Project Officer, Jowhar, Somalia

JOB DESCRIPTION- Project Officer

Job Description: Project Officer (1 position)

Closing date: 23rd  December, 2023

Base: Jowhar

Job type: Full Time

Employment period: One year with possibility of extension

Reports to: Project Coordinator

The following JD is not intended to be all inclusive and the employee will also perform other related tasks as required and responsible for reporting and communication of progress and achievement of the specific assigned task.

Project Officer’s duties includes the following:

Main responsibilities

• Take leadership of the project in terms of high quality, timely deliveries, narrative reporting, close cooperation with the project coordinator.
• Oversee all the project activities in the project location, Plan and implement all the project activities in the field, assisting the staff in the field.
• Carry out networking of the project with local administration, other stakeholders in the project area, maintaining links with community committees and elders, engaging consistently with beneficiaries and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that the proper beneficiary selection and verification procedure and criteria are followed.
• Prepare detailed activity implementation plans for the activities (distribution of inputs and beneficiaries’)
• Provide regular report and feedback on the status and effectiveness of the activities to the project coordinator
• Closely liaise with partners in Jowhar – implementing FSL, H&N, WASH – to seek synergies and ensure holistic program implementation.
• Identify and sensitize community people and other stakeholders about project goal, objectives, beneficiary targeting criteria, duration of project etc.
• Carry out community mobilization and sensitizations on agriculture input and any other livelihood distributions
• Ensure establishment of project management committees in all target villages, to ensure that accountability, transparence and inclusivity in place, during the implementation of project activities.
• Lead and coordinate selection of beneficiaries through targeting, registration and verifications. Verify and review targeted beneficiaries eligible for the provision of response
• Support reporting and monitoring and evaluation, assuring that quality reports are submitted using standard project formats and in a timely manner.
• she will be responsible for ensuring of gender mainstreaming in the activities and motivate the women groups to participate in project implementation process
• Conduct training on good agricultural practice for beneficiary community to ensure agriculture management capacity improvement for the communities
• Effectively communicate project progress in a clear and timely manner and provide project updates in the monthly meetings.
• Submit weekly and monthly reports to the project coordinator & program director.
• Perform other project duties as assigned.

Education and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in community development, Agriculture, food security or other relevant areas
• Minimum 2-5 years of relevant experience in the humanitarian and development programme and working with NGOs & INGO.

Essential knowledge and skills

• Familiarity with Somalia humanitarian/development context, especially Food security and Livelihoods.
• Experience in working on complex projects with multiple components in fragile environment
• Experience in understanding local contexts
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with state government officials and local community structures.
• Ability to manage and work with a team.
• Knowledge of MS Office suites.
• Proficiency in English and Somali

NB: ONLY female candidates are encouraged to apply

How to apply

Interested female candidates should send their cover letter and CVs including three reference to Hr@wardi.org latest 23th December, 2023.

WARDI is an equal opportunity employer.