Job Title: Project Officer
Organization: Raising the
Village International (RTV)
Village International (RTV)
Duty Station: Kisoro and Kamuli, Uganda
About US:
Raising The Village International (RTV) is a Canadian non-profit
organization which works in works with hard to reach “last-mile” villages in
Uganda focused on ending extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of
scarcity, nurturing income-generation activities and building local capacity,
while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency.
organization which works in works with hard to reach “last-mile” villages in
Uganda focused on ending extreme poverty by eliminating immediate barriers of
scarcity, nurturing income-generation activities and building local capacity,
while moving communities toward economic self-sufficiency.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Project Officer works with RTV project partners, prospective villages, coordinates with third parties, and supports all aspects of project as follows:
Assessments and Data Collection:
Assessments and Data Collection:
- Conduct the initial project visits for prospective visits
- Complete the preliminary assessment report identifying key priorities of community members
- Create the recommendations and content for discussion with team for project selection
- Conduct the full community assessment and populate necessary data for design and load into Dropbox including;
- Stakeholder Assessment
- Risk and Issues document
- Monitoring and Evaluation Plan
- Logframe
- Workplan
- Budget
- Project Viability Models and additional plans
- Document key contact information of (LC3, LC1, CDO, and specific individuals)
- Community mapping and needs prioritization
- Conduct Household income surveys and village data surveys for Design and M&E Team
- Complete photographs and sharing for data repository
- Create 5 year plan community vision document
- Conduct project review with the RPS, OM, NPO, and peer review for approval
Implementation and Facilitation:
- On-going Management of Workplan and Budget
- Selection of contractors and bids for sign-off by RPS
- Management of infrastructure programs
- Completion of training and facilitation programs
- Implementation of programming
- Implement community management and training
- Monitor performance of programs and maintenance
- Identification of risks and issues
- Conduct on-going interviews of leadership and community on performance, participation, and perceptions
- Track and review on-going financial reports and progress
Project Management and Expense Reporting: Project management reporting at weekly and monthly intervals:
Weekly Activities:
- Report weekly plan of activities and key deliverables to RPS every Friday for coming week
- Debrief with RPS on progress on specific tasks on Wednesday, and every Friday full project report (covering deliverables, key issues and risks, key activities in village)
- Identify key issues and risks for projects during project reporting
- Prepare Kisoro office accountability and ensure bi-weekly (by 14th and 28th) submission to head office of records and receipts.
KEY OUTPUTS: Weekly Report and Status Updates
Monthly Activities
- Create forecasted monthly plan of activities as related to the project workplan on 3rd week of month
- Provide RPS and with planned trips schedule, key activities to implement, key deliverables on 3rd week of month
- Support the Programs Director as requested on project specific activities
- Complete the preliminary assessments and data collection of progress for a project pipeline and on-going operation
KEY OUTPUTS: Monthly Forecast of Activities (Trips, Deliverables, Activities), Monthly Actuals Report, Preliminary Assessments and project specific activities.
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Project Officers support the M&E team in data collection, reporting and analysis providing feedback and commendations to RPS, and the programs team.
- Quarterly and Annual Activities
- Collect Monitoring and Evaluation data for M&E team on a regular and timely basis
KEY OUTPUTS: Project Monitoring and Evaluation Data Reporting
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Raising The Village is seeking a professional with 3 to 5+ years of work experience in community development programs, and a demonstrated long-term passion for community development. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
- University Degree in Business, Economics, Community Development, or related fields
- Fluent in local languages (Lufumbira/Lukiga)
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Computer skills
- Project management at a village level experience
- Energetic and physically able to hike on high terrain, ability to travel 80% of time
- Self-starter
Preferred Skills:
- Organizes workload effectively while remaining aware of changing priorities and competing deadlines
- Accurately completes multiple tasks while taking into consideration special assignments, frequent interruptions,
- available resources and multiple reporting relationships.
- Strong training & facilitation skills.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written English, and team player
NB: For more information and full job descriptions, please visit our website: http://www.raisingthevillage.org/get-involved/openings/
How to Apply:
All qualified and interested candidates should send a letter of
application and curriculum vitae including address, telephone contact and two
references to: [email protected].
application and curriculum vitae including address, telephone contact and two
references to: [email protected].
NB:
- PDF documents are preferred, and include all
relevant information in your letter or CV, no other documents will be
forwarded to the hiring committee. - Please indicate your position of interest
in your email or subject line. - Resumes received after the deadline will
still be considered in a future round.
Deadline: Monday, 23rd January,
2017
2017
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