Save the Children recruits a FSL Project Officer – (200002RT) in Sheberghan, Afghanistan

Job Purpose:

The FSL project officer is responsible to coordinate the implementation of project, ensure that activities and outputs are implemented in a timely manner and according to the implementation plan. The incumbent will work towards achieving project goals working closely with project team to conduct field assessment, market price monitoring, involvement with local communities, and distribution of inputs. The FSL project officer will provide her/his support to project coordinator in withhold the quality of trainings and effectiveness of income generating activities and timely reporting.

Key Areas of Accountabilities:

Support project team to conduct community mobilization, sensitization and selection/verification of project beneficiaries based on pre-set criteria’s
§Responsible for FSL activity implementation in the field and supervise FSL field team to carry a high-quality implementation

  •  Collaborate with Project Coordinator, assistants and MEAL staff to design community mobilization strategy, project implementation plans and through regular field visits provide supervision and support
  •  Responsible for compilation of information on project implementation and reporting to project coordinator on regular basis
  •  Ensure improved coordination by working closely with project assistants and other team member and ensure FSL activities are well coordinated with protection activities in terms of beneficiary’s selection and planning of activities.
  •  Ensure alignment of project activities to project design and is consistent across project locations
  •  Responsible for monitoring the impact of the project, promote learning, support decision making and documentation of best practices.
  •  Build the capacity of staff to ensure:
    •  The staff understand and use standard set of training material and approach
    •  The staff understand best practices in livelihood and income generating activities
    •  The staff could identify the beneficiaries based on pre-set criteria

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning

  •  Prepare and implement action plan for quality monitoring
  •  Mobilizing and Making communities awareness on project objectives, outputs, activities, MEAL systems and SCI Child Safeguarding Policies.

Partnership

  •  Ensure personal commitment in building constructive working relationship with partners based on SCI partnership principles spelled out in Theory of Change
  •  Support project manager on day to day handling of department tasks related to partners

Skills and Behaviours: SCI Values in Practice

Accountability:

  •  Ensure that you work to the best of your ability and demonstrate high levels of commitment to SC Afghanistan in order to ensure the objectives of your role and the country programme are met.

Ambition:

  •  Ensure the effective and efficient use of all Save the Children resources in order to keep costs low and ensure safety in the workplace.

Collaboration:

  •  Comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy to ensure maximum protection for children.

Creativity:

  •  Lead, manage and motivate a team, ensuring that they have clear objectives and receive meaningful feedback on their performance.

Integrity:

  •  Other duties as directed. (Obviously this needs to only include duties that could be reasonably expected to be carried out by someone with the skills, experience and seniority associated with the job in question).

Qualifications:

Educational Qualification
Veterinary Degree

Experience and skills

  •  3 to 5 years of experience in relevant field
  •  Knowledge of market
  •  Good communication skills
  •  Problem solving, analytical and negotiation skills
  •  Computer literate
  •  English proficiency in both speaking and writing

Additional job responsibilities:

The duties and responsibilities set out above are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out additional duties from time to time which are reasonable in relation to their level of skills and experience.

In the event of a significant humanitarian emergency, the post-holder will be expected to work outside their normal job description; vary their working hours; and occasionally work from a different location should the need arise.

Equal Opportunities:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Health &Safety and Security
The post holder is required to carry out their duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures and our Global Security policy and procedures.

Compliance policies: Child Safeguarding and Code of Conduct; Anti-Bribery and Fraud

The post holder is required to comply with these key policies, and other organisational policies and procedures, at all times.

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