Job Vacancy For Project Officer
Solidarity For Humanity International (SOHI)
- Sunyani, Bono Region
- Permanent
- Full-time
Hierarchical superior:Executive Director
Location: Sunyani, GhanaPosition type: Full time, starting from 01 May 2022
Contract type: Fixed-duration contract
Contract length: 6 months, renewable
Mode and level of remuneration:NegotiableJob summary:
- The Project Officer will be responsible for ensuring effective implementation of diverse project activities and task assigned to attain goals and objectives
- The Project Officer will be responsible for overseeing project work-plan performance, participating in project planning ,budgeting,implementation,monitoring,reporting and program development in project site
- With guidance from the Executive Director,initiate planning for project (Operational Planning, Budgeting)
- Participating in developing project proposals and project documentation
- Assist Executive Director to develop work plan with partners if necessary
- Coordinate with the team and partner to conduct capacity building trainings for partners
- Supporting the Executive Director in all aspects of the program implementation and development as requested.
- Responsible for supporting the program's advocacy plan
- Establish monitoring and evaluation systems including indicators
- Actively assist and participate in project events (meetings/workshops/trainings)
- Undertake other program administration tasks as and when necessary
- Ensure transparency, ethical conduct and efficiency in project implementation
- Reporting on project activities and expenditure as requested by the Executive Director and according to project timeframes
- Preparing of monthly,quarterly and annual reports.
- Report to Executive Director any of changes which impact to the project implementation
- Be responsible for monitoring and supervision of activities implemented in the project's sites to ensure effective implementation.
- Supervising and recording project activities expenditure against budget
- Responsible for managing project database and other M&E tools
- Implement the project M&E plan in a professional manner
- Visit project sites on a regular basis
- Participate in Project review
- Participate in Planning for transfer / transition of achievements
- Provide technical support to project team and partners when necessary
- Identifying training needs of partners and beneficiaries in the context of the project
- Contribute in developing operating tools for project interventions
- Assist in reviewing and redesigning intervention in consultation with the Project managerand partners and in response to evolving needs of target groups
- Compile / document lessons learnt and intervention model
- Participating in designing research /study , collecting analyzing data, translating document research findings together with other project team members, partners and consultants
- Preparing and facilitating together with project team, consultant and local partner to plan,design and conduct workshops and trainings.
- Facilitating and supporting project partners, consultant and project team to develop training manual and other IEC materials...
- Prepare and participate in periodical meetings
- Provide the Communications officer with contacts for database (donors, consultants, networks)
- Coordinate with project teams in documentation of projects achievements
- Assist in project special events together with the Communications officer and the Executive Director.
- Support the Communications officer in the production of communications tools: video clips, leaflet, press release/press kit,database
- Support in organization of visits (of donors,home office personnel,other visitors)
- Establish relationship and attends technical meetings with other NGOs and networks when appropriate
- Identify opportunities to collaborate with other organizations and leverage resources
- Participate in developing long-range strategic goals and strategies consistent with the mission and capabilities of Initiative.
- Report regularly to the Executive Director about project management matters
- Implement project operating procedures together with project team members
- Ensure compliance with Initiative: SOHI policies and procedures
- Monitoring Project expenditure based on a clear project plan and applied all required Financial regulations (by donors and Initiative: SOHI global standards)
- Supporting Project partners to develop the project budget in a participatory manner
- Support Finances in payments procedure (verification, followup)
- Participate in the controlling of the appropriateness and compliance of the program operations, narrative work plan, and budgets
- Assisting the Executive Director to develop quarterly / annually financial plan
- Bachelor's degree in Project management or administration, Engineering, WASH or related field;
- At least 2 years' experience in development projects
- Monitoring and evaluation skills desirable;
- Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail;
- Demonstrated capacity to effectively communicate via writing, public speaking and interpersonal interactions;
- Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with community organizations, government officials, corporate executives, general public and staff;
- A spirit of achieving excellence and team building;
- Demonstration of honesty, transparency, accountability;
- Demonstration of ethical and critical way of thinking;
- Perfect command of English, especially in report and proposal writing;
- Advanced skills in Word, PowerPoint, Skype, Gmail, GoogleDocs, GoogleDrive, and proficiency in Excel.
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