Rural Programme Coordinator - based in Sierra Leone with travel to Liberia
Rural Programme Coordinator - based in Sierra Leone with travel to Liberia
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Job Title: Rural Programme Coordinator based in Liberia & Sierra Leone
Languages: German Language skills (preferred but not essential)
Salary:
Reporting to: Head of Programmes Sierra Leone & Liberia
Contract Type: Fulltime 37.5 hours per week)
Principal Location: Makeni Sierra Leone with frequent travel across Sierra Leone & Liberia
Our Organisation:
Street Child believes that every child deserves the chance to go to school and learn. Our projects focus on a combination of education child protection and livelihood support to address the social economic and structural issues that underpin todays education crisis. Since 2008 we have helped overchildren go to school and learn.
Role Purpose:
- Oversee Street Childs rolling school construction programme in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
- Support inschool community engagement and economic empowerment activities.
- Work closely with local partners to manage the construction of 50100 primary and secondary schools annually.
- Frequent travel to rural communities to monitor projects and gather updates for internal and donor reporting.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Reporting & Programme Funding Engagement 30
- Review narrative and financial quarterly reports from country teams and provide feedback.
- Lead the consolidation of narrative reports for various donors.
- Ensure regular information flow to communications and fundraising teams.
- Support incomegeneration efforts including drafting funding proposals and donor visits.
2. Programme Management 35
- Collaborate with national partners Government and community stakeholders to identify and assess school construction needs.
- Ensure quality and timely implementation of school construction programming.
- Develop systems to track progress against key milestones and address challenges.
- Train and guide partner staff to ensure the effective use of programme documents and tools.
- Monitor safeguarding policies and support feedback loops with partners and participants.
3. Finance & Procurement 20
- Oversee the procurement process ensuring value for money in selecting contractors.
- Work with finance colleagues to compile financial reporting for programme donors.
- Support teams in compiling requisitions in line with programme forecasts and budgets.
- Coordinate the tracking of donor and match funding requirements.
4. Other 15
- Provide surge support across Street Childs programme portfolio.
- Coordinate staff stakeholders and donor visits.
- Represent Street Child appropriately both internally and externally.
- Carry out other reasonable requests within the broad remit of the role.
Person Specification:
Experience and Knowledge:
- Relevant field experience in development programming with local partnership respect.
- Successful delivery of team objectives through collaboration.
- Experience with data collection cleaning and analysis.
- Experience working in education community engagement and livelihoods programming.
- Strong knowledge of the Liberia and/or Sierra Leone context.
- Experience with donor reporting and budget management.
- German Language skills (preferred but not essential).
Skills and Abilities:
- Excellent organizational and administrative skills.
- Strong coaching and capacity strengthening skills.
- Good time management able to meet deadlines under pressure.
- Relationship management and communication skills.
Other:
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- A cando attitude and problemsolving skills.
- Strong motivation to succeed and ability to work independently.
Education / Qualifications:
- Degree or higher in International Development or related field.
- Relevant training in MEAL (Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning).
Street Childs Commitment to Safeguarding:
- Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and background checks.
- Participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.
To Apply:
Submit your CV and covering letter explaining why you would be a strong fit for this role.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
