Project Officer – Erigavo, Somaliland

Terms of Reference (TOR) for Project officer

Position: 1

Job Title: Project Officer

Duty Station: Erigavo

Candlelight Background

Candlelight for Environment, Education & Health is a local NGO based in Somaliland which is dedicated to development and emergency issues in under-served and/or marginalized Somaliland communities. The core areas of interventions are livelihoods/natural resource management/income generation, education, health/Gender and humanitarian interventions. Candlelight is looking for to recruit one qualified and dynamic Project officer for the FGM interventions In Sanaag supported by European Union.

Responsibilities/duties

The main tasks and responsibilities of the project field officer will be the following:

• Responsible overall management and guidance project in the field level activities.
• Carry out a monthly and quarterly plan, and understanding of project objectives to reach target goals (SGBV, FGM, SHG, and human rights).
• Cooperate supporting and linking SHG to the cluster level associations.
• Maintain lobbing and advocacy campaigns linked to the Zero tolerance day and Somaliland Independence Day.
• Building a good relationship FGM/C and SGBV stakeholders at the regional and national level.
• Learning and exchange sessions on mainstreaming gender and human rights into sector policies and interventions
• Ensure proper controlling and supervising for daily workers in project field activities.
• Regular monitoring and evaluation of the project sites will be necessities.
• Collects information on and monitor project activities in the sites.
• Maintain quality control of project implementation levels.
• Ensure project activities to control actual plan of the project.
• Prepare regularly field trips reports and suggest appropriate action to be changed or improved.
• Active participation in the project implementation & represent in the absence of P. Mangers.
• Responsible request of procurement for necessary items required in the field.
• Meet local authority and communities elders to be fully aware of the situation and make adequate interventions to rectify any shortcomings.
• Assesses needs of the field and activities sites for programme planning and implementation, and provide recommendations.
• Organizing meetings and debates to clarify FGM Islamic point of view
• Preparing workshops and trainings relate to FGM Islamic point of view
• Collect and adopt any suitable resources and materials about the relationship between FGM and Islam.
• Take part in awareness raising sessions and campaigns
• Monthly reporting of religious activities of the project
• Conducting follow up of religious leaders trainees of the project
• Contributing Islamic point of views toward to Gender valiances of region
• Encourage preacher to include anti-FGM messages in their lectures
• Influencing Imams of the region to preach anti-FGM messages in their Jama’a addresses
• Perform any other duties as may be designated by the Project Manage
• Any other duties assigned by the project manager in any other Candlelight locations.

Required Skills and Qualifications_:

• A degree Islamic Sharia law.
• The Candidate must have Strong background of project Management skills and humanitarian interventions in Somaliland.
• Ability to analyses mass and complex information
• Analytical and good report writing skills
• Minimum of 3-4 years of work experience of Humanitarian work.
• Ability to work under short deadlines and efficiently handle multiple tasks.
• Demonstrate capacity to work in teams with colleagues.
• Excellent facilitation and problem solving skills
• Familiar with Project target communities

How to apply:

Qualified persons interested in this position are invited to submit the CV with 3 references and a cover letter summarizing and giving an overview of their educational background and work experience not later than 27^th of January 2021 via e-mail to: hr@candlelightsom.org.