ROLE PURPOSE

The Project District Officer will be responsible for the implementation and monitoring of activities of the Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health project at field district level. The project promotes Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Comprehensive Sexuality Education with the aim to empower girls and boys to decide on their bodies and lives.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

The project is a 3 year EU development project that will be implemented with an International partner serving as the Lead Partner and will involve social norm change at the community level. The role will contribute to the quality planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of project activities in the project’s operational districts. The role will be supported by the Project Manager. The District Project Officer will be working with children, teachers, community stakeholders and SRHR service providers, with a particularly focus on adolescent girls in the implementation communities.

ACCOUNTABILITIES 

• Conduct field visits as required by the project
• Conduct forum discussions in coordination with SRHR service provider/stakeholders at district level for adolescent boys and girls,
• Responsible for mentoring and coaching to young girls in the community
• Support strategies for advocacy and resource mobilization in the SRHR sector
• Support the development of messages for parents/caregivers on supporting their children’s learning, and well-being.
• Support in mobilizing key SRHR actors/partners and participate in sectoral meetings
• Organize district and community level consultations with SRHR stakeholders including Parent Teachers Associations (PTA), School Management Committees (SMCs), plan-international.org Role Profile 4 Mother’s Clubs (MC),Public Health Units (PHU), teachers and as well as school pupils, and youth groups. • Hold score-carding activities at chiefdom and district level focusing on child participation with regards to the project, including children with disabilities.
• To conduct regularly coordination meetings (biweekly/monthly) with relevant stakeholders
• To collect relevant project data by using the agreed monitoring tools.
• To provide weekly and monthly monitoring data to the M&E Officer and the Project Manager.
• To timely report any issue with monitoring data collection to the M&E Officer and the Project Manager.
• Ensures that SLaDA’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully in their area of responsibility.
• Promptly report any safeguarding and child protection issues through the SLaDA’s protection and safeguarding focal point.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS 

• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Project Manager. • Operational support staff in the field office
• M&E Officer
• Programmes, Admin & Logs, Finance departments in the Country Office head quarters
• Business Development Manager
• CSE consultant
• Focal Points from 6 other Country Offices also part of the Programme External
• Local partner district Programme officer
• SRHR stakeholders and service providers in the district
• District Council stakeholders
• Community stakeholders
• District Ministries/Government department/agencies
• Teachers and School Management Committees
• Young people

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE Essential 

• University degree or its equivalent (from a recognized institution) in relevant field of Social Sciences, Economics, Development, Gender or other similar,
• A minimum of 3 years working on sexual and reproductive health and rights projects in Sierra Leone
• Experience working with SRHR stakeholders such as PHU officials.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills,
• Strong interest and willingness to engage on safeguarding and gender equality related issues to challenge norms and behaviors
• Passion for gender transformative programming, mission driven work and personal values aligned with Plan International
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize and meet deadlines
• Ability to coordinate a local partner in the Programme.

Desirable 

• Experience in data collection within SRHR projects.
• Experience in working with young people especially adolescent girls
• Experience in Comprehensive Sexuality Education
• Experience working in an EU funded Programme
• Experience of working with Award Management Systems

Application Procedure– To apply for this job, kindly send your application to dominicconteh@slada-sl.com. Your application should include:

• A cover letter
• A comprehensive CV including details of two referees, one of whom should be your current or most

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early