Fluor, Dyncorp and KBR. Many other companies provide subcontractor support to these three prime contractors. DangerZoneJobs.com for example, tracks nearly 300 of the larger companies offering jobs in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The actual number of contractors working in Afghanistan jobs can be estimated by a quarterly report published by the U.S. Army, which gives the number of DoD contractor personnel deployed in Iraq (Operation New Dawn (OND)), Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF)), and the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of responsibility (AOR).

As of the second quarter of 2012, the report dated April 2012, states:

In 2nd quarter FY 2012, USCENTCOM reported approximately 153,000 contractor personnel working for the DoD in the USCENTCOM AOR. This was approximately a .6% increase from the previous quarter. The number of contractors outside of Afghanistan and Iraq make up about 16% of the total contractor population in the USCENTCOM AOR.

DoD Contractor Personnel in the USCENTCOM AOR - Afghanistan Only
Total Contractors 117,227
U.S. Citizens 34,765
Third Country Nationals 37,898
Local/Host Country Nationals 44,564

The distribution of contractors in Afghanistan by contracting activity are:

Theater Support - Afghanistan: 20,226 (17%)
LOGCAP: 32,653 (28%)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: 15,222 (13%)
Other:* 49,126 (42%)
Total: 117,227
*Includes Defense Logistics Agency, Army Materiel Command, Air Force External and Systems Support contracts, Special Operations Command and INSCOM.

There are currently approximately 117.2K DoD contractors in Afghanistan. The overall contractor footprint has increased 3.2% from the 1st quarter FY12.

The contractor to military ratio in Afghanistan is 1.18 to 1 (based on 99.2K military).

Local Nationals make up 38% of the DoD contracted workforce in Afghanistan.

Recent efforts to develop strategies to improve the viability of business in Afghanistan include developing a more skilled workforce, increasing business opportunities, increasing community cash flow, improving public infrastructure such as roads and utilities and community organizational capacity to maintain economic governance. All of these initiatives have a direct influence on the hiring of Afghani local nationals.
Local Nationals make up approximately 53% of the DoD contracted workforce in Afghanistan.

General Data on DoD Private Security Contractor Personnel in Afghanistan
Note: These numbers include most subcontractors and service contractors hired by prime contractors under DoD contracts. They do not include PSCs working under DoS and USAID contracts.

DoD PSCs in Afghanistan*
The validation of PSC numbers is uncertain due to a rapidly changing environment surrounding President Karzai’s Decree 62

Total Contractors 26,612 (Numbers include both armed and unarmed contractors employed on contracts providing private security services.)

U.S. Citizens 519

Third Country National 782

Local/Host Country National 25,311

US State Dept Afghanistan Jobs
Jobs in Afghanistan can also be found with the U.S. Department of State, who is hiring highly skilled and motivated U.S. citizens to work at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, in east central Afghanistan, especially for Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs).

PRTs are civil-military units deployed throughout Afghanistan to extend the reach and enhance the legitimacy of the national government by improving security, and facilitating reconstruction and economic development. There are currently 26 PRTs (12 US-led).

PRTs are a key element in a broader coordinated civil-military strategy, which includes continued Coalition combat operations, expansion of NATO/ISAF, implementing international donor development assistance, training and deployment of Afghan national army and police units, and diplomatic engagement with Afghanistan's neighbors.

The U.S. Embassy is located in Kabul, a city in east central Afghanistan, capital of the country and Kabul Province. Kabul is on the Kabul River, situated at an elevation of about 1800 m (about 5900 ft) making it one of the highest capital cities in the world.

The Afghanistan Support Office (ASO) is seeking to hire highly skilled and motivated United States citizens for jobs in Afghanistan. Applicants must be U.S. citizens able to obtain the required security, medical, and ethics clearances.

Applicants for these jobs in Afghanistan must be U.S. citizens. Candidate selection is based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the applicant’s relevant work experience and subject matter expertise.

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