5 Project Officer Canadian NGO Job Opportunities – Raising The Village (RTV)

Organisation: Raising
The Village (RTV)
Duty Station: Rukungiri,
Kisoro and Kanungu, Uganda
About US:
Raising The
Village  International (RTV) is a Canadian non-profit organization 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. For more information,
please visit https://www.raisingthevillage.org
Job Summary:  The Project Officer works within a cluster
team and reports to a Team Lead. RTV Project Officers work to implement RTV
methodologies throughout the implementation and transition phase of a partner
village and cluster. They work in collaboration with various stakeholders,
including government officials, community members, suppliers amongst others.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
Project Management
and Expense Reporting
  • Report every Friday on completed and upcoming activities and key
    deliverables to Team Lead
  • Debrief once a week with other staff regarding key issues, areas of
    success and areas in need of improvement to brainstorm possible solutions
    and next steps;
  •  Identify
    key issues and risks for projects during project reporting;
  • Complete weekly financial request and submissions to the finance
    officer;
  • Prepare office accountability and ensure bi-weekly submission for
    receipts to
  • Deputy/District Head
  • Create forecasted monthly plan of activities as related to the
    project workplan on the 3rd week of every month o Support the Programs
    Director as requested on project specific activities  
Monitoring and
Evaluation:
Project Officers
support the Planning and Evaluation team in data collection, reporting and
analysis providing feedback and recommendations to the Deputy/District Head,
and the programs team.
Administration and
Coordination:
  • Complete photographs and sharing for data repository
  • Review and understand project designs and provide feedback where
    required
  • Conduct project design review meetings with respective partner
    villages and provide feedback as required to update project designs and
    budgets prior to implementation;
  • Develop implementation and transition workplans
  • Participate in staff meetings as required Implementation and
    Facilitation:
  • On-going Management of Workplan and Budget
  • 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
Transition Role
  • Establishing and maintaining the integrity of community project
  • Ensure the outcome and adaptability of the activities introduced in
    the community are continued
  • Implement transitional phase as per the workplan
  • Support community members as required for adoption and compliance to
    RTV’s projects and methodologies
  • Provide suggestions to management on potential activities that need
    to be redone, reviewed or introduced to ensure sustainability of RTV
    projects, methodologies and improvement in the lives of community members
  • Note: Other
    requirements as might be required by their direct supervisor and/or
    management.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 
  • The applicant for the Raising The Village (RTV) Project Officer
    job vacancy must hold a University Degree in Business, Economics,
    Community Development, or related fields
  • Three years of work experience in community development programming,
    and a demonstrated long-term passion for community development.
  • 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,   
  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite.
  • Project management at a village level experience
  • Energetic and physically able to hike on high terrain, ability to
    travel 80% of time
  • Able to work independently to accomplish tasks, but also as part of
    a team to achieve mutual goals and objectives.
  • Able to think outside of the box to provide plausible solutions to
    issues and challenges
  • Strong work ethic, flexible, and able to build relationships with
    various stakeholders most notably colleagues, and community members.
  • Fluent in local languages where RTV works
How to Apply:
All qualified and
interested candidates should send a letter of application and curriculum vitae
including address, telephone contact and two references as one document to:
recruitment@raisingthevillage.org.
Please note:
·        
Properly
formatted PDF or Word documents are preferred.
·        
Indicate
the position you are applying for and the district you are interested to work
in in the subject line,  for instance
“Name –Project officer – Rukungiri District”
Deadline: 12th November 2018
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