General
Description of the Programme:
GOAL Malawi began
operations in 2002 and today operat
es an integrated, multi-sectorial relief,
recovery and development programme in three Districts in southern Malawi. GOAL
is a low cost, high impact organization with a commitment to results based
management and value for money. GOAL Malawi has a permanent staff of more than
one hundred staff members (6% international, and 94% national) and an annual
budget in excess of EUR€4,000,000 via a number of dependable institutional and
private donors which provides particular capacity for grant cost sharing.
Key
sectors/programmatic focus includes resilience, livelihoods, DRR, WASH, food
security, nutrition, community health including SRH and HIV. GOAL enjoys strong
ties to government and non-state actors and leverages opportunities for private
sector engagement where feasible.
GOAL Malawi (GM) is
committed to quality programming to achieve our aim of reducing poverty and
increasing resilience. GM promotes this aim through the Vertical Integrated
Programme (VIP) approach which facilitates multi-sectorial, integrated and
holistic programming aligned to the Hyogo Framework for Action. GM operates
according to participatory and contextually relevant methodologies most notably
Community lead Total Sanitation (CLTS), Sanitation Marketing, Designing for
Behaviour Change (DBC), and the Demand Response Approach (DRA) to encourage
community ownership, buy-in and behaviour change for long term sustainable
development outcomes. GM promotes a market development approach to support
increased income generation. Partnership, transparency and accountability are
key priorities for GM and promoted in all aspects of programming through models
such as Social Accountability.
General
Description of the Role:
The overall
objective of the post is to provide support to GOAL Malawi’s programme both at
head office and field level. The Programme Support Officer (PSO) reports to the
Assistant Country Director – Programmes (ACD-P) and works closely with the relevant
technical advisors and programme managers on proposal development and donor
reporting. The post will involve regular travel to field sites (approximately
30%).
Key Duties:
Donor Proposals and
Report:
· Coordinate the
development of quality donor proposals, facilitating input from the programme
managers, technical advisor, field teams, finance, HR, logistics and other
relevant departments – writing and editing input as required.
· Coordinate the
development and timely submission of donor reports, programme reports
internally and to HQ and all other reporting obligations -writing and editing
input as required.
· Provide
information to the programmes and other support departments on the proposals
and reports.
Programme Support:
· Support the
ACD-Programmes in strategy review and programme development.
· Support the
ACD-Programmes and MEAL Co in developing and implementing M&E systems.
· Conduct programmes
inductions for new members of staff as required.
Information
Management:
· Maintain and
update proposal and reporting calendar ensuring all concerned are aware of the
reporting schedule and their specific roles
· Ensure effective
documentation and filing of meeting notes and action points.
· Maintain and
update the programme information database (indicators, programme staff
movements, workplans, internal reports, project overviews).
· Facilitate,
participate in and document project reviews and evaluations and ensure learning
is understood and disseminated to field and head office-based stakeholders.
· As agreed with the
ACD-Programmes, represent GOAL Malawi as appropriate at external fora.
Requirements:
· Degree or
post-graduate qualification ideally with a specialisation in development,
humanitarian aid, international law, social sciences or another relevant field.
· Excellent
analytical and writing skills in English.
· Familiarity and
ideally one year’s experience with proposal writing, logical framework
development and donor reporting (UNICEF, DFID, ECHO, Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA
etc).
· Excellent IT
skills, especially in Word and Excel with ability to analyse data and interpret
statistical information.
· Ability to work
under pressure, and prioritise workload according to the changing needs of the
programme.
· Experience of
relief and/or development programmes an advantage.
· Strong
interpersonal skills, ability to work in a team, and a commitment to capacity
building.
· Enthusiastic,
flexible and with the ability to work long hours in sometimes remote contexts
to meet the needs of the programme.
· Understanding of
mainstreaming principles, including gender, child protection, the environment
HIV and Disaster Risk Reduction.
·
Experience/knowledge of Malawi desirable.
· Voluntary or paid
work in a similar position overseas is also desirable
Job Location:Blantyre with travel to
GOAL’s operational areas
Start Date:
ASAP
This job
description only serves as a guide for the position and framework for appraisal
interview. GOAL reserves the right to change this document as circumstances
dictate.
This is an unaccompanied
position. Note: GOAL is an equal opportunities employer
GOAL has a Staff
Code of Conduct and a Child Protection Policy which have been developed to
ensure the maximum protection of programme participants and children from
exploitation. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere
to these policies any job offer made is also subject to police clearance.
Any published
closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill
vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon
as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published
closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an
application as early as possible.
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