Project Officer At ZOA

1- The Project Officer is responsible for the following tasks, responsibilities, and results:

• Reporting: Coordinates, writes and supports field staff to prepare and submit timely and quality reports required by ZOA, donors or other stakeholders including regular field monthly and quarterly reports.
• Proposal Development: supports proposal development, by writing proposals for small and/or short term proposals and supports the programme department for larger and long-term proposals
• MEAL: Supports the MEAL team to follows-up with MEAL issues related to projects implemented by ZOA & its partners in Sudan including carrying out needs assessments, regular monitoirng and data collection of various project indicators, among others.
• Communications: Maintains ZOA social media and works with the MEAL Specialist to capture and document best practices and success stories and to produce quality factsheets, videos and brochures, etc.
• Coordination: coordinates, with the relevant Programme Manager, some of the (smaller) multi-state programmes
• External relations: Facilitates communication and preparations with concerned staff for visits by donors, consultants, missions, etc.
• Follows-up and provides general support to specific projects as requested by the direct supervisor.
• Any other responsibilities assigned by supervisor

2. Contacts

External contacts

• Relevant as directed by the Programme Advisor, with some autonomy.

Internal contacts

• Team members from the programme department
• Project staff of field offices and ZOA Headquarters personnel as requested
• Operational staff (finance, HR etc) in Khartoum

3- Supervises

No supervision responsibilities

• Relevant as directed by the Programme Advisor, with some autonomy.

4- Competencies

Knowledge/experience

• Work experience in international development, preferably with an (I)NGO
• Work experience in at least two sectors of ZOA Sudan’s programme sectors.
• Experience in working with relevant institutional donors
• Bachelors’ Degree in development, gender or related fields with practical experience
• Demonstrated affinity and knowledge about the social, political and gender aspects of development.
• Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English
• Basic knowledge about gender, do no harm and Core Humanitarian Standards
• Basic knowledge about monitoring and evaluation systems and methods.

Skills/Attitude

• Strong conceptual and writing skills
• High accuracy and attention to detail
• Basic excel skills
• Good in developing and maintaining good relationships
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to work independently
• A highly ethical work standard
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and multi-religious setting.

5- Special Conditions

• Up to 25 % of time required for travel to ZOA programme locations in Sudan.

The candidate will subject to Membercheck /COTER procedures, which is against Government Sanction lists to verify that the candidate is not on any of these lists. This counter-terrorism check is a requirement of Donor Government Regulations and is therefore an important part of an employee’s ability to fulfil his/her employment requirements before signing the Employment Contract with the Organization.