About SOUL

SOUL for Development is a national NGO, founded in February 1997, by a group of Yemeni professionals out of their desire to achieve a higher quality of life for Yemeni women and children, and contribute to the development process of the nation. Since its establishment, it has implemented programs and projects in health, nutrition, WASH, education, child rights, and youth empowerment. It is currently operating in Sana’a, Taiz, Aden, Hadhramawt,Al Mahrah, Soctra, Al Hudaydah, and Dhamar,  governorates

Job Information

Job Title:  Senior Project Field Officer (1)

Location: Dhamar.

Contract Type: Full Time.

Contract Duration: 3 Months.

Start Date: As soon as possible.

                

Key Responsibilities:

 

• Manage all coordination efforts with governorate related authorities.
• Develop and execute project plan in the field and schedule using appropriate tools with a focus on technical and operational; track progress and revise schedule and scope to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Lead and be personally responsible for achieving his/her project goals in the field.
• Ensure project delivery on time and within scope, budget, and acceptable quality.
• Conduct regular visits to the field for project activities implementation and to identify problem and recommend solution.
• Follow up with project team on field implementation and needs
• Communicate project objectives, scope, and expectations to project coordinator, team members, and other stakeholders in a timely and clear manner.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Set and manage donors’ expectations; manage the interaction with donors and develop lasting relationship with donors’ personnel. 
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis— provide stakeholders with a daily/weekly/monthly project progress update.
• Track and resolve issues and conflicts during the project implementation; report and escalate to Project management as needed.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Define project success criteria, which have to be well defined in the agreed forms, and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
• Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors; influence them to take positive actions and to be accountable for their assigned work.
• Provide SOUL Media Officer with necessary information for marketing and promotion purposes.
• Assure project legal documents are completed, signed, and archived.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Suggest areas for improvement in internal processes with respect to projects along with possible solutions.
• Prepare the weekly, monthly, quarterly and final reports and then submit them to the project management.
• Perform assigned related task by the project management
• Submit the periodic nutrition distribution plans to the project management.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project team, analyze results and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Exercise his/her power and authority in project delivery in accordance with the Project Officer Authority Matrix set forth by SOUL.
• Ensure project resource (e.g., staff, time, money, equipment, etc.) availability and allocation in a timely manner; re-plan when necessary.
• Assign field staff if needed.
• Track and report team hour and expenses on a weekly basis; ensure timely and accurate invoicing, and monitor receivables for project.
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.

 

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree in nutrition or in Management or any other related field.
• Prior three-year’ experience in field of nutrition projects with INGOs/NGOs.
• At least one-year experience working in Dhamar is preferred.

• Proficiency with MS Office applications.
• Willing to undertake regular field visits to other governorates.
• Good analytical, and excellent oral communication, teamwork and people skills
• Strong leadership and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to details and high level of accuracy
• Effective listening; verbal and writing communication skills.
• Strong command of both Arabic and English languages.

 

 

Application Process:

• Qualified candidates are invited to fill their information and submit their CVs in the below link:

http://erp.soul-yemen.org/job_application?new=1&job_title=senior-project-field-officer

 

• Applications with no detailed information within the specified Form will not be considered.
• Due to the urgency of this appointment, selection processes would be on a rolling basis.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Deadline for receiving applications is 05.10.2020