Job Summary:

The Senior Project Officer manages and coordinates the development, implementation and evaluation of complex projects to achieve project outcomes and support the achievement of organizational objectives.

Team Work: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals.
Leadership: Ability to lead dynamic work teams. Establishes and maintains relationships
with a broad range of people to understand needs and gain support.
Communication: Strong communication skills. Demonstrates openness in sharing information and keeping people informed.
Respect for Diversity: Works effectively with people from various backgrounds.
Partnership building: Promotes partnerships and is proactive in pursuing new partnerships. Builds strong relationships with clients and external actors; Promotes team work and in-depth understanding of donor relations in post-conflict situation.
Knowledge Management and Learning: Promotes a knowledge sharing and learning
Culture in the project; Shares knowledge and experience, contributes to A4T practice
areas and actively works towards continuing personal learning and development.
Development and Operational Effectiveness: Ability to lead strategic planning, results based management and reporting; Ability for establishing priorities; coordinating and monitoring the work of others, and delegating responsibility where appropriate.

Reporting Obligations:

• Senior Project Officer will report directly to Project Manager of A4T.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation of work/operational plan in coordination with management.
• Receive, Review and compile project progress, interim and final reports for donor’s submission.
• Assist the project manager in preparing program plans, updates and reports.
• Draft guidelines and formats for project implementation, monitoring and supervision of projects in coordination with monitoring section.
• Liaise with monitoring section and other stakeholders on effective projects implementation.
• Assist the Project Manager in day to day project activities.
• Follow up on project progress to achieve set objectives in a given time frame.
• Be informed on Project and be able in the absence of Project Manager to answer inter-departmental queries.
• Attend at the meetings and other sessions and events in the absence of Project Manager.
• Carry out any other assignment as advised by Project Manager or (A4T) leadership.

Expected Results:

• Monthly Report on project progress with activities carried out, recommendation made.
• Project completion report and other documents i.e. project contract, payment of installments and progress reports.

Notice of revision:

• These terms of reference may be revised subject to operational needs.