Purpose: The position holder will provide leadership in the coordination, delivery, monitoring  and reporting of the of the ProTEcT : MCA II  Project in line with the approved project proposal, Detailed project implementation plan (DIP) and funding agreement document (FAD) following the gender transformative approaches as outlined in Plan Nepal Country Strategy. S/he is responsible for high quality and timely delivery of the project according to the objectives and approaches described in the project proposal and contract documents and to the satisfaction of the project stakeholders.S/he will be responsible to lead and coordinate ProTEcT: MCAII Project program planning, implementation and monitoring at community, Province, national level and regional level. Lead and contribute for achieving the project. S/he will be required to compile and prepare Quarterly Report, Progress Reports, Case Stories Annual Program Progress Report and Grant project report.

Terms and Location: Fixed term employment till 31 December 2023 based in Country Office, Lalitpur

Required Qualifications & Experiences:

• Master’ s Degree in Social Sciences, Human rights, Gender Studies or any development related field 
• At least 6 years of relevant work experience in child protection sector especially addressing human/ child trafficking and gender based violence
• Good understanding of contemporary issues, activities, approaches and policy and legal legislation related to human trafficking and children rights
• Proven experience in coordination, liaison and networking, managing teams, working with children, finance and other critical management domains
• Project management experience
• Experience in capacity building, training and facilitation to partner organizations
• Experience of working at national level especially program and influencing

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure quality in program interventions, lead and facilitate to implement the programs
• Enhance gender transformative approach and girls’ focus in the implementation of the Project
• Ensure effective monitoring, accountability and knowledge sharing among partners and beyond
• Develop a system for capturing, documenting and disseminating project experiences, achievements, lesson learnt and best practice to Plan  and partner staff while maintaining project records for accountability purposes. Support and ensure quality success cases stories as per grants requirement
• Lead and facilitate joint and individual actions within the Project Team which comprises of designated staff from different departments – Program, Finance, HR, Operations as well as FOs
• Develop scope of work for implementing partners of MCA II and support in selecting partners and concluding partnership agreements