Officer II Project
2025-10-06T09:00:27+00:00
ChildFund International
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FULL_TIME
Lusaka
Lusaka
10101
Zambia
Nonprofit, and NGO
Admin & Office
2025-10-12T17:00:00+00:00
Zambia
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About This Role
The Project Officer will be responsible for daily planning and implementation of the Project and provide back stopping support to women and youth groups in target communities. Tasks include development of work plans, provision of strategic leadership, coordination of trainings, engagement of stakeholders, coordination of project monitoring and evaluation, project knowledge management, preparation of donor reports, complying to donor guidelines in project execution. The candidate should demonstrate ability to work with divergent women and youth groups from grassroots organisations and those in the informal sector.
Primary Responsibilities
* Community Mobilisation and support women’s groups to develop business plans, record management and market scanning for development of viable businesses.
* Coordination and facilitation of community capacity building trainings to bridge knowledge gaps in business management and enterprise development to women and youths’ groups.
* Development and coordination of project monitoring, evaluation and learning plans.
* Establish Women and Youth groups and develop their capacity in economic empowerment
* Act as a community liaison staff and support the implementation of monitoring tools, methodologies and approaches which will be applied to highlight project gaps and provide guidance on responsive actions to support continuous programme improvement.
* Support community networking and linkages for small scale business interventions among mobilized groups for enhanced knowledge sharing and learning.
* Engagement with stakeholders, knowledge management and reporting to donors.
* Reporting and communication of project results.
Minimum Education Qualifications and Experience
* Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Agricultural economics, Development studies, Business Studies or any relevant field with over four (4) years experience in development work
* Diploma in Agribusiness, Economics, Community Development or any business-related discipline with over 6 years experience in community work can be considered.
* At least Six (6) years’ experience of Programme/Project coordination and community outreach programmes.
Required Competencies
ChildFund’s Core Competencies
* Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
* Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
* Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
* Decision-making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
* Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
* Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.
Other Competencies
* Community understanding of enterprise development, marketing, and general community support groups.
* Excellent interpersonal and writing skills.
* Experience of developing and testing methodologies for planning, monitoring, and learning in women’s economic empowerment and/or gender transformation.
* Community Mobilisation and support women’s groups to develop business plans, record management and market scanning for development of viable businesses. * Coordination and facilitation of community capacity building trainings to bridge knowledge gaps in business management and enterprise development to women and youths’ groups. * Development and coordination of project monitoring, evaluation and learning plans. * Establish Women and Youth groups and develop their capacity in economic empowerment * Act as a community liaison staff and support the implementation of monitoring tools, methodologies and approaches which will be applied to highlight project gaps and provide guidance on responsive actions to support continuous programme improvement. * Support community networking and linkages for small scale business interventions among mobilized groups for enhanced knowledge sharing and learning. * Engagement with stakeholders, knowledge management and reporting to donors. * Reporting and communication of project results.
Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Agricultural economics, Development studies, Business Studies or any relevant field with over four (4) years experience in development work * Diploma in Agribusiness, Economics, Community Development or any business-related discipline with over 6 years experience in community work can be considered. * At least Six (6) years’ experience of Programme/Project coordination and community outreach programmes.
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Vacancy title:
Officer II Project
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO, Category: Admin & Office]
Jobs at:
ChildFund International
Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, October 12 2025
Duty Station:
Lusaka | Lusaka | Zambia
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, October 6 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
About This Role
The Project Officer will be responsible for daily planning and implementation of the Project and provide back stopping support to women and youth groups in target communities. Tasks include development of work plans, provision of strategic leadership, coordination of trainings, engagement of stakeholders, coordination of project monitoring and evaluation, project knowledge management, preparation of donor reports, complying to donor guidelines in project execution. The candidate should demonstrate ability to work with divergent women and youth groups from grassroots organisations and those in the informal sector.
Primary Responsibilities
* Community Mobilisation and support women’s groups to develop business plans, record management and market scanning for development of viable businesses.
* Coordination and facilitation of community capacity building trainings to bridge knowledge gaps in business management and enterprise development to women and youths’ groups.
* Development and coordination of project monitoring, evaluation and learning plans.
* Establish Women and Youth groups and develop their capacity in economic empowerment
* Act as a community liaison staff and support the implementation of monitoring tools, methodologies and approaches which will be applied to highlight project gaps and provide guidance on responsive actions to support continuous programme improvement.
* Support community networking and linkages for small scale business interventions among mobilized groups for enhanced knowledge sharing and learning.
* Engagement with stakeholders, knowledge management and reporting to donors.
* Reporting and communication of project results.
Minimum Education Qualifications and Experience
* Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Agricultural economics, Development studies, Business Studies or any relevant field with over four (4) years experience in development work
* Diploma in Agribusiness, Economics, Community Development or any business-related discipline with over 6 years experience in community work can be considered.
* At least Six (6) years’ experience of Programme/Project coordination and community outreach programmes.
Required Competencies
ChildFund’s Core Competencies
* Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
* Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
* Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
* Decision-making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
* Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
* Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.
Other Competencies
* Community understanding of enterprise development, marketing, and general community support groups.
* Excellent interpersonal and writing skills.
* Experience of developing and testing methodologies for planning, monitoring, and learning in women’s economic empowerment and/or gender transformation.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 72
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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