Project Officer

Job Description

Requirements

This position is Nawalparasi West district based and will be responsible to manage the project activities in the district. This position will represent iDE in the district of responsibility until a new arrangement is made. The Project Officer is the key person for the (Transforming Lives through Nutrition) TLTN project in the field representing iDE in the consortium and with external stakeholders. The position will closely coordinate with the TLTN consortium (HKI Nepal) team and ensure that the project is timely implemented in the district as per earlier agreed plan, as well as provide support to the partner staff in the district. The position is responsible to liaise with government and other stakeholders in the field. The role is to oversee the program and budget and ensure the program's activities align with the objective and goal of the project in the district. The position will maintain a close working relationship with agri-food market actors in the district of responsibility.

•  Plan, implement, monitor, and report project activities aligned with project objectives and as per detailed implementation plan.
•  Speed up quality project implementation, budget tracking and support partner on coordination and day to day project handling in the district.
•  Ensure that project DIP and MERL Plan is on-track and follow-up project activities/output against the timeline.
•  In close coordination Food and Nutrition Lead and other thematic heads, analyse the sectoral data as needed.
•  Provide technical guidance to field staff, address key issues, and technical backstopping to the field team.
•  Assist in technical assessment and studies for knowledge creation, new project concept development and project quality monitoring.
•  Coordinate and facilitate the internal and external visits (eg, country office, donor, SWC, government, HQ) in the district of responsibility.
•  Collaborate with local and provincial governments.
•  Guide and monitor field staff to ensure effective project implementation.
•  Prepare timely project progress reports, including partner and project progress reports.
•  Immediately inform the line manager any security related information and incident.
•  Ensure that partner's processes such as procurement, recruitment and training session delivery are as per standard practices and organisational policies.
•  In coordination with Communication colleagues, collect and document best practices, case studies, stories and photos.
•  Contribute to partner and vendor assessment or any other due diligence assessment as asked by the country office.
•  Ensure integration (mainstreaming) of Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) in project implementation; and, inform the country office if any GESI related gap is identified or improvement is needed in the course of the implementation process.
•  Any other tasks as assigned by the Supervisor.

Job Specification

Qualifications :

•  Bachelor's Degree with 3 years' experience at Supervisor/Assistant level or Masters Degree with a 2 year experience. At least a Bachelor degree in agricultural, or any other relevant discipline.
•  The degree in public health or nutrition or any other relevant discipline is preferred but not mandatory.
•  I/NGO experience; candidate from target district; previous experience with HKI/ iDE projects.
•  Good spoken and written skills in both English and Nepali.
•  Valid motorcycle driving license.
•  Basic proficiency in computer applications (e.g., MS Word, Excel, email).

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