Senior Project Officer 95 views

Employment Type: Definite period

Salary: USD 807.00 (it is to be paid in ETB as per an exchange rate of the month.)

Location: Debark, North Gondar Zone

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the position is to provide effective and professional coordination role for the North Gondar Resilience project implemented by CWW & HIC and where HIC is the consortium lead.

Main duties & Responsibilities:

Coordination and networking

• Coordinate the Resilience project at Woreda Level as per the project proposal and budget secured/allocated as well as guidance provided by the Senior Project Manager and in close collaboration with Project Officers and relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure the proper and timely utilisation of the allocated project budget
• Contribute to budget preparation and revision as necessary
• Assist the project team and Project Officers and Senior project Manager to develop weekly and monthly objectives and work-plan for the project at Woreda level and ensure that all planned activities are met.
• Coordinate and insure that reports from project officers are received timely, compiled, analysed and submitted.
• Monitor staffing needs and ensure the recruitment of local staff on timely manner
• Ensure the project  logistics at Woreda level is fulfilled and coordinate such resources effectively
• Update the Senior Project Manager  about security issues on regular basis
• Ensure good collaboration and participation of government and other relevant partners
• Liaise with relevant national and international NGOs operating in the area and government bodies to ensure information sharing and coordination, in all aspects of the project and as guided and supported by the Senior Project Manager.

Technical Support and Facilitation

• Compile monthly, quarterly, and project end reports to.
• In coordination with Project Officers , Support staff development through coaching and mentoring to enhance the capacity of project and partner staff
• Prepare periodic review meeting with Project Officers and other on the ground based staff  and Government stakeholders

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Plan and implement project monitoring and evaluation activities
• Develop different monitoring tools based on the activities
• Working with the M & E officer to ensure  that Monitoring & Evaluation plans are very well coordinated & implemented with the involvement of relevant stakeholders
• Ensuring that all project partners have a clear understanding of Monitoring & Evaluation requirements and incorporate them in the project implementation
• Plan and implement project monitoring and evaluation activities
• Develop different monitoring tools based on the activities

Planning, Reporting and Accountability

• Contribute to the preparation of internal and external reports
• Prepare Bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly report and submitt on timely manner to the Senior project manager.
• Ensure that program participants and stakeholders have clear information about the program activities as appropriate and relevant to them.
• Make sure all the policies and guidelines of the organisation are adhered and respected by project staff.
• Make sure that mainstreaming gender, protection, accountability, HIV/AIDS, and equality throughout the implementation of project period.
• Committed to CWW’s vision, mission and core values

Additional Duties

Perform other duties assigned by the line manager for the accomplishment of programme objectives.

Emergency response

Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.

Gender Equality

• Demonstrate understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy
• Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with  dignity and respect
• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Accountability

In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):

• actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E);
• work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;
• Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behavior is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Safeguarding

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.
• Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.
• Practice in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.
• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.
• Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.