Project Manager
Job Overview
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Date PostedOctober 1, 2024
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Location
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Expiration dateOctober 26, 2024
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Experience5 Years
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QualificationBachelor Degree
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OrganizationFAWE SIERRA LEONE
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Required LanguagesEnglish, Temne
Job Description
FAWE SIERRA LEONE JOB ADVERT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
General
The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Sierra Leone chapter is a national organization established in Sierra Leone in March 1995 with branches throughout the 16 districts in the country. Our target beneficiaries and constituency are primary marginalized girls and women. Our Mission is to promote gender responsive policies, practices and attitudes and foster innovations that will provide opportunities for Sierra Leonean girls and women to prosper in all realms of their lives. Our Vision is to have a just and inclusive society in which all Sierra Leonean girls and women have access to quality education and training to achieve their full potential.
FAWE Sierra Leone is working in collaboration with Comic Relief, an INGO based in the UK, to deliver the “Girls Access to Education Project” (GATE). for 36 months in three districts (Port Loko, Karene and Kambia), northwestern Sierra Leone. The GATE project was developed in alignment with the FAWE Sierra Leone strategic plan 2024-2028 business case, which seeks to improve learning outcomes for boys and girls at school level and increase their enrolment, retention and well-being. The main focus of the GATE project is to ensure that a greater number of girls transition to and complete secondary schools. The project primarily focuses on ensuring that girls stay in schools and are safe, which will not only positively contribute to the improvement of their retention but also their learning outcomes.
The programme in Port Loko, Karene and Kambia, districts ‘ Girls Access to Education’, aims to enable 15,000 children from 60 target schools to access and participate in better quality education through two main components:
- Improved and safe learning environments for girls in 60 Schools
- Training of school leadership: 120 school heads and deputies from 60 schools will be trained on school leadership to make them change agents for girls’ participation and safety in school, who will monitor and enforce the school safety guide developed under the GATE project.
- Community of practice meetings: Heads of schools and school mentors will meet on a quarterly basis to facilitate shared learning among schools and leaders on best practices and measures taken to ensure girls’ participation and safety in school;
- School Safety Guide: A School Safety Guide for ending School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV) and promoting a safe environment for girls in school will be developed. The guide is a tool to establish child-friendly reporting mechanisms and address SRGBV impunity in schools by setting simple requirements of schools to ensure safety of girls.
- Training of school and peer mentors: Training of 120 school and peer mentors to facilitate girls’ and boys’ clubs in school to encourage girls to speak up and out about the issues affecting them as well as to encourage boys to support their female peers and make them champions for gender equality.
- Community based platforms including school structures actively engaged to promote girls’ safety and participation in school
- Engaging community leaders: Engaging Village Development Committees (VDCs), religious and traditional leaders to intensify and re-enforce the community wide efforts to promote girls’ education and safety in schools and communities;
- Engaging men and boys in the communities: Engaging men and boys in the communities with support from the male school mentors to promote gender equality, make them champions for girls’ participation and safety in school and create positive role models;
- Documentation of best practices and role models: At the end of the project, best practices of men and boys promoting girls’ education, participation and safety in schools and communities as well as male role models will be identified, documented and shared to encourage more men and boys to follow these positive examples.
FAWE-SL is looking for committed, experienced individuals to make up the project team to manage and implement this exciting new programme in Port Loko, Karene and Kambia districts. The project will start in October, 2024 and runs for 36 months until September 2027. Positions being recruited are listed below.
Applicants should send a covering letter explaining why they are suitable for the position and a CV either:
- by e-mail to recruitmentfawesl@gmail.com
- or deliver in person to the FAWE National Secretariat, 4 Hill Street, Freetown
All applications should be addressed to:
The Acting National Coordinator FAWE Sierra Leone Chapter.
