Project Officer French NGO Job Careers – ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development)
Job Title: Project Officer
Organisation: ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development)
Duty Station: Moyo, Uganda
Reports to: Programme Manager
About ACTED:
ACTED (Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development) is a non- political and non-confessional international NGO founded in 1993 and headquartered in Paris, France. The organization’s vocation is to save lives, assist vulnerable populations and bring hope to those in need for a better future.
Job Summary: The Project Officer will support the Programme manager in the planning, implementation, Monitoring and documentation of all programme activities undertaken in the region.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Programme Planning:
- Organize and attend weekly planning meetings with logistics, finance and Programme departments to develop weekly project work plans and corresponding budgets, to support procurement and payments approvals process.
- Support maintenance of monthly Project Management Frameworks (PMF), and Budget Follow Up (BFU) tools in direct liaison with logistics, finance, and the Programme Manager
Implementation Support:
- Coordinate with Field officers and AMEU officers to ensure operational efficiency and mitigation of resource duplication between individual projects.
- Work closely with the AMEU officers and field officers to identify programmatic challenges, opportunities and progress, and report back to the Programme Manager on a weekly basis
- Conduct site visits and liaise with local actors to support Team Leaders in ensuring stakeholder buy-in
Programme Monitoring, compliance, and reporting:
- Maintain files of all relevant implementation documentation for all ongoing projects
- Assist the programme manager in development of monthly implementation reports
- Responsible for the attainment of key performance indicators as required by Acted Uganda.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the ACTED Project Officer job placement must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Development studies, Sociology, social works and social Administration, or any other related field.
- A minimum of three years’ experience and sound knowledge in project management, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting with a reputable organization.
- Good team player with a capability to ensure group commitment to objectives, follows up and ensure adherence to implementation and documentation best practices, and set clear plans and objectives.
- Ability to travel and work under pressure and with tight deadlines
- Ability to ride a motorcycle and possession of a valid driving license/permit – Class A
- Excellent communication skills including ability to clearly document and present information through oral and written means.
- High degree of flexibility and adaptability
- Excellent planning and management skills
- Language Skills: Fluency in English and Madi is required
NB: Applicants should be natives or currently living in Moyo.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should hand deliver their applications accompanied by detailed curriculum vitae, three work related referees and daytime contacts to the Senior Community Development Officer or District Labour Officer, Moyo District, P.O. Box 1, Moyo. Uganda
Deadline: 16th August 2017 by 5:00pm
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