Project Officer

Project Officer: Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Development (YEED) project/Dakshya Yuwa

Functional Area: Learn and Earn (Climate Crisis/Disaster Risk Management and Gender as a cross cutting)

Reports to: Programme Specialist – YEED

Location: Sindhuli

Travel required: Yes

Grade: C1

Type: Open to all applicants, Fixed term employment until Feb 2026) based in Regional Office East- Sindhuli

ABOUT PLAN INTERNATIONAL

Plan International is a development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We strive for a just world, working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners in over 75 countries. Our programs are underpinned by a core of defined values, including transparency and accountability, team collaboration, inclusion and integration, as well as the overall ambition to empower girls and young women as legacy.

Plan International has been working in Nepal since 1978 and developed a strong reputation as a respected development and humanitarian actor helping marginalised children, their families and communities to access their rights to health, education, economic security and protection. Through the support of local partners, Plan International works in 24 districts in Nepal.

Plan International strives for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. Our ambition from now to 2027 is to see All Girls Standing Strong Creating Global Change.

Plan international Nepal seeks candidates who practice feminist leadership, promote diversity, actively seek innovative solutions for problems, courageously and respectfully share their opinions and ideas, break down barriers and engender cross-department collaboration, practice active listening, maintain confidentiality, build trust and are passionate about children’s rights and equality for girls.

ROLE PURPOSE

The purpose of this position is to support Project Specialist to oversee and ensure a high-quality project implementation, in both development and humanitarian settings, and achieve targets towards Plan’s and/or donor’s requirements through overall management of the implementing partners within project in the respective areas and districts, under the direct supervision of Project Specialist. The position will represent in various forums in the respective sector/s including government at municipal and district level. The Project Officer (PO) will be overall responsible for project and partnership management in district. S/he will provide technical support to implementing partner organization for the “Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship Development (YEED) Project”. The Project Officer (PO) will be based in partner office under Regional Office – East, Sindhuli district as per need of project will visit Dhanusha. PO will be responsible for ensuring effective implementation of Micro Enterprise Development and job placement of vocational training graduate in coordination and collaboration with private sectors, government line agencies and other likeminded organization. S/he will be required to prepare quarterly/annual report, progress reports and case stories. This position holder requires to work in coordination with different departments of Plan International Nepal.

Description
DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

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the numbers of direct reports, other key stakeholders who may depend on it, the type of communication required, the external representation involved and the reach of the role.]

Direct Line Manager: Project Specialist – YEED

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KEY RELATIONSHIPS

ACCOUNTABILITIES

Partnership Management

• Support Project Specialist-to manage implementing partners to ensure project deliverables are met as per the project design.
• Work closely with Program Specialists and partners to achieve program quality.
• Working together with local authorities to identify key area to strengthen stronger inclusive and gender-sensitive programmes at municipal level.
• Ensure partner/s and their relevant staff understand and abide by Plan’s mandatory corporate policies during implementation of projects/programmes.
• Support to Project Specialist to implement and monitor audit actions of the assigned partners and seek necessary support from Partner Support Specialist and Project Specialist as required.
• Ensure mutual oversight and regular two-way feedback with partners.Documentation & Reporting.
• Prepare success story and short videos.
• Support sponsored children/families are reached through project.
• Document field lessons acquired through monitoring visits and interaction with targeted communities, especially girls, boys and young women.
• Support to Project Specialist to prepare the project’s progress report (quarterly, half yearly and annual)
• Ensure sponsored children/families are reached.

Representation and Networking

• Collaboration and coordination with government counterparts, external development partners and donors at various levels.
• Supports to build strong networks with other NGOs, CSOs, bi- lateral and multi-lateral agencies and Government line agencies working on children’s/Girl’s and young women’s issues to promote coordination and resource sharing at the Palikas/districts/province level.
• Represent Plan International Nepal in the meetings organized by NO which is specifically about YEED.

