Project Officer at GrowthAid

We have started building our professional LinkedIn page. Follow Company: GrowthAid Location: Ghana State: Tema Job type: Full-Time Job category: NGO Jobs in Ghana No views yet Job Description Job Title: Project Officer Place of Work: Tema- Ghana Reports to: Programmes Manager Main Relationship: Operations Manager, Programmes Manager, Executive Director, HR and Administration Officer, Consultants, Contractors. About GrowthAid GrowthAid is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization limited by guarantee. Our vision is of a world where everyone has adequate access to safe water and sanitation and where no one dies from preventable diseases. GrowthAid works in collaboration with like-minded organizations to reach poor and marginalized people with safe water, improved sanitation, and hygiene services. We hold our values of accountability, integrity, transparency, and respect dearly and demonstrate these in what we do and how we work. General Role Summary The Project Officer is responsible for all actions in the project’s environment. He/she shall plan and coordinate the delivery of all actions across the project space to ensure timely implementation and efficient use of resources. Essential Job Accountabilities Key accountabilities

• Planning and managing the delivery of water, sanitation, hygiene services in project spaces allocated to them and be responsible for the outcomes.

• As part of the task above, prepare a consolidated work plan for water, sanitation, hygiene and NTD response services as a planning and management tool for all to use.

• Identifying and attracting skills required to implement the work plans for the year. These include, but not be limited to, specialized training in the areas of water, hygiene, sanitation services delivery. Clear examples here are WATSAN training, training on sanitation delivery approaches, etc.

• Budget management: Where applicable, the PO shall assume the responsibility of ensuring that project budgets are prepared and managed effectively in their project areas. As part of this too, the PO shall be responsible for preparing activity ToRs (including budgets) for approval and subsequent implementation.

• Field management of project teams whilst they are on the field; This relates to the delivery of specific project activities and not performance related. If people management issues arise, they should be referred to the line managers of the concerned staff.

• Monitoring, evaluation, and reporting; The PO is responsible for on-going monitoring of the project and to report on same routinely (monthly, six monthly and annually).and at weekly planning meetings as necessary. This includes the identification and documentation of human-interest stories and documentaries in close collaboration with the Communication and Visibility Officer and other technical staff as necessary.