VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Background

The Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu has three main focus areas: a) Pastoral Care; b) Human and Social Development and c) Institutional Development. Under the Human and Social Development focus area, the main strategic goal is:To improve quality of life of communities through coordinated social development programs that enhance resilience, promote justice and peace and uphold human dignity.” Under this focus are, one of the strategic objective is “To promote a just, peaceful and inclusive society through advocacy and lobbying civic education, economic empowerment and

It is for this reason that the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), an advocacy arm of the Church in the Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu and which falls directly under the Directorate of Social Development with support from Misereor-Germany is implementing a project entitled ‘Public Social Accountability Advocacy Project (PSAAP)’ in St Paul’s, St Cecilia, St Martin De Porres, St Luke the Evangelist Parishes in Mzimba district and St Joseph Mkasa Parish in Rumphi. With this background CCJP invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the position of Field Officer for PSAAP as follows:

Post: Field Officer
Duty Station: St Paul’s Parish-Mzimba
Reports to: The CCJP Coordinator

Key Responsibilities

• Mobilizing and sensitizing communities on public social accountability, transparency and good governance
• Facilitating community dialogues and engagement meetings with relevant stakeholders.
  Promoting citizens’ participation in monitoring public service delivery.
• Working closely with community structures, local leaders, faith based organizations and government institutions.
• Supporting communities to identify and advocate for solutions to challenges affecting public service delivery.
• Facilitating capacity building sessions for community members on their rights and responsibilities.
  Ensuring effective implementation of project activities in line with approved work plans
• Building and maintaining good working relationships with stakeholders at community and district levels.
• Oversee execution of work plans and documentation of project outputs and outcomes.
• Track indicator performance of all project objectives and suggest remedial approaches for specific indicators whose performance is undesirable.
• Account for project activity funds and submit liquidation reports to the Projects Accountant on time
• Document project activity reports, quarterly, bi-annual and annual report and timely submission to the projects Officer.

Requirements

• Demonstrable commitment to upholding Catholic Values and knowledge of the Catholic Social
  Teaching
• A dedicated Christian with a minimum qualification of Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or Social
  Sciences
• Ability and hands-on experience in data analysis with Excel and SPSS in relation to indicator performance tracking
• Demonstrable ability to work with priests and nuns.

How to Apply

Qualified and interested candidates should submit the following:

• A cover letter
• A detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) with three traceable referees
• Copies of academic and professional certificates
• A recommendation letter from the Parish Priest or Religious Leader

Application should be received not later than Friday 13th November, 2026.

Applications should be submitted by email to: re•••••••••@••••••.mw

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.