Project Officer

Roles and Responsibilities

Plan, organize, conduct and document ORASS sessions for young people according to the methodology quality standards.

• Work with schools and local authorities to identify and enroll young people and their caregivers based on an inclusion criterion.
• Develop weekly plans for sessions with adolescents and their caregivers.
• Mobilize adolescents and caregivers to attend weekly sessions.
• Facilitate and assess weekly sessions with different groups of adolescents and caregivers in local language.
• Ensure sessions are conducted in line with the ORASS methodologies and quality standards.
• Ensure attendance is being recorded as per ORASS standards.
• Manage ORASS session resources well and use them for the intended purpose.
• Responsible for managing all aspects of project cycle including planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Monitor project expenditures and ensure budget is strictly adhered to, financial procedures are observed, and all supporting documents are provided

Support and coach-mentor teachers and duty bearers to learn on the job.

• Identify gaps among stakeholders and mentor them to improve.
• Enable stakeholders to acquire facilitation skills for group sessions.

Report on activities implemented and concerns identified.

• Collect information and data from sessions for reporting.
• Timely project activity reports and recording
• Submits regular and timely reports to the Project manager on progress towards outputs as well as challenges and successes.
• Documents beneficiary stories of change and takes good quality photos of activities with beneficiary consent.
• Collect feedback from adolescents and their caregivers on ORASS activities as needed.
• Maintain a database and attendance trackers of beneficiaries based on ORASS cohorts.

Child safeguarding and case Management.

• Conduct safety audits to ensure spaces for sessions are safe for adolescents and caregivers.
• Ensure that safeguarding and protection procedures are understood and adhered to.
• Report all safeguarding and protection concerns on time to facilitate timely management.
• Identify, refer and follow-up adolescents and their caregivers in need of additional support to relevant partners.
• Provide Psychological First Aid (PFA) to identified cases before referral.
• Prepare and submit quality and timely reports as needed.

Others

• Attend stakeholder meetings and represent the organisation!
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Responsible and accountable for assigned project assets and supplies during the project life span.