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• Development and management of workplans and budgets;
• Coordination and facilitation of various training activities;
• Implementation of programming as per project designs;
• Monitor performance of programs and maintenance through follow-up
  community visits;
• Identification of risks and issues and provide recommendations;
• Conduct regular meetings with leadership and community members on
  performance, participation, and perceptions of RTV based projects;
• Work with procurement officer to procure various materials
  (agriculture, livestock, etc.) for project purposes;
• Responsible to verify goods prior to distribution and
  implementation.

• Establishing and maintaining the integrity of community projects;
• 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;

• 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;
• Take photographs and share for data repository;
• 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

• 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.

• The applicant for the Raising The Village (RTV) Project Officer job vacancy must hold a University Degree in Business, Economics,
  Community Development, or related field.
• At least two 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 and facilitation skills;
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written English;
• Fluent in local languages where RTV works;
• Proficient in Microsoft Suite;
• Project management at a village level experience;
• Experience working at community levels and to support their
  development;
• Energetic and physically able to hike on high terrain, ability to
  travel 85% 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.

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