District Project Officers (6 Posts)

District Project Officer x 6

TITLE: District  Project Officer x 6 (one Project Officer for each district)

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Green Climate Fund (GCF) Adolescents and Youth for a Sustainable Future (AY4SF) project
LOCATION: Binga, Umguza, Bulilima, Beitbridge, Shurugwi, Kwekwe districts
GRADE: 4
CONTRACT LENGTH: 2(two) years

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: (select only one)
Level 3:  The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people because they work country programs.

ROLE PURPOSE:

The District Project Officer is responsible for the implementation of the Adolescents and Youth for a Sustainable Future (AY4SF) project in selected districts under the Green Climate Fund (GCF) portfolio. The role entails direct support to implementing partners, coordination with district stakeholders, and ensuring high-quality delivery of project activities aligned with Save the Children (SC) and donor standards. The postholder will ensure effective beneficiary targeting, quality implementation, monitoring, learning documentation, and strong community engagement. The role also supports localization initiatives by strengthening the capacity of local partners, community structures, and district authorities.

In humanitarian or emergency situations, the officer may be required to adapt duties and working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: AY4SF Project Director
Staff reporting to this post: None
Budget Responsibilities: will have an oversight of the budget contributing to monitoring and Budget Variance Analysis.

Role Dimensions:
Involves communication with stakeholders ensuring understanding of project outcomes and outputs by the key stakeholders. The incumbent will also be in communication with country office including relevant Technical Experts (TEs) to ensure quality delivery of the project

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Project Implementation
Support implementing partners to develop and deliver activity plans aligned with AY4SF timelines.
Lead district-level mobilization and registration of project participants.
Conduct routine field monitoring and produce quality monitoring reports with actionable follow-up plans.
Support implementation of climate adaptation, nature-based solutions, and adolescent-focused interventions.
Monitor the child rights situation and appropriately manage or escalate cases of child protection concerns.
Lead on Environmental and Social Screening of project activities

MEAL
Participate in project specific MEAL activities.
Facilitate for the dissemination of research findings and documentation of feedback.
Provide the initial point of contact for receiving grievances
Coordinate with GESI Expert and Project Director to support investigation and resolution of grievances
Daily updating of output deliveries on result framework/IPTT, PRIME and final reporting.
Support the efficient documentation of the project actions, achievements, success stories and best practices for institutional learning and scaling up.
Promote child participation and ensure children provide feedback during the project life cycle.

PRIME
Ensure that the PRIME modules are updated on time to inform evidence-based decision-making during project implementation
Coordinate with MEAL to update IPTT in PRIME
Produce PRIME adoption report for the project and share with the Project Director.

Representation
Represent Save the Children at district-level forums/meetings to ensure maintenance of good flow of information and knowledge on the programme.
Maintain strong communication with project technical experts (TEs) and specialists to ensure quality implementation.

Partrnership, Networking and Coordination
Identify and strengthen partnerships with government ministries, NGOs, and community-based structures.
Participate in district and provincial coordination meetings relevant to climate resilience, youth development, and livelihoods.
Work with implementing partners to ensure that the project is implemented on scope, budget and time

Operational and administrative office support
 Maintain proper filing, storage, and confidentiality of documents.
Support emergency response activities where needed.
Perform any other reasonable duties assigned.

Child safeguarding
Staff inform people who come into contact with them of the conduct to expect of SC staff
Report any Child Safeguarding concerns to the focal person

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) (Section should not consist of Competencies as this are the standard Values in practice)

Accountability:
•Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
•Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:
•Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
•Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
•Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:
•Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
•Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
•Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:
•Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
•Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:
•Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS
 A degree in Development Studies, Agriculture, Environmental Science, Social Sciences, or related field.
Minimum 3 years’ experience in development programming, preferably climate change adaptation, livelihoods, or youth programming.
Strong interpersonal, facilitation and community engagement skills.
Experience working with government ministries and local authorities.
Excellent report writing and documentation skills.
Computer proficiency (MS Office, Teams, digital platforms).
Fluency in English
Fluency in local language relevant to the district a must.
Ability to travel frequently to field sites.

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