Project Officer

Bright Future Ethiopia Development and Charity Association (BFE) is a young local non-government organization (NGO) established in 2016 striving to expand while focusing on the unreached section of the community to make them resilient and self-reliant. According to BFE resilience is the ability of the household to lead their life by themselves and able to withstand different shocks.BFE believes that improving resilience of the households would be achieved through integrated support in the areas of agriculture, health, education, Climate change and environment, food security, WASH, etc. while giving high emphasis on local community contribution. Working on such integrated projects needs high quality Project management at project areas. Hence, BFE is looking for a competent Project officers who meets the following minimum requirements.

Major roles and Responsibilities

• Adherence to BFE ,Government and Donor policies, guidelines and standards;
• Responsible for concept note preparation, proposal and Design document development, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects based on GOs, NGOs, and donors requirement.
• Develop monthly, quarterly and annual  detail work plan and follow appropriate implementation at project sites
• Undertake regular field visits to monitor  and assure quality progress of project activities and provide technical support to project  staffs and feedback to programme team
• Lead the creation of/Development/ adoption appropriate project models (Integrate farm plan (PIP), Village Saving and Loan Association (VSLA), Farmers Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) etc.)
• Responsible to coordinate all project management (Base line assessments, Designing, executing, monitoring, and evaluation) in line with government and donors’ requirements.
• Work on integration and synergies among projects during planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation for better efficient and effective result.
• Lead Preparation of Data collection form or simple Database of projects for continuous recording of project progresses including financial status.
• Developing PMEL managements, follow ups and lead the reviewing, feedback collection from community/households/different stakeholders’ (including donors), incorporate the feedbacks and complete the approval.
•  Developing PMEL System (including soft system, feedback mechanisms for community
• Ensure the Preparation of all kinds of reports to stakeholders’ (including donors) these fulfil  standards and requirements
• Critically follow the project financial reports with the collaboration of finance officer for timely transactions, update in the tracking forms
• Ensure strong coordination with stakeholders on assessment, project /program/design, and the implementation of projects.
• Organize Quarterly/biannual/annual review meeting with stakeholders to review status of project progress and collect feedback for further improvement and decisions.
• Supervision of staff working under his management (Performance evaluation, Improvement plans, coaching, coordination, etc.)
• Identify gaps of staffs’ capacity and give short and long-term capacity building training including PMEL to enhance capacity of staffs in project implementation and management.
• Support, capacitate, consult and advise the organization staffs with technical and management inputs,  developing high level quality project planning(including PMEL issues) and reports these meet donors and government standards
• Other relevant activities deemed necessary.

Reporting to: Program Coordinator

Open to: All Ethiopians

Duration:  One year (Fixed Tem Contract, with probation period): extension depends on budget availability

Duty station:  Yaya Gullele and Shewarobit (100 % fully project site based)

Qualification required /Competencies

• BA Degree in Plant Science, Horticulture, Rural Development, Natural Resource Management, Agronomy, and other related fields with Minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience.
• Knowledge and Experience in integrated livelihood (Agriculture, food security, Climate change, environment and integrated farm plan) projects are preferable
• Experience in climate change, environment, natural resource conservation, integrated farm plan and Emergency Response for resilience are an asset.
• Knowledge and experience in local fund raising and networking with GO and NGOs
• Must have a high level and  Strong communication skill in English (fluent both writing and speaking) and local languages
• Must self-motivated and independent
• Know  laws and regulation of Agency of civil Society Organizations (ACSO) for NGOs