Job Description
Post Description:
- Being part of a team working at the community level, the Senior Project Officer will supervise the activity of Food security officers, WaSH, Agric and Nutrition officers.
- The Senior Project officer will participate in the organization and monitoring of related activities aimed at improving access to food.
Responsibilities (Senior Project Officer):
- Support the recruitment and training of community mobilizers.
- Closely monitor and supervise project officers.
- Monitor vendor-beneficiary’s transactions.
- Participate in monthly review meeting with vendors.
- Provide support to beneficiaries and vendors in the utilization of e- vouchers and Red rose technology.
- Monitor the quality, quantity and prices of project’s vendors’ stock.
- Ensure that project participants have value for money.
- Organize monthly post redemption review meeting with the community mobilizers.
- Carryout beneficiaries, vendors and key stakeholder’s sensitization.
- Collect and log complaints and feedback from beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries, target communities and key stakeholders.
- Report all issues identified in the field.
- Participate in distribution of Red Rose cards amongst beneficiaries
- Participate in beneficiaries’ registration process as per defined guidelines and instruction from the Program Manager.
- Perform community mobilization as per defined key messages.
- Act politely with community members and IDPs.
- Support in project activities that will be assigned by supervisor.
- Be on time, flexible to perform duties as defined by the organization.
- Update line manager on daily activities of the project.
- Write and submit weekly and monthly reports to supervisor.
- Documentation of lessons learned and success stories on the project.
- Develop and send monthly workplan to supervisor.
- Travels to project sites/locations
- Perform all other activities related to organization’s businesses in line with humanitarian assistance to the targeted communities of intervention.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
- University degree in Business Administration or related field
- Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in the relevant filed.
- Excellent skills in monitoring implementation of program activities.
- Managing resources and achieving results
- Ability to write reports.
- A proven record in managing team.
- A proven record of multisectoral project implementation.
- Ability to work in partnership with local communities and other NGOs as appropriate.
- Knowledge of Hausa and / or other relevant language.
- Strong sensitivity and respect for local cultures
- Professional manner in dealing with community members and co-workers.
- Strong listening skills combined with excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
- Possess good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to work to meet deadlines in multiple tasking environments
- Excellent organization, planning and analytical skills
- Ability to work in a challenging and demanding environment.
- Ability to work as part of a team and coordinate with other JDPC staff.