Project Officer at BigSun Africa

Job Purpose

• Project Officer supports project planning, implementation, and monitoring, which includes tasks like designing project activities, tracking progress against milestones, and managing budgets.
• They often liaise with implementing partners and stakeholders, conduct field visits to monitor activities, and collect data for reporting and evaluation purposes.
• Other duties include providing technical support and training, managing communication with stakeholders, and ensuring that projects align with the organization's goals.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the program team to record and analyze monitoring data for reporting and timely communicate the results of analysis to inform programme decision making
• Conduct surveys and analyze data on a quarterly basis and make recommendations to improve the project based on the findings
• Support the Project Manager to prepare periodic project reports based on accurate and evidence-based data/information
• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation team in the tracking of outcome of activities evidenced by accurate data to enhance quality of reporting
• Identify and document human interest stories and case studies based on the successes of implemented projects
• Assist program team in reviewing log frames, M&E work plans and targets at proposal development stage through the project implementation
• Assist to identify needs and opportunities by conducting training needs assessments.
• Collect data on project indicators and maintain an updated database on project progress
• Assist in tracking project performance at community level and report, monitor and follow up on project activities.
• Conduct regular visits to project sites to monitor the implementation of activities, gather feedback from beneficiaries and submit detailed report about the activities and findings

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Nonprofit Management, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in project management within the nonprofit sector.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Good communication, interpersonal, and networking skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multicultural team, often requiring travel to remote areas.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience providing training and capacity building to staff or partners is often required.