WVV Special Project Officer

Overview

Join WVI-V to oversee project planning, implementation, and monitoring.

You have:

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant, practical working experience in INGOs in development related projects, preferably with hands-on experience in projects implementation.
• Experience working with government counterparts.
• Experience in the areas of agronomy, local agricultural value chain development, and climate-smart sustainable agriculture or related subjects will be considered as an advantage.
• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry, Environmental Science, Rural Development, Value Chain Development, or other related fields relevant to sustainable and deforestation-free coffee value chains.
• A Master’s degree is an advantage.

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:

1. Design and Planning (20%) - Provide assistant to the Project Manager to develop action plan at grassroots levels, ensuring the integration between the project activities and ADPs’ interventions as well as government’s programs. - Identify potential stakeholders and resources for partnerships/project implementation in the target locations. - Establish partnership with appropriate stakeholders. - Identify problems and alternative solutions as well as opportunities for partnership by participating in community needs assessments including stakeholder analysis and situation analysis in collaboration with other ADP team members/project implementing partner/local partners.

2. Project Activities Implementation (55%)

- Establish and maintain effective partnerships with project implementing partners, government agencies, and other stakeholders in the targeted areas to ensure successful project implementation. - Serve as the lead coordinator for the project, facilitating planning, implementation, communication, and collaboration among WVI-V, CRD, local partners, and relevant stakeholders to ensure alignment with the approved project design, workplan, and timeline. - Coordinate and monitor the implementation of project components led by CRD and other partners, ensuring timely delivery, quality standards, and achievement of project outputs and outcomes. - Facilitate regular coordination meetings with CRD, technical teams, and relevant partners to review implementation progress, identify challenges, and agree on timely corrective actions. - Coordinate with ADP staff to integrate project activities with existing community development interventions for greater impact and sustainability. - Work closely with National Office technical teams (GEDSI, Livelihood, Communication, DMEAL, Finance, Procurement, etc.) to ensure technical quality and compliance throughout project implementation. - Ensure all project activities implemented by partners comply with donor requirements as well as WVI-V policies, financial regulations, safeguarding standards, and operational procedures. - Monitor project budget utilization, verify expenditures against approved plans, and coordinate with Finance and implementing partners to ensure efficient and accountable use of project resources. - Support the Project Manager in identifying implementation risks and proposing mitigation measures to ensure successful project delivery. 3. Monitoring and Reporting (20%) - Monitor project implementation at field level, including activities implemented by CRD and other partners, to ensure achievement of project objectives, quality standards, and agreed timelines. - Track implementation progress against workplans, budgets, indicators, and milestones; identify implementation gaps and coordinate follow-up actions with relevant stakeholders. - Gather, verify, document, and maintain accurate project information, implementation evidence, and lessons learned. - Act as the primary focal point for day-to-day coordination and communication between WVI-V, CRD, local authorities, communities, and other project stakeholders. - Prepare quality project reports, progress updates, meeting minutes, and donor-required documentation in a timely manner. - Ensure all project documentation, financial supporting documents, monitoring records, and technical reports are properly filed and maintained for audit and reference. - Support project monitoring visits, assessments, baseline, surveys, final evaluations, donor visits, and learning events. - Contribute to project reflection, adaptive management, and continuous improvement by documenting lessons learned and recommending practical solutions to implementation challenges. 4. OTHERS (5%)

Perform other duties as assigned by the manager to contribute to the team performance.

Experience requirement:

A minimum of 5 years of relevant, practical working experience in INGOs in development related projects, preferably with hands-on experience in projects implementation; • Experience working with government counterparts; • Experience in the areas of agronomy, local agricultural value chain development, and climate-smart sustainable agriculture or related subjects will be considered as an advantage. • Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, Forestry, Environmental Science, Rural Development, Value Chain Development, or other related fields relevant to sustainable and deforestation-free coffee value chains. • A Master’s degree is an advantage.

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