Project Officer – Wash And FSL – Bardhere, Somalia

Role Purpose:

Gargaar Relief and Development Organization “GREDO” is currently looking to recruit Project Officer position for WASH and FSL. The role will specifically address emergency water and sanitation, temporary construction or rehabilitation needs through assessment, programme design, management, capacity building and evaluation. The role exists to: assist in implementing direct emergency hygiene promotion and sanitation programmes; build capacities of hygiene promotion assistants, volunteers; and support hygiene promotion activities for GREDO’s core programme sectors of health, Nutrition, Education, protection and Resilience. Also the Key Responsibilities for Food Security and Livelihood are this:

• Responsible for FSL activity implementation in the targeted district and supervise FSL field team to carry a high quality implementation.
• Responsible for compilation of project information and sharing regular reports and updates to the FSL Project Manager.
• Ensure correct beneficiary selection and verification procedure and criteria are followed by Project Assistants.
• Coordinate with Finance, Logistics and security focal points in field offices for timely distributions in line with policies and procedures.
• Ensure the field team understand and check the quality of information collected. Compile data and share with relevant staff in a timely manner.
• Works closely with the community Mobilizer and the community committees to ensure effective coordination and ensure the most vulnerable people are targeted.
• Any other tasks assigned by the project manager.

Qualifications and Experience

• A University degree in public health, social science and Community development or Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a discipline such as social sciences, geography, anthropology, business management, economics or other discipline relevant to. urban/rural livelihoods.
• Minimum 3 years of Experience in implementing and coordinating hygiene promotion activities, including programme design, implementation and evaluation or Three years of experience in food security and livelihood interventions (Food / Commodity distribution, food security & livelihoods project).
• Ability to write clear, well-argued assessment and project reports, and assist in preparing successful funding proposals for donors relevant to hygiene promotion.
• Monitoring and evaluation skills including knowledge on KAP surveys
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation
• Excellent communication skills
• Capacity to supervise, train and coach national staff.
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of GREDO in particular, a good understanding of the GREDO mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
• Commitment toGREDO Child Protection Policy
• Computer literate
• A moderate level of written and spoken English and good communication skills in Somali

Child Protection

The responsibilities of the post will require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people