Closing date for applications: Friday 11th October, 2024. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
PROJECT MANAGER
Position Title: Project Manager
Location: Freetown, Sierra Leone
Period: Full-time post; October, 2024 – September 2027
Supervisor: National Coordinator (Line) Head of Programmes (Technical ) Positions Supervised: 3 Districts Supervisors, 3 Field Officers, 1 MEAL Officer, 1 Finance and Logistics Officer and 3 Office Assistant/Securities
Salary: Depending on experience and qualifications
JOB SUMMARY
The Project Manager will have the responsibility for the development, implementation and management of the project “Girls Access to Education -GATE in Sierra Leone” in Port Loko, Karene and Kambia districts. The Project Manager will have the responsibility for the implementation of the project in coordination with the school/community to realize all project components, including:
- Capacity Building for Teachers and School Mentors
- Education governance, sensitisation, advocacy
The candidate will be responsible for the management of a field offices in Port Loko, Karene and Kambia districts consisting of a team of:
➢ 3 District Supervisors
➢ 3 Field Staff
➢ 1 Finance and Logistics Officer
➢ 1 Monitoring Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer MEAL
➢ 3 Janitorial Security
The Project Manager will work in close cooperation with the FAWE Sierra Leone Head of Programmes, The FAWE Finance Manager and the FAWE National Coordinator all based in Freetown. Overall, the candidate will work under the supervision of the FAWE National Coordinator but technically supervised by the FAWE Head of Programmes.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES
R1. Program Management
- a) Manage and supervise a team of 6 Field Officers and 1 Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Officer MEAL in the implementation of the project, including conducting team meetings, annual appraisals and where necessary disciplinary procedures.
- b) Monitor the direction, implementation and progress of the project against its set aims and objectives and advise on the implementation of changes as required in cooperation with the FAWE Head of Programmes.
- c) Support the project team in the development and implementation of baseline analysis of target schools and communities for the project and agree the criteria for selection of target schools, teachers and mentors.
- d) Coordinate the training workshops and ensure all training materials are prepared, participants informed and necessary logistical arrangements made.
- e) Undertake an evaluation of these workshops and other trainings in consultation with FAWE Head of Programmes.
- f) Lead in the development of systems and tools for monitoring and evaluation of the programme, supporting measurement of impact and change related to the project aims and objectives as laid out in the proposal and logframe.
- g) Advise the Head of Programme and FAWE National Coordinator in the development of long-term strategies
- h) Identify training needs of project staff and assist in the organization of training i) Act as the focal point for the project at district level. Liaise, consult and work in close co-operation with project staff, community groups, District Council and relevant NGOs and Government Ministries and departments (specifically the Ministry of Education) to raise awareness of the project, share information, and disseminate materials.
- j) Represent FAWE-SL externally through networking with local stakeholders and authorities: Liaise, cooperate and coordinate with relevant local partner organizations, government officials and community leaders, and actively participate in the district budget accountability forums.
- k) Submit monthly situation reports and bi-monthly project progress reports to Head of Programme and FAWE National Coordinator.
- l) Manage the budget, prepare monthly financial reports and ensure that programme funds are spent in accordance with the agreed budget.
R2. Field Office Management
Supervise the activities of the Finance and Logistics officer in the following areas: a) Procurement of goods and services
- b) Property management and control including motorbikes and vehicle
- c) Operation and maintenance of all office equipment including generator, computers and other IT equipment etc.
- d) Management of support staffs (driver, janitorial security, Office Assistant etc.) e) Monitor security situation in target Districts and specifically Operating Chiefdoms and make appropriate recommendations to Freetown HQ.
- f) Supervise and monitor the monthly financial reporting – income & expenditure. g) Tracking field office budget to actual expenditure.
- h) Review and finalize monthly and quarterly budget projections for project and operations activities.
R3. Non-Specific Responsibility
Any other tasks as may be assigned by the FAWE National Coordinator or Head of Programmes
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:
Experience
- A minimum of five years programmes management experience, preferably in the education sector
- Experience managing staff, coordinating teams, preparing training schedules and making logistical arrangements
- Experience in designing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, implementing M&E and analysing results
- Experience preparing narrative and financial reports.
- Experience working with communities and liasing with district authorities and non-governement organisations.
- Sound knowledge and skills in budget tracking and Financial Management
Skills
- Excellent supervisory and capacity building skills
- Able to work with computers and must have sound working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel
- Excellent communication, organizational and report writing skills in English • Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Able to work under pressure and must be a team player, comfortable in using people and team management skills
- Preferably able to drive a motorbike
Education
A Bachelor Degree in Social Science, Community Development or any related academic degree.
Required Institutional Core Values
- Commitment to FAWE Mission and Vision 2024-2028
- Willingness and ability to travel to remote locations in Port Loko, Karene and Kambia districts to visit schools and communities, coordinate training and workplace observations for extended periods of time.
- Good knowledge of local community, culture and the complexities of working in remote and hard to reach communities.
- Fluent in English, and a good working knowledge of Temne and other languages local to Port Loko, Karene and Kambia districts desirable
- Ability to be flexible and adaptable
• Demonstration of respect for colleagues and other partners and stakeholders • High degree of integrity and responsibility in assisting to achieve FAWE-SL Mission and Vision • Ability to work in an accountable and transparent manner