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ChildFund International Hiring for Sr. Officer, Field Program at Rānchī Full Time
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Senior Officer, Programs
Division/Department: Programs
Reporting to: Specialist, Programs
Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand
Travel: Extensive/ As per job requirement
Division/Department: Programs
Reporting to: Specialist, Programs
Location: Ranchi, Jharkhand
Travel: Extensive/ As per job requirement
ABOUT US:
ChildFund strives to ensure that deprived, excluded, and vulnerable children have the capacity to improve their lives and become young adults, parents, and leaders who inspire lasting and positive change in their communities. ChildFund promotes communities whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting, and advancing the worth and rights of children. ChildFund in India works in 85 districts across 15 States. Through long-term partnerships and direct implementation, it annually reaches nearly 3 million children, youth, and their families from 3200 communities/villages.
ChildFund is committed to a workplace culture that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its forms. Furthermore, ChildFund is committed to ensuring a workplace that safeguards and protects all children, including preventing their sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as preventing the sexual exploitation and abuse of its staff, partners, and program participants.
ROLE SUMMARY:
Senior Officer, Programs will be responsible for effective implementation of ChildFund India’s programs in the assigned geography/area/s, in collaboration with the filed team.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Be responsible for collecting first-hand information from the ground and feeding into program planning upward with the program teams.
- Collaborate with program teams to ensure effective implementation of project deliverables.
- Lead and contribute to developing activity plans and monitoring its execution and outcome.
- Develop and execute sound project management approach that includes building capacity of field teams, timely monitoring, financial oversight.
- Coordinate with Finance for fund requirements, expenses / reimbursements for program related activities.
- Track the progress of activities, ensure the collecting of program indicators, and provide on-time internal status reports and external donor reports.
- Identify and monitor risks, constraints, or escalating issues, and inform the hierarchy accordingly.
- Ensure that all data and information is updated, well organized and easily accessible; and that lessons learnt, and best practice are capitalized.
- Leading project PDDS and AOPB development process at field level and its timely submission.
- Provide leadership to the staff and ensuring that the project activities are completed, and the targets are achieved on time. Conduct regular performance review and evaluations of the field team.
- Implementation, supervision, monitoring and analysis of the weekly, monthly, quarterly, six monthly & annually CDP activity plans and reports, readjustment of the activities in collaboration with line Manager.
- Identification of training needs, implementation/organization & facilitation of trainings and technical workshops
- In collaboration with the Field Finance & admin, management of project procurement planning, equipment supplies when necessary, orders preparation and orders follow-up.
- Examine and pursue funding opportunities from donors and partners, (including developing and submitting concept papers, proposals, etc.).
- Engage and strengthen relationship with local level government agencies, civil society organizations and individuals to strengthen organizational presence and work.
- Promote and participate in local networks/ alliances with like-minded organizations for policy influencing.
- Represent organization in external forums through presentations, networking, publications, and engagement in the development discourse.
- Ensure regular visits to project locations and provide feedback for timely corrective measures.
- Open to travel for supporting projects across the state.
- Any other responsibilities as assigned by the Line Manager.
QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:
- Post-Graduate in Social Work /another relevant discipline/other relevant disciplines.
- Minimum 5-7 years’ experience of development work, preferably in program management.
- Experience in implementing projects with ability to effectively coordinate with multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience in capacity building of staff including training, mentoring and technical leadership,
- Excellent presentation, public speaking, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Strong computer skills, with familiarity in using Microsoft Office suite applications.
- Organized, team player, self-starter and results-oriented individual.
- Be gender sensitive with strong conviction and skills for the empowerment of excluded and disadvantaged children.
Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
CTC for the position: Rs. 6,46,747/- per annum
ChildFund is committed to a workplace culture that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in all its forms. Furthermore, ChildFund is committed to ensuring a workplace that safeguards and protects all children, including preventing their sexual exploitation and abuse, as well as preventing the sexual exploitation and abuse of its staff, partners, and program participants