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Project Officer - USAID Funded Project

Project Officer will be responsible for overall implementation and management of the project including; community mobilization, conduct training on honey bee farming & value chain development, procurement of the honey bee hives & production kits, branding and project progress reporting. The project will be implemented in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral and is funded by USAID. Position is based in Gilgit with frequently visits to Baltistan and Chitral.

Main Task and Responsibilities:

Mobilization of the beneficiaries

Develop questionnaire to conduct baseline survey in the project area
Conduct and analysis of the baseline survey
Identification and selection of the beneficiaries
Keep close coordination with the project stakeholders including, community heads/ VOs/WOs/CBs
Develop baseline survey report

Training of the project beneficiaries

Revise training manual of honey bee farming
Develop training manual of value chain development
Identify and select trainers for the training in GB & Chitral
Supervise training workshops on honey bee farming in GB & Chitral
Supervise training workshops on value chain development in GB & Chitral
Ensure timely delivery of training materials

Procurement of honey bee hives and production kits

Identify and select suppliers for GB & Chitral
Develop & sign MoU with suppliers
Supervise procurement of the bee hives and production kits
Supervise distribution of the bee hives and production kits
Ensure quality of the bee hives, boxes and production kits

Value Chain Development

Mobilize honey bee keepers to be registered with the honey bee associations
Impart technical assistance to honey bee keepers to improve the quality of honey
Form business groups of the honey bee keepers on village/cluster based
Develop association of the honey bee keepers on district wise
Sign MoUs with cluster/business group representative
Facilitate and supervise the procurement and transportation of the honey

Branding & marking

Keep close coordination with communication team to develop branding materials of HF & USAID (i.e. sing boards, plaques, banners and stickers etc)
Responsible to fix sign boards and plaques timely and efficiently
Verbal and written acknowledgment of the people of American's
Prepare and present project progress as per donor requirement.

Project progress reporting

Responsible to develop and timely submission of project progress reports (i.e. qualitative/quantitative and financial report) in donors given format
Take lead to make visual pictures of the training and highly use in the reports
Monthly progress report should be ready on 5th of every month
Other activities will perform, request of the supervisor.

Skills

- Masters Degree in Social Sciences/Agriculture Sciences/Business Administration
- At least 04 years of working experience of managing such kind of projects
- Excellent report writing skills
- Experience of working in USAID project or INGO would be preferred.
- Strong knowledge of project management
- Very much familiar with USAID compliances
- Strong knowledge of value chain development

Job Details

Industry:

N.G.O./Social Services

Functional Area:

Project Management

Total Positions:

1 Post

Job Type:

Job Location:

Gilgit, Pakistan

Gender:

Doesn\'t Matter

Minimum Education:

Masters

Degree Title:

Master's Degree in Social Sciences/Agriculture Sciences/Business Administration

Career Level:

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Minimum Experience:

4 Years

Apply Before:

Mar 31, 2012

Posting Date:

Mar 20, 2012

Hashoo Foundation

N.G.O./Social Services · 101-200 employees - Gilgit

Hashoo Foundation (HF) is a progressive and dynamic nonprofit organization, leading the way in human development and poverty alleviation by implementing viable economic development, educational and capacity building programs. Vision We envisage an ethical, equitable, inclusive and progressive society in which people live with dignity and have power over their own lives. Mission Our mission is to enable and empower communities to be independent by facilitating equitable access to opportunities. Values Hashoo Foundation draws on the values of equity, inclusivity, transparency, innovation, integrity, respect and fulfillment. These values make the foundations of our guiding principles, which, in turn, contribute to setting standards for all organizational operations.

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