Project Officer

Position: Project Officer
Responsible To: Country Director (CD)
Location: Ramallah
Employment: On a temporary basis (20 months contract including the probation period)
Commencing Date: Immediately

The Swedish Cooperative Centre (SCC) is a non-profit development NGO. SCC works in partnership with local civil society organizations (including cooperatives, farmer trade unions as well as other member based organizations) in 25 developing countries in order to contribute to their development and improve the living conditions of poor people. SCC has a Country Office in Ramallah and is willing to recruit Programme Coordinator (PC) to assist in management and monitoring of programmes/ projects in Palestine

Main Duties:
The PC assists in Monitoring and reporting of humanitarian and development projects/programmes and Needs assessments, risk assessments and partner capacity assessments. More specifically and in close coordination with the CD, the main responsibilities of the PC are to:
-Participate in the preparation of LFA matrixes for humanitarian/development programmes/projects.
-Monitor the implementation of humanitarian/development programmes/projects executed in partnership with local partners in the West Bank and Gaza and ensure adherence to quality standards, work plans, planned results, indicators, etc.
-Maintain updated the monitoring system of humanitarian/development programmes/projects continuously registering the data corresponding to the indicators.
-Be responsible for update of PIMS in Palestine.
-Assist in organizing workshops, meetings and forums for exchange of experience in monitoring, lessons learnt and quality assurance.
-Assist partners with training on monitoring and risk assessments.
-Assist in reviewing partners’ monitoring matrixes.
-Submit monthly/quarterly/semi-annual reports identifying achievements, problems faced and proposed solutions.
-Support efforts to divulgate the Country Office’s work to promote a rights based approach as well as the development of the civil society in Palestine.
-Attend weekly, monthly and other program/project related meetings, and share experiences and lessons learnt.

Competency requirements:
A person to be appointed to the position of Programme coordinator shall meet the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

1-A bachelor's degree in social sciences, economy, agriculture, management, anthropology, sociology or any other relevant field.
2-Good knowledge of Results Based Management and LFA.
3-Good experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.
4-Good reporting skills.
5-Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.
6-Knowledge of computer including Excel, Microsoft Office and Power Point.
7-Serious, trustworthy, disciplined, dependable and responsible.
8-Good verbal and written command of Arabic and English languages.
9-Willing to work and live in Ramallah.
10-Willing to travel among Palestinian areas of West Bank and Gaza and abroad.
11-Assume responsibility for accuracy and timeliness of work.
12-Experience of working with international NGOs is a high preference

Interested and qualified applicants are invited to send their CV and a letter of application, including last employment salary and expectation of this position by June17, 2013, 2 pm by email to:
 

[email protected]

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