Project Officer Full-Time

Good Neighbors is hiring a Project Officer, based in Beira.

Mission

• Good Neighbors exists to make the world a place without hunger, where people live together in harmony.
• Good Neighbors respects the human rights of our neighbours suffering from poverty, disasters, and oppression, and helps them to achieve self-reliance and enable them to rebuild their hope.

Core Values

• We serve people in need beyond ethnicity, religion, belief, and nationality.
• We promote self-reliance in sustainable development for individuals, families, and communities.
• We implement the rights of the child as top priority.
• We prosper global citizenship in mutual respect.
• We organize local volunteers to contribute in developing their own communities.
• We cooperate with all people who understand our mission and program.
• We work with professionalism, and pursue financial and operational transparency.
• We strive to induce more people to join our work as Good Neighbors members.

In Mozambique, Good Neighbors International (GNI) works in partnership with the government and other partners like UNICEF to ensure that more children have equitable access to early learning and complete primary education, acquiring basic literacy and numeracy competencies.

Vacancy Announcement

Job description

• Job Title: Project Officer (PO)
• Reporting to: Project Manager (PM)
• Principal Location: Sofala, Mozambique

Purpose of the position:

The overall objective of this project is to integrate and deliver multi-sectorial education assistance to cyclone IDAI affected children, teachers and communities, as well as to build local capacity to prepare for, respond to and recover from emergencies, contributing to reducing risk (DRR) and vulnerability in the District of Nhamatanda in Sofala Province. This shall be carried out through Unicef/UN-Habitat technical assistance and in close collaboration with MINEDH/DPEDH/SDEJT and GREPOC.

Key expected outcomes of the program are:

1. Improved school access to children in affected areas;
2. Schools in affected areas comply with national standards of quality and safety;
3. Enhanced capacity of education actors in preparing for responding to and recovering from emergencies.

The specific objectives are:

1. Rehabilitate & reconstruct inclusive schools through community-based building back better (BBB) approaches in disaster-affected areas;
2. Promote and sustain equitable, safe and inclusive environment for boys and girls;
3. Strengthen the capacity of communities to promote and foster safe, peaceful, equitable and inclusive learning for all children.

How can you make a difference?

The major tasks to be undertaken by the PO in this regard may include but not limited to the following:

• Provide support to PM on effective planning, development, management and technical support as needed, which includes oversight of all construction activities and to ensure that the construction works adhere to technical standards, designs, Bill of Quantities (BoQs), quality, and timeline
• Work directly with Construction Company and communities to deliver project activities aligned with the work plan and budget.
• Coordinate and monitor daily supervision and quality control of the construction works and construction company/contractor to build as per stipulated contract terms and conditions.
• Support PM on compiling detailed progress reports for UNICEF/GNI management and other stakeholders, enabling real-time tracking of construction progress.
• Participate in the monthly monitoring visits and/or spot checks jointly by UNICEF and DPEDH/SDEJT.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose to PM the remedial action, any significant bottleneck identified should be reported to PM as soon as possible to reach targets and deliverables on time.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure all required inputs are timely provided and project schedule is met, (In kind contribution of the partners)

Work relationships

• The PO is expected to maintain a good working relationship with all stakeholders

To qualify as PO you need…….

• Education: Be a qualified individual with a Medium Technical Couse in Civil building/construction;
• Working experience in the area of monitoring of technical/construction projects, disaster risk reduction initiatives, BBB and resilient building is a valuable asset;
• Years of experience:  Minimum 2 years of professional experience in the relevant field of Civil engineering, as well as construction supervision, project management. Experience in working in complex environments and large. Experience in child protection in emergencies and protracted crises, Experience in working with people/teams, Experience of delivering training workshops;
• Demonstrated experience and commitment to working with vulnerable communities;
• Working experience at least 1 out of 2 years with UN or other international development organization is an asset;
• Competencies: Fluent in English and Portuguese language is a requirement, with skills in writing and documentation. Excellent and proven relationships in dealing with contractors and other stakeholders. To be a very good team player and ready to accept additional responsibilities

How to apply

Qualified candidates are requested to submit a resume, cover letter and other relevant documents through the moz.ad.gni@goodneighbors.org

Expire date: All application should be sent to the address above until 31 January 2021

Interested candidates should indicate ability and availability.

GNI is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

GNI has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the project, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.

GNI also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Individuals engaged under a fixed term project or individual contract will not be considered “permanent staff members” and will not be entitled to benefits provided therein (such as leave entitlements and medical insurance coverage). Their conditions of service will be governed by their contract and the General Conditions of Contracts for the Services of the fixed term project and Individual Contractors.

Fixed term project and individual contractors are responsible for determining their tax liabilities and for the payment of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with local or other applicable laws.