Senior Project Officer Canadian Non-profit Jobs – Raising the Village International (RTV)
Job Title: Senior Project Officer
Organization: Raising the Village International (RTV)
Duty Station: Kisoro / Kanungu, Uganda
Reports to: Deputy Program Director and Programs Director
About US:
Raising The Village International (RTV) is a Canadian non-profit organization which works in works with hard to reach “last-mile” villages in Uganda focused on ending extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of scarcity, nurturing income-generation activities and building local capacity, while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency.
Job Summary: The Senior Project Officer will work with RTV project partners, prospective villages, staff members, and coordinates with parties, and supports all aspects of project through its development.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Weekly Activities
- Report weekly plan of activities and key deliverables to RPS every Friday for coming week
- Review weekly plans and activities and key deliverables for review with RPS
- Debrief with RPS on progress on specific tasks on Wednesday, and every Friday full project report (covering deliverables, key issues and risks, key activities in villages under portfolio)
- Identify key issues and risks for projects during project reporting
- Prepare Kisoro/Kanungu office accountability and ensure bi-weekly (by 14th and 28th) submission to head office of records and receipts for portfolio.
KEY OUTPUTS: Weekly Report and Status Updates for portfolio of personnel
Quarterly and Annual Activities
- Collect and Create Monitoring and Evaluation content for M&E team on a regular and timely basis
- Ensure the completion of Monitoring and Evaluation content for M&E team by staff responsible
KEY OUTPUTS: Project Monitoring and Evaluation Data Reporting
Project Specific Activities
Assessment:
- Coordinate contacts and planning of initial project visits and prepare budgets
- Conduct the initial project visits for prospective visits, and resolve any challenges pertaining to visit
- Create the recommendations and content for discussion with team for project selection
- Conduct the full community assessment and populate necessary data for design and load into dropbox
- Collect additional information and document key contact information of (LC3, LC1, CDO, and specific individuals) and manage relationships as a primary point of contact
Data Collection:
- Identify recommendations of key initiatives and their priority
- Coordinate, plan, budget, and schedule key initiatives and data collection activities
- Complete Work plan , Budget and Project Viability Models and additional plans and load into dropbox
- Complete program designs, and act as first line of review and Conduct project review with the RPS, OM, NPO, and peer review for approval
Implementation:
- On-going Management of Workplan, Budget, and Reporting of portfolio
- Management of infrastructure programs
- Sourcing, management, and completion of training and facilitation programs
- Implementation of programming and act as a first level of officer escalation and resolution
- Monitor performance of programs and maintenance of portfolio
- Identification and addressing of risks and issues in portfolio
- Project reporting at the weekly, monthly, and quarterly levels
Project Management and Expense Reporting
- Conduct on-going interviews of leadership and community on performance, participation, and perceptions
- Track and review on-going financial reports and progress
- Complete necessary reporting for government and grants
- Oversee on-going growth and development programming
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Collection of monitoring and evaluation data on a timely basis of portfolio
- Analysis of data and recommendations to RPS and program team of changes, revisions, and additions
- Review, validation and reporting of data collected
Methodology
- On-going contributions and designs to Methodology and Development for enhancements
- Submission of requests to the methodology and development team
- Implementation of Methodology and Development pilots
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- The ideal candidate for the Raising the Village (RTV) Senior Project Officer job placement must hold a University Degree in Business Statistics, Project planning and Development, Community Development, or related fields
- Masters or Post Graduate Diploma in Project planning and Management will be an added advantage.
- At least five years of related working experience, with three years at a senior management level.
- Experience in project design and budgeting
- Strong English verbal and written
- Fluent in local languages (Lufumbira/Lukiga)
- Strong communication skills and team player
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Computer skills
- Project management at a village level with implementation experience
- Strong organizational skills
- Energetic and physically able to hike on high terrain, ability to travel for field work 80% of time
- Self-starter
Personal and Skills Development
- The Candidate should be able to complete Performance Self – Assessment for June and December cycles
- Complete staff performance reviews every December
- Develop skills and attend training on 2 focus areas of: (health, agriculture, income-generation, education, infrastructure, networking, programming, languages, etc.
- Provide input in skills development of team members under management
How to Apply:
All qualified and interested candidates should send a letter of application and curriculum vitae including address, telephone contact and two references as one document to: recruitment@raisingthevillage.org
NB:
- Properly formatted PDF or Word documents are preferred.
- Please indicate your position of interest in your email or subject line.
- Resumes received after the deadline will still be considered in a future round.
Deadline: 19th March 2018
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