Role Purpose
The Project Officer - FP FACT is responsible for supporting in planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting Fertility Awareness for Community Transformation (FACT) related activities. S/he will support in Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) initiative under this project including required material development, research, documentation and streamlining use across Save the Children’s existing platforms in Nepal. In addition, s/he will support to district and community level health authorities and platforms (to be used for FACT project) to implement and monitor the FACT related activities. Likewise, s/he will establish and strengthen good coordination with government counterpart and other stakeholders in the district and region.
Term and Location: Fixed term position till December 2015 with possibility of extension, based in Pyuthan and Siraha under the Western Regional Office (WRO) and Eastern Regional Office (ERO) respectively of Save the Children.
Required Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Nursing or Public Health (Masters preferred) with minimum 2 years experience in project/program management related to Family Planning or Reproductive Health (FP or RH) including experience in SBCC materials development and operational research; Experience on different dimensions of FP & RH would be an asset.
Key Areas of Accountability
Planning, Implementation and Tracking
- Support to develop detailed implementation plan (DIP) and phased budget of the project on annual basis for proper implementation and budget utilization on time
- Support to prepare work plan of the whole project period
- Make proper implementation of project activities and budget utilization as per DIP and phased budget
- Prepare monthly project tracking report and take corrective actions in case of more than 10% deviation
- Provide training and orientation to platforms and local level stakeholders and ensure their effective engagement in the project activities
- Regularly monitor the activities conducted under FACT project and provide technical support to platforms for execution of the project activities
SBCC and Material Development
- Support in development of SBCC materials, its printing and ensure its well distribution
- Provide technical support to platforms and local stakeholders and ensure its effective use for FACT project
- Collaborate with SC Nepal’s media and communication department, health and nutrition team and other thematic program team
- Facilitate the mobilization of existing platforms of Save the Children for SBCC activities
Research, Monitoring and Technical support
- Support the research component of the project in collaboration with program coordinator.
- Conduct regular monitoring of the project activities at local level
- Provide technical support to regional/district offices and other thematic staffs of regional and cluster office for mainstreaming the SBCC and materials of the project into the selected platforms
Documentation and Reporting
- Regularly update the platform of Save the Children’s projects where the SBCC and materials are used
- Document each major activities (includes project process, learning and results) conducted at local level and compile it whenever necessary
- Support research report documentation with proper analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
- Support in preparing project reports as per donor and member requirement on time with input from field staff
Coordination and Representation
- Establish and maintain strengthened function coordination with district level government counterparts and other stakeholders for smooth execution of the project activities
- Provide technical support to district level government counterparts, other stakeholders and platforms for effective FACT related activities
- Maintain functional coordination with regional and district level government counterparts and other stakeholders
- Coordinate FACT work with selected platforms into which activities will be integrated
- Work with platform coordinators to support interaction with Save the Children country office as required for formative research, baseline and end line evaluations.
Occasional Significant Duties
- Contributes to the process of developing plans, compiling reports and documentation.
- Ensure periodic evaluations of related programs.
- Compile and share pertinent technical and programmatic literature and information produced or found locally or globally with SC teams and partners.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Sound experience in project/program (related to FP or RH) management including project/program monitoring & evaluation
- Knowledge about different dimensions of family planning and reproductive health
- Skills and experience in designing and developing SBCC materials
- Skills and experience in writing project/program proposals and reports that document program directions and results
- Ability to analyze and adopt innovations in the program as per the need
- Higher degree of taking initiatives and the ability to work independently
- Strong coordination and interpersonal skills to work with multi-stakeholders for advocacy & lobbying and representing organization in various forums
- Good facilitation and moderation skills
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, able to work in short deadlines with intense pressure
- Sound computer skills on Microsoft Office package and other relevant software
- Strong written and spoken skills in English language
