Assistant Project Officer

Job Purpose:

To ensure effective and efficient coordination and implementation of Organization programmes/projects to realize goals and objectives.

Key Outputs:

• Timely project/program reports documented and disseminated to the Executive Director.
• Project/programme work plans are developed and shared with the team.
• Ensure project /program results are realized in a specified timeframe.
• Timely feed back to the relevant stakeholders providing feedback to project teams conducted.
• Close monitoring of the progress of project against agreed and documented time, budgets and targets, while ensuring appropriate quality standards are maintained.
• Project reviews routinely organized and implemented to enable realization of project/programme results.

Key Functions

• Conduct regular visits to project sites to monitor the implementation of activities, gather feedback from beneficiaries and submit detailed report about the activities and findings.
• Assist to develop and strengthen local projects networks.
• Assist to identify needs and opportunities by conducting training needs assessments.
• Collect data on project indicators and maintain an updated database on project progress.
• Assist in tracking project performance at community level and report, monitor and follow up on project activities.
• Support the program team to record and analyze monitoring data for reporting and timely communicate the results of analysis to inform programme decision making.
• Conduct surveys and analyze data on a quarterly basis and make recommendations to improve the project based on the findings.
• Support the Project Manager to prepare periodic project reports based on accurate and evidence-based data/information.
• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation team in the tracking of outcome of activities evidenced by accurate data to enhance quality of reporting.
• Identify and document human interest stories and case studies based on the successes of implemented projects.
• Assist program team in reviewing log frames, M&E work plans and targets at proposal development stage through to project implementation.

Person Specifications:

Qualifications

An honors degree in the Development Studies, Arts, Social Sciences, Social work and Social Organization and Management Science from a recognized University or Institution. Master’s degree will be of added advantage

Experience and Competences:

A minimum of two years’ experience working with an NGO as at project officer or in an equivalent position. Experience in managing USaid funded project is of an added advantage