Planning, implementation, and management of Project activities

Provide overall guidance to, and supervision of all the tasks to identify, plan, design implement and monitor the progress of delivery of activities as itemized in the results-based work plan;
Provide day-to-day administrative and management inputs to the project team assuring smooth implementation of the project;

Conducting awareness-raising sessions at the community level.

Support in maintaining communication and coordinating with other institutions and stakeholders in order to identify and realize opportunities for complementarity and synergies, including monitoring.
Ensure a results-based approach to project implementation, including maintaining a focus on project results and impact as defined by the project results framework indicators;
Regularly promote the project and its outputs and findings, at the national and regional stage;
Lead interactions with stakeholders and liaise with government agencies and communicate, regularly advocate and engage in policy dialogue on behalf of the project;
Advise the staff on the development and implementation of sustainability/exit strategies for the project in order to ensure that its impact s are sustained, further developed, and replicated after the withdrawal;

Facilitate interdisciplinary inputs from partner institutions and agencies

   Develop project work plans and ensure timely implementation of the project activities in line with work plans and activity schedules

    Provide support and guidance to the programmer manager to develop, review, oversee and review project strategy and activities related to the implementation of the project according to the project design, risk, and challenges encountered during implementation;

Monitor, identify, and advice on challenges and risks facing the implementation of the project

Ensuring the provision of quality data on a timely basis for internal project management and external reporting purposes;

Human and Material Resources Management and Coordination

Establish and manage all the project staff including site engineers, ensuring they fully understand their role and tasks
Provide administrative and management/supervisory support to all staff.
Create strategic partnerships with line ministries, community CDCs, and all stakeholders related to the project and coordinate and network with them to take forward the project;
Ensure that the project team follows up on the adoption/ implementation of the recommendations/inputs provided by technical staff and according to the work plan;
Coordinate with the Government counterpart and various stakeholders for effective coordination and dialogue in the field
Provide administrative and coordination support to FAO Project monitoring missions, donor missions, and project evaluators;
 

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting

Oversee preparation and implementation of project M&E plan, project communication, and knowledge management plan
Hold periodic project management unite meetings and other events to ensure that project is on track;
Organize and coordinate the meetings, preparation of agenda and minutes and of meeting with project staff;
Prepare results-based regular reports, final report,s and briefs. And be responsible for the elaboration ;
Facilitate the submission of timely project implementation reviews and progress reports (narrative and financial) to the STARS and FAO against the Program M&E framework;
Facilitate and support the final project reviews and facilitated field visits to monitoring colleagues;
Facilitate and create an effective communication environment for project progress

4. Undertake any other tasks assigned or relevant in support of the efficient implementation of the project Key Performance Indicators

1. Project activities are planned, implemented, and managed according to the results-based work plan

Work plan, budgets, and TORs, with all other inputs are running satisfactorily with desired quality and in a timely manner;
Expected project outputs, as per work plans are in keeping with the budgets, of satisfactory qualities are delivered in a timely manner;

2. Human and material resources are used efficiently and synergies fostered

Ensure that the staff work plan is based on the project plan;
Minutes indicating that at meetings of the project unite are held every week are prepared and available;
Project interventions are coordinated with other ongoing activities,
Administrative and coordination supports to project monitoring missions, donor mission, and project evaluators of satisfactory quality are provided in a timely manner;

3. Progress of project implementation is monitored, outputs evaluated and reports provided.

Other assigned or relevant tasks are performed satisfactorily and in a timely manner.
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills within the team as well as with external stakeholders.
Proven ability to be flexible in a team-oriented approach with diverse groups of people.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Excellent planning, organizational, multi-task, and time management skills
Strong analytical and constructive thinking skills.