Save the Children International
Project Officer(FSL),Rakhine
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SAVE THE CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
(FOR MYANMAR NATIONAL ONLY)
ROLE PROFILE
TITLE: Project Officer (Food Security and Livelihoods)
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Child Poverty / Programme Implementation
LOCATION: Rakhine
Number of Position: 2
GRADE: NAT- 4
CONTRACT LENGTH: Fixed Term
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE:
Under the direct supervision of Project Manager, the Project Officer will be responsible for the successful management and implementation of short term humanitarian (cash transfer programming) project for conflict affected households in target townships. The project aims to increase food consumption of individuals in the targeted areas.
The Project Officer will implement activities related to advocacy, beneficiary selection and verification, registration, Community Dialogue Sessions, and cash assistance to vulnerable communities in the target townships, under the guidance of the Project Manager. This post holder will lead overall field implementation and liaison with partners to be successful implementation of project activities in project areas as planned.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Project Manager
Staff reporting to this post: N/A
Budget Responsibilities: Nil
Role Dimensions: Regular contact of basic factual information
Travel: Regular visit to the targeted areas (based on accessibility)
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Key accountabilities
- Support and lead program relative assessment data collection and in the entry process of the data
- Assist to Project Manager and lead to facilitate the field level meeting for beneficiary selection as well as committee formation in community level
- Take steps to ensure that the programme benefits for the more vulnerable families and assist in beneficiary selection in a participatory and transparent manner.
- Ensure the field level implementation and related tasks by coordination with area operations team
- Assist the supervisor in preparing work plan, distribution plan and budget estimation and develop weekly plannings, including transportation and other support needs
- Coordinate for project implementation with other department as well as with the project stakeholders to achieve desired outputs and outcomes (including workplan and other community level coordination session.)
- Ensure community mobilization, and facilitate community-based project activities through regular interaction with beneficiary and community members.
- Ensure humanitarian response provision activities in community level smoothly through quality monitoring support such as cash disbursement and etc.
- Support to supervisor for conducting field activities.
- Lead to facilitate capacity building workshops, awareness sessions, review meetings and training sessions for variety of stakeholders.
- In coordination with MEAL staff for monitoring and documentation on progress of project activities in geographic area/s of assignment.
- Assist in procurement of materials, supplies and maintenance of project equipment and repair if needed.
- Ensure respective stakeholders, and community members involve in participatory monitoring and evaluation process
- Assist during donor monitoring and senior management visits as well as consultant/technical support visits to the field site based on the accessibility
- Provide about Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct and ensure compliance of these policies to all program beneficiaries by age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages if needed.
- Any other duties and tasks assigned by the supervisor, including participation to emergency response interventions inside and outside of the duty area.
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Staff Management
- N/A.
Child Safeguarding and Counter Fraud Responsibilities
- Take all necessary and appropriate steps to prevent abuse, exploitation, neglect, harm and modern slavery within their areas of responsibility, and in the way they conduct themselves, report and respond to all incidents and concerns whether online or in person, and comply with the Safeguarding Policy and Procedure.
- Take all necessary and appropriate steps to prevent fraud, bribery, and corruption within their areas of responsibility, report and respond to all incidents and concerns and comply with the Counter-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy and Procedure. All types of fraud, bribery, and corruption must be prevented, including where it benefits the organisation (SCI).
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
- Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
- Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
- Always acts in the best interests of children
QUALIFICATIONS
- Any University degree/ high school level
- Knowledge of community level distribution and training experience in emergency project.
- Food Security & Livelihood program experiences
- Training experiences in Rakhine communities.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential & Desireable
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience implementing aid projects, preferably in FSL and WASH program(preferrable to who had experiences of working in conflict affected locations)
- Working knowledge of English language.
- Reporting skill and experiences of project narrative reporting.
- Good knowledge of emergency response program.
- Good people management skills/experience and proven ability to create an environment which encourages team-working and motivates a team across various geographical areas.
- Ability to work well in a team and train other staffs and demonstrate experience efficiently managing a team.
- Very good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Experience in conducting needs assessments, project design, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Demonstrated skills, experience, and knowledge of community development; working with children and on children’s issues.
- People management skills/experience and proven ability to create an environment which encourages team-working and motivates a team across various geographical areas.
- Ability and willingness to travel remote area as assigned and emergency places.
- Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy.
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Skills and Experience:
- At least 3 year experience in related field (assistant level)
Education:
- Completion of university, preferably in development or related field (University Degree in relevant field is preferable)
Communication and Technical Skills
- Excellent personal organisational skills, including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Willingness to travel to field offices and work in difficult environment according to travel requirements
Management:
- Relevant Significant partnership management skills/experience and proven ability to create an environment which encourages team-working and motivates a team across various geographical areas.
General:
- Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results for children
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.
- Willingness and capability to comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
All staff has an obligation and a responsibility to:
- Ensure they fully understand the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct and Local/Country Procedures.
- Conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse.
- Ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk) – this means constantly scrutinizing their work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children about possible design/implementation “flaws”.
- Promote the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations and government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary families, and community members in general.
- Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.
All managers have the above responsibilities as well as ensuring
- Their staff are doing the above.
- That child safeguarding is integrated and given a “voice” in all management processes including recruitment, induction, performance management, team meetings, annual planning processes, field level monitoring, etc.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
The Organization
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also
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