Program Officer
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Restless Development
Hybrid- Career category:Programme/ Project design & management
- Job type:Job
- Humanitarian or Development:Development
- Experience level:0-5 years
- Organisation type:Civil Society
- Remote option:Hybrid
- Right to work requirements:Right to work required in advance
- Salary: $ 16568 / yearly
- Work schedule:Full-time
- Length of contract:Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline:10/05/2024
- Location:Zimbabwe
About Restless Development
Restless Development is a global non-profit agency. We support the collective power of young leaders to create a better world. We are independently registered and governed in nine countries (India, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, UK, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe) bound together by our vision for youth power. We run youth-led programmes to tackle the issues that young people care about the most – We also run the Youth Collective – a growing network of over 4000 local youth civil society groups and organisations in 185 countries. We are committed to creating an agency that walks the talk on power shifting, using the power shifting checklist, both internally and externally.
Key responsibilities
Coordinate the delivery of quality volunteer-led SRHR and youth-led advocacy programmes. 35%
- Engage relevant stakeholders in programme design, implementation and review and development of programme sustainability plans.
- Ensure that SRH and youth-led accountability programmes are implemented in line with the Power Shifting Checklist and the Results Framework ensuring quality review of the work plan, resources and the implementation schedule.
- Design and deliver relevant training to young people that will empower them to make informed decisions on issues affecting their lives and communities and enable their active participation in such processes.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning 35%
- Support implementation of M&E activities, including development of tools, data collection, analysis and report writing
- Ensure that the project has systems and processes to enable evidence generation, encourage feedback loops and sharing and learning across units
- Support youth researchers in identifying and researching important issues to them, developing solutions and holding duty bearers accountable
Human resource and management 10%
- Manage Young Leaders and Youth Researchers
- Ensure that human resource policies are adhered to
- Ensure that young leaders are managed well and that they have work plans
Financial Management 10%
- Lead programme budget management and control
- Ensure accountability for financial management for the programmes
- Uphold all financial policies and procedures in all expenditures
Partnership development and management 5%
- Develop partnerships with all key stakeholders in the communities we operate in.
- Write timely narrative and financial reports to district and provincial stakeholders and donors
- Identify and pursue opportunities to raise Restless Development Zimbabwe’s profile, particularly in SRHR and Voice.
- Contribute to grant proposal writing, donor harvesting and partner meetings
Other duties as required (5%)
Other duties as required. Occasionally working on weekends, late night in case of volunteer incidents and holidays for which time off in lieu can be taken.
Other duties as required. Occasionally working on weekends, late night in case of volunteer incidents and holidays for which time off in lieu can be taken.
Skills and experience
Essential
- A relevant University degree in Social Sciences or Development Studies
- At least two years driving experience
- At least three (2) years experience in delivering and implementing SRHR activities,
- Experience supporting youth advocacy initiatives
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Carrying out research
- Experience in monitoring, evaluating and research
- Experience supporting youth sexual reproductive health programmes
- Experience in networking and building relationships with government stakeholders
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