Job Vacancy @ Concern Worldwide – Project Officer

• All project team members and partners in district
• Area Coordinator; District & Freetown finance, system and HR staff; Freetown PDQ Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, Equality and Gender Advisor, Advocacy and Communications Manager, Accountability Supervisor and Partnership Manager, Livelihoods Coordinator.

Relevant Community, Chiefdom and District stakeholders from Ministries and District Council as well as Private sector actors.

Responsibilities:

Project specific;

Oversee and ensure quality of activities and outcomes for the community system strengthening activities under Saving Lives phase 3

Increased access to quality Health services

• Provide monitoring for the cascade mentorship program to ensure CHC mentors are visiting the target CHPs and MCHPs.
• Support the health facilities to track and document priority health issues as part of the Surge approach.
• Support the regular community data review through community dialogue meetings.
• Support the interaction between CHWs, community members and health facilities.
• Support the M&E team to conduct regular mystery client visits.
• Support the mentorship or health facilities on Adolescent and youth friendly services and respectful and dignified nursing care.

Programme Cycle Management:

• Oversee, manage and ensure quality implementation of activities and achievement of Saving Lives Project 3 outcomes coordinating with district counterparts in DHMTs as well as community stakeholders
• Prepare regular narrative reports on project activities and submit to District Delivery Manager.
• Ensure all aspects of project activities under their responsibility adhere to programme quality standards and policies (PM&E, accountability and mainstreaming) in a coherent and integrated manner;
• Ensure that the project activities under their responsibility are accurately reflected in the integrated MEAL system, identifying activities to be monitored and data to be collected;
• highlight areas of the adaptation of District context;
• Contribute to the designing and delivery of training models, learning processes, resources, materials and workshops in your technical area of expertise;
• Participate as active participant in relevant project training of trainers;
• Ensure identification of and documentation of good practices (with PDQ unit);
• Build and maintain effective professional relationships with community leaders, Chiefdom, District stakeholders, project animators and implementing partners to aid successful programming;
• Participate in project planning and review meetings with staff, partners and stakeholders and ensure that key recommendations and learning are incorporated into day to day project implementation;
• Submit weekly work plans aligned with the overall programme implementation plan and monthly reports to District Delivery Manager;
• Contribute to the development of monthly, quarterly and annual reports;
• Preparation of documentation (ToR, SRs, training curriculum, budget, float request, transport request…) for a programmatic and logistical preparation to implement agreed field activities – trainings, workshops, coaching and monitoring visits;
• Participate and support project inception activities in district

Other responsibilities:

• Promote full accountability and staff, compliance with Concern’s Code of Conduct & Associated Policies, including promotion of Concern’s Complaints & Response Mechanism (CRM), to ensure maximum protection of programme participants and the efficient and transparent use of Concern’s resources;
• Under the supervision of the District Delivery Manager, ensure the mainstreaming of cross cutting themes by field officers in all activities: Gender and Equality; Environment and climate adaption, Protection, DRR and Partnership;
• Participate relevant meetings at District level;

• Complete any reasonable task requested by the Line Manager.

• University degree in relevant area (Health; CHO, Midwife, SECHN, gender, community development, human rights, social studies, or accepted equivalent professional experience;
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience working in project implementation ideally integrated nutrition projects and/or gender empowerment and transformation;
• Minimum 3 year working with NGOs or CSOs;
• Field experience in community based projects working directly with communities, partners and government officials;
• Strengths in community mobilization, fostering multi-stakeholder networks and platforms and knowledge of participatory approaches.

Special Skills, Aptitude or Personality Requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including report writing;
• Initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision; ability to work both as part of a team & independently;
• Enthusiastic, energetic and motivated;
• Ability to motivate and inspire others;
• Ability to work as part of a team for shared results and learning;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Excellent supervision skills;
• Good MS Office skills (Word, Excel);
• Experience in working with district sector offices (such as gender WASH, Nutrition, health…), local NGOs and INGOs;
• Strong spoken skills in Temne and Krio;

• Valid motorbike license and ability to ride (desirable).

• Raising awareness and being updated on HIV & AIDS issues.
• Protecting him/herself and colleagues.

Sharing information with colleagues and avoiding stigma and discrimination.

Therefore, each staff member of Concern is expected to be sensitive to equality issues in their relationships with colleagues and in their work and to participate in implementation of gender mainstreaming plans, both at the workplace and in programmes.

Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to SME&Lrify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.