Senior Project Officer

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Follow up the implementation project activities to ensure the project is completed in a timely and accountable manner 
• Follow up with local partners on implementation of project activities and ensure smooth delivery of activities and support the selection, capacity assessment, contracting, monitoring, evaluation of local partners
• Coordinate with project officers and M&E team to prepare and implement project monitoring and evaluation plans.
• Set up plan, supervise and monitor the project at the field level to ensure the successful implementation of all projects activities, the generation of planned outputs and attainment of key project objectives.
• Receive monthly reports from Project officers, review and refine before sharing with Country Manager
• Help in development and updating of monthly and quarterly reports to ensure smooth tracking of the assigned projects
• Periodically monitor and update SIS
• Ensure all activities undertaken are appropriately documented (agreement/MOUs attendance sheets, beneficiary Registration lists, work plans and agreements when relevant etc)
• Coordinate with Country Manger in alerting on all planned monitoring activities of the projects and troubleshoot problems
• Liaise with project officers in providing necessary technical support in reporting and implementation of project activities
• Budget and monitor project expenditures to ensure they are in line with Spark and donor requirements in coordination with the Country Manager
• Support on procurement and other needs for project implementation
• Produce internal report on weekly and monthly basis Ensure proper visibility for the projects and activities

            Monitoring and Evaluation

• Responsible for an up to date registration in our M&E dashboards of all the related tasks and figures.

Other

• Participate in internal office coordination and planning meetings
• Other assigned tasks, as necessary.

Requirements and Skills

• Proven coordination & organization skills
• Working experience of 3 years in a similar position
• Understanding of livelihood/economic empowerment programmes is an asset
• A hands-on and pragmatic attitude
• Excellent communication skills
• Flexibility, integrity, result – oriented
• Experience with networking and communication
• Fluent in English
• Having a network in the target communities is a plus.

SPARK Offers

• A challenging and exciting position in an international environment;
• Full-time contract 40h/per week with possibility of extension based on performance and available budget.
• On-the-job training opportunities.