Project Officer (Resilience & Livelihood)
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities
Activity: Implementation, monitoring and reporting of planned activities (40%)
- Participate in planning and budgeting, preparation of work plans, implementation of planned activities and monitoring/ reporting of progress for PAISHA Project
- Facilitate and monitor the implementation of planned activities and community level engagements for PAISHA project
- Mobilize and facilitate the engagements of stakeholders during planning and development meetings, workshops and Seminars.
- Identify local level partners, support and facilitate the partnership in the implementation of planned activities.
- Facilitate stakeholders and partners in supervision and monitoring of programmatic activities.
- Support the collection and documentation of impact and success stories on monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annually for PAISHA Project
- Ensure quality data entry in the PAISHA project monitoring system
- Take part in management of PAISHA project funds, including monitoring of monthly budget burn rates, budget re-alignments, and support internal and external auditing;
- Ensure compliance with WVT finance policy and donor requirements in management and use of financial and non-financial resources for PAISHA
End Results
- All Planned activities executed within the Financial year, as per the budget and output realised.
- Implementations monitored and data in place for report compilation, monthly, quarterly and annually.
Activity: Community engagement and advocacy (25%)
- Sensitize community empowerment through Empowered World View approach by organizing commercial producer groups (CPG) and formation of commercial villages.
- Mobilize and facilitate integration of Vision Fund Tanzania (VFT) and Resilience Project Models such as Market Led Agriculture, Local Value Chain Development (LVCD), Standardized Saving Groups-S4T and other Economic development initiatives
- Innovatively support communities including RC households to participate and benefit from the programme development and make intentional inclusion of RC families in CPG, S4T and other program economic activities
- Mobilize and facilitate active participation of children and their communities to participate in planning, monitoring and implementation and evaluation of community development initiatives.
- Monitor the wellbeing and child abuse cases and report any accordance in line with child protection policy and guidelines.
End Results
- Presence of mobilized groups on S4T and CPGs in operation sustainably
- More RC parents being member of the above groups, which symbolizes RC family’s participation.
Activity: Project Budget and Resource Management (15%)
- Participate in annual and multiyear budget plans, reviews and report preparation in collaboration with finance staff.
- Ensure compliance with WVT finance policy and donor requirements in management and use of financial and non-financial resources;
- Take part in management of project funds, including monitoring of monthly budget burn rates, budget re-alignments, and support internal and external auditing;
- Creating synergies and resource leverage with local government and other actors through facilitating integrated district and local level planning and budgeting;
End Results
Effective activity implementation according to the approved budget, WV and donor standards.
Activity: Networking, visibility and donor recognition (15%)
- Facilitate networking relationships and participation with wide stakeholders such as government, church, faith-based organization leaders and other key partners at local level such as NGOs, CBOs, IGA groups
- Facilitate WVT/VFT integration for profitable agriculture, livestock production and enterprise development (high value agriculture crops and livestock breeds).
- Foster partnership with local institution in RC monitoring
- Deliberately collaborate with other World Vision projects, ensure that project is well implemented and generate evidence for policy impact and contribute to World Vision Tanzania and donor
- Represent PAISHA project in various assigned learning and sharing meetings/workshops/conferences
- Ensures PAISHA project interventions and donor are recognized by the government, partners and communities through project branding, participation in different forums including national, zonal, regional and local events.
Activity: Other duties as assigned by the employer including Resource Mobilization (5%)
End Results
Contribute to WV’s general performance.
Knowledge/Qualifications for the Role
Required Professional Experience
Minimum Qualification required: Degree in Agricultural Sciences, Economic Development, Agric. Economics, Agronomy, Sociology, Community Development, Rural Development & related field. Experience: At least 2 years in programming
Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification.
Preferred: Degree in Agriculture Sciences, Animal Science, Economic Development, Agric. Economics, Agronomy, & related field.
Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications
- High integrity.
- Partnering and engaging with stakeholders
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Report writing skills
- Networking and influencing skills.
- Highly reliable and dependable.
- Passion for children.
- Skills in Programming.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff and donors
- Computer skills
- Community Facilitation skills
- Ability to drive Motorcycle for long hours, and in possession of Motorcycle driving licence
Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement
Work environment: Few office work with frequent visits to the field Travel: 02% Domestic travel is required and On call: 05%
Physical Requirements
Ability to work under pressure, handle multitasking.
Key Working Relationships
- PAISHA Project Coordinator: Immediate supervisor, Daily contact
- Livelihood specialist: Technical support on matters of Resilience and Livelihood, Frequent contact
- AP PFAO/Senior cluster accountant: Support on Matters of finance and payments, Frequent contact
Decision Making
In his/her capacity he can decide on implementation of activities based on value for money, also in an efficient and effective manner.
Core Competencies
- Deliver Results
- Build Relationships
- Be Accountable
- Learn and Develop
- Improve and Innovate
- Partner and Collaborate
- Embrace Change
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