Programme Quality

• Ensures that the programs have quality benchmarks in place and is being exclusively executed at all levels.
• Ensures the M&E plan of the project is being executed by project staffs and partners staffs and documented accordingly.
• Ensures that all action plans developed after project reviews, evaluations and assessments are being executed as per agreed plan.
• Ensures that data is well optimized for all themes at all levels – by partners, project team in in field and regular update is being made as per plan.
• Ensures that the project quality monitoring is being carried out periodically against quality benchmarks and recommendations are being implemented on timely manners.

Monitoring and Supervision

• Work closely with MER Team, Program Specialists and Project Specialist to carry out various surveys of the project.
• Support for effective project monitoring by taking necessary corrective actions that are being followed up and reviewed periodically.
• Undertake frequent field monitoring visits and report performance against established schedules and targets with regular update in SAP as per the milestones set in PO.

Programme Delivery & Management

• Ensures programmatic and financial accountability including tracking of program progress and budget utilization against phasing budget plan.
• Ensures inter-thematic integration in the project so that the program participants could get support from entire thematic interventions to achieve expected project results.

Project Closure and Sustainability

• Ensure project closure planning Is prepared and approved in advance following the Project Closure Checklist of Project Management Guideline.
• Identify and integrate areas and stakeholders during implementation that ensures sustainability of the project.

Innovation and Scale

Identifies new ideas, best practices, problems and issues around program implementation and works toward finding solutions for improvements, documenting, disseminating and in consultation with relevant departments and themes.

Any other tasks as assigned by line manager in accordance to organizational mandate and priority.

Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Program Participants and Gender Equality and Inclusion (DEI) are fully embedded in accordance with the principles and requirements of the policy including relevant Implementation Standards and Guidelines as applicable to their area of responsibility. This includes, but is not limited to, ensuring staff and associates are aware of and understand their responsibilities under these policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), their relevance to their area of work, and that concerns are reported and managed in accordance with the appropriate procedures.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Education Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor Degree in development-related field, priority will be given to EDF graduates with Bachelor Degree in Enterprise Development, Management, Social Sciences, TEVT, Development Studies having experiences with training delivered of SIYB/Micro Enterprise, Life Skills, Financial literacy and job placement of vocational training graduates.
• 2 years of Experience in rights-based approaches to development with the experience of government private sectors, CSOs, Technical Training Provider (TTP) and/or multilateral institutions and job provider agencies.
• Prior experience in an integrated project with the component related to economic empowerment, Food Security and Livelihood (FSL), Technical and Vocational
• Education (TEVT), Micro Enterprise Development, DRM, community mobilization would be an asset.
• Experiences in carrying out Rapid Market Assessment (RMA) for potentiality of employment and job creation.
• Experience in working with diverse geography and team.
• Experience in partnership management and capacity development of partner staff.
• Good knowledge of written and spoken English.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the structures, processes and trends in the Nepal political system and their impact in education sector.
• Good understanding of the processes by which you achieve policy change and of how to conduct power and political analysis.
• Ability to plan work and meet deadlines when working under pressure on a number of projects.
• Commitment to Plan’s values including the rights and needs of children.
• Experience of working for an international organisation.

Skills

• Operational planning & execution.
• Analysis & reasoning.
• Communicating, one to one, in groups both in writing, verbally, presentations and reports, in English, Nepali and relevant local languages.
• Preparation and management of budgets and assessment of financial implication in work situations.
• Facilitation, negotiation and networking.
• Ability to use basic office electronic equipment & computer applications.
• Willing to work under pressure and carry out multi-tasking.
• Two-wheeler valid driving license.

PLAN INTERNATIONAL’S VALUES IN PRACTICE

We are open and accountable

We create a climate of trust inside and outside the organisation by being open, honest and transparent. We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others, while doing what we say we will do.

We strive for lasting impact

We strive to achieve significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused and innovative.

We work well together

We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organisation, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities and our partners.

We are inclusive and empowering

We respect all people, appreciate differences and challenge inequality in our programmes and our workplace. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

This position is based in Sindhuli, with frequent travel to field as necessary.

LEVEL OF CONTACT WITH CHILDREN

High level: Frequent interaction with children.

“Say Yes ! To Keeping Children and Young people safe and Protected”

Application Deadline: Tuesday 6th Aug, 2024

Source: Knatipur Dainik, 24 July 2024