Project Officer - Sexual and Gender Based Violence at The CANs

Job Summary
The CANs Foundation is recruiting a Project Officer to handle its project that addresses sexual and gender based violence. The job holder will be responsible for the following:

• The Project Officer is expected to define the scope of the project in collaboration with senior management.
• Create a detailed work plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully run the project.
• Monitor the progress of the project and make adjustments as necessary to ensure the successful running of the project.
• Establish a communication schedule to update stakeholders including appropriate staff in the organization on the progress of the project.
• Ensure proper professional relationships with relevant national and international partner agencies, coordination mechanisms and platforms
• Take action to mitigate any risks facings project implementations, activities, staff, and beneficiaries.
• Plan, implement and supervise all project activities, including by all sub-contracted partners to achieve set indicators, milestones, outputs and ultimately outcomes and goal of the project
• Identify, contract and supervise the work of contracted partners, consultants and vendors, as required and directed, to achieve overall project objectives.
• Identify relevant local and State level stakeholders and ensure their buy-in, commitment and involvement on the project including: local and state level government authorities, school authorities, community and opinion leaders in development of sustainable women protection systems and structures to protect them from sexual violence and ensure that the voices of women are heard and incorporated in project implementation
• Organise, lead on and deliver advocacy visits, sensitisation outreaches and capacity building workshops on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).
• Prepare and submit annual, quarterly and monthly work plans to aid and show effective planning and implementation of the project.
• Report programmatic achievements, gaps and challenges to the Project Director and recommend changes to achieve project results
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual reports in line with organizational and funders requirements.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Minimum of B.Sc. Degree with 2 years practical relevant work experience
• Experience in non-profit project management
• Demonstrated expertise and programming in SGBV and gender inequality
• Fluencyin oral and written English and computer literacy is essential. Knowledge of Hausa language is an added advantage.
• Experience in community mobilisation approaches. Collaboration and negotiation skills are therefore required with ability to identify and liaise with relevant community-based stakeholders and other potential state and non-state project partners
• Demonstrated show of self-motivation and self-direction with proactive decision making and strategic thinking skills.
• Highly organized, with ability to deliver error free work output
• Ability to represent the organisation and its objectives in a highly professional and responsible manner
• Personal integrity, honesty and transparency is essential.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, multitask and employ proactive decision-making skills
• Ability to work under pressure with limited supervision yet allocate and review priorities and proactively take decisions to meet deadlines and achieve set objectives.