Volunteer State Field Officers at Skills Outside School Foundation

The Field Officers will manage stakeholder relationships, provide support on the ground monitoring and evaluation, support program implementation,  and provide state presence / field office etc)

The duties and responsibilities include to:

• Assist in establishing or strengthening partnerships with state based organizations 
• Liaise with all relevant NGOs, private sector and local authorities with the aim of facilitating coordination;
• Assist in strengthening relationships between sosf and key actors 
• Working closely with the data and research team training enumerators, coordinating data collection through team of enumerators, and state based organizations and documenting data 
• Conduct mobilization of beneficiaries
• Build brand awareness for the sosf in the state
•  Manage team of volunteers  
• Help ensure that latest findings, lesson learnt, policy guidelines etc. are incorporated into sosf interventions
• Support field trips 
• Contribute to the preparation of various written reports, documents and communications, e.g. draft sections of studies, background papers, policy guidelines, briefings, presentations etc., provide up-to-date analysis on trends and developments in the state 
• Maintain database of stakeholders 
• Assist in strengthening local level networks to gather information from the field, including from local communities and non-traditional partners;
• Support advocacy initiatives
• Provide on the ground real time info 
• Support in following up on local stakeholders 
• Follow up on MoUs with Municipalities, local partners (other NGOs) and participate to official meetings when requested and meet regularly key interlocutors
• Track and effectively organize all project documentation
• Lead in organization of activities in the state
• Support monitoring snd evaluation efforts for activities 
• Collaborate with existing and new partners to identify interventions that support the Projects’ objectives, connect these entities with existing partners to build upon successes and work with them to deliver, monitor and evaluate them
• Support in determination of costings to enable program managers complete budgets 
• Perform other duties as requested 

Requirements

• Grassroots mobilization  expertise 
• On the ground local knowledge 
• Ability to engage with local leaders and community based persons 
• Ability to speak major local languages  
• Ability to coordinate 
• String Communication skills  
• Strong stakeholder management 
• Field based office