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Project Officer - Education

Founded in 1994, ACTED is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris, France. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED respects principles of strict neutrality and impartiality in its decisions, and operates according to non-discrimination and transparency principles. ACTED endeavours to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience; promote inclusive and sustainable growth; construct effective governance and support the building of civil society worldwide by investing in people and their potential. With a budget of 236 million EUR in 2017, ACTED is active in almost 37 countries and implements more than 500 projects a year reaching over 14 million beneficiaries with 300 internal staff and 4,300 national staff worldwide.

In Pakistan, ACTED has been active since 1993 and has provided assistance across all provinces to an estimated 6.9 million people. The assistance has included emergency response to meet the immediate and live-saving needs of natural disaster and complex emergency affected households, as well as recovery and development support in the form of education and livelihoods promotion and assistance.

The job holder is responsible for providing community capacity strengthening support, and coordination of the planning, implementation, monitoring & evaluation and reporting of the Education core program being implemented by ACTED in North Sindh and KPK. The Job Holder will take responsibility for support of the Education core program to promote safe, supportive learning centers and communities that increase the participation of children to enable them to develop to their full potential.

Objectives

To ensure program is achieving on all Value for Money benchmarks
To develop and monitor on all stringent quality assurance mechanisms targeting children, teachers and community members.

Coordination with relevant federal authorities and consortium members.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. External Positioning

1.1. External Relations

a) Consortium Members b) Technical working group members c) Donor ( Fund Manager )

1.2. Project Implementation

The program quality officer will be responsible to periodically check and report on whether program is functioning according to standard operating Policy, She will be responsible to find program gaps and share the findings with relevant supervisor,

1.1. Internal Coordination

To compile monitoring visits by following weekly action plan
To submit fortnight and monthly program progress reports
To record meeting minutes and maintain a digital repository
To ensure all project documentation is filed in an organized manner
To make sure other IP staff members are visiting field according to the plan

· Daily coordination with field staff to check about progress of various indicators

1.2. Technical Leadership:

The program quality officer will perform appropriate analysis to inform program activities and course correction. Mainly reports will be generated on learning outcomes, selection and training of teachers, center space verification, center open status, children enrolment, dropouts and transition.

Skills

good communication and reporting skills

Job Details

Industry:

N.G.O./Social Services

Functional Area:

Project Management

Total Positions:

1 Post

Job Shift:

First Shift (Day)

Job Type:

Contract

Department:

Islamabad

Job Location:

Islamabad, Pakistan

Gender:

No Preference

Minimum Education:

Bachelors

Degree Title:

Social sciences / Education / Business administration etc

Career Level:

Entry Level

Minimum Experience:

2 Years (2-3 yrs overall in development/NGO sector. Preferably in the field of education)

Apply Before:

Aug 01, 2019

Posting Date:

Jul 17, 2019

ACTED Pakistan

N.G.O./Social Services · 601-1000 employees - Islamabad

ACTED is a non-governmental organization with headquarters in Paris. Independent, private and not-for-profit, ACTED operates according to principles of non-discrimination and transparency. Our mission is to support vulnerable populations affected by wars, natural disasters and/or economic and social crises, and to accompany them in building a better future; thus contributing to the Millennium Development Goals. ACTED ‘Links Relief, Rehabilitation and Development’ to provide continued support to vulnerable communities as their needs evolve. ACTED has been present in Pakistan since 1993 with assistance ongoing presently in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Azad Jammu Kashmir. The country programme comprises of four key pillars: Pillar 1 – Humanitarian assistance – Through this component, ACTED supports the emergency and early recovery needs of communities following disasters. In recent years this has included support for communities affected by floods, earthquakes and the complex emergency; Pillar 2 – Income generation and sustainable livelihoods – ACTED has extensive experience in this sector including market-oriented vocational trainings, basic skills development, as well as on and off-farm livelihood assistance; Pillar 3 – Social cohesion and access to basic services – ACTED improves access to basic services through a range of measures including support for educational institutions, community infrastructure and local governance. Social cohesion is a key component to ensuring equitable service provision. ACTED’s interventions include the establishment of local representation bodies as well as supporting the rights of women, minorities and marginalized groups; Pillar 4 – Environmental protection and community resilience – This pillar aims to mitigate some of the effects of recurrent disasters, climate change and environmental degradation. Interventions start at a household level, such as construction of fuel efficient

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