Project Officer

Job Summary Job Summary The Project Officer reports to the WDIO Education Program Head/Education Specialist and is responsible for effectively implementing the project. The following items are the main responsibilities: Main duties and responsibilities Technical Duties · Build and maintain strong/excellent relations, Coordination, and Synergy with relevant governmental departments, especially PED and DED. · Prepare and ensure implementation of the project's monthly and weekly work plan · Ensure a strong technical relationship with program support units and support functions · Supervise the day-to-day progress and implementation process of the project · Ensure that each staff member in the field is on his/her duty and that the project is running actively in the province. · Understand and follow the WDIOs child protection and safeguarding policy, and ensure that awareness-raising on child protection, response, and incident reporting is occurring. · Ensure appropriate structures, internal and external standards, staffing, resources, and policies are adhered to. · Ensure a clear understanding of project assumptions by all project staff to aim at the effective and timely achievement of project goals, outcomes, and outputs. · Ensure that all terms and conditions agreed in the signed MoUs with the donor and MoE are adhered to throughout the life of the project · Ensure that all project activities meet core humanitarian and government standards. · Ensure that proper community development practices and “Do No Harm” practices are incorporated and upheld throughout the planning and implementation of the project. · Provide managerial guidance and support to the project staff to implement the project components timely and smooth. · In coordination with the WDIO Education Head/ Specialist, regularly monitor and evaluate the progress of the project · Build a team of highly committed and competent staff, ensuring cooperation and coordination among relevant staff within the Project. · Create a learning environment in which staff regularly reflect, learn from mistakes, and use lessons for personal growth, and revise work plans to improve ministry impact. · Effectively represent WDIO operations and mission when accompanying visitors, e.g., donor and/or Government representatives and other delegations to project sites · Ensure accurate quality narrative and financial reports are submitted promptly and according to donor requirements. · Work and meet deadlines of donors for financial reporting and share it with the sector lead on time · Track the performance of the project activities and outputs against expected results and adjust implementation processes to ensure the project is progressing towards the intended outcomes. · Analyze the impact of projects and promote learning by documenting best practices. Use this information to support decision-making processes. · Track project progress and expenditures against approved budgets, anticipate any deviations, and recommend and take action on relevant and required adjustments. · Track project risks to adjust and implement the existing contingency plan in a timely. · Travel regularly to all project sites to ensure proper implementation of project activities. · Create and present monthly summaries of projects’ activities and plans to WDIO leadership · Any other task assigned by the line manager Personnel Management: · Coordinate and implement new employee project orientations and training. · Initiate and perform, with support from others, staff performance appraisals. · Identify staff capacity needs and undertake proactive on-the-job training to strengthen their capacity to deliver interventions. Tasks of inter-organizational relations · Promote non-discrimination about ethnic, political, and religious backgrounds. · Participate in workshops, seminars & conferences organized by the education program/DONOR and PED. Job Requirements Job Requirements · Minimum of 4 years of working experience in similar positions in Education Programs with national and international NGOs. · Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social Science, and Psychology or Educational Management& Leadership (Master’s degree is preferred) · Required Languages – Excellent English, Pashto, and Dari reading, writing, and verbal skills, · Travel – The position will be based in the Provincial center with frequent travel to the districts. · Efficiency, result-oriented, and excellent management capabilities; · Capacity to perform effectively under pressure and harsh conditions; ability to handle confidential and politically sensitive issues responsibly and maturely; · Excellent capacity development and teamwork skills; cross-cultural and gender sensitivity; · Ability to travel throughout the country; · Respect the confidentiality of the organization; · Ability to use information technology effectively. · Good communication skills · Good knowledge in the Child education system in Afghanistan · Skill of implementing activities in coordination with the District Education Department, other Govt. officials, local elected bodies, NGOs, project experts, and concerned community members Employee must be self-motivated with the ability to work independently or in a team environment. · Organizational and time management skills are needed to ensure programs are completed by the scheduled time. · Ability to organize and conduct different seminars, and workshops for teacher and staff development. · Interpersonal skills needed to work with a variety of people throughout the organization. · Honest judgment for assessing staff performance and capacity building of staff for smooth implementation of the program.