Sightsavers is looking for a Project Officer with ex perience of economic empowerment and disability inclusion to help deliver the innovative Economic Empowerment project within the Zimbabwe Country Office.
Salary: Local terms and conditions apply Location: Zimbabwe , Harare Contract: 12 month Fixed Term Contract Hours: Standard office hours (35 hours per week)
Duties and Responsibilities
Sightsavers is growing its new programmatic area in economic empowerment which supports businesses to become successful employers of people with disabilities, and supports people with disabilities to develop skills, confidence and experience to successfully gain work. The programme portfolio is growing at a rapid pace with projects being designed and implemented in numerous countries across Africa and parts of Asia.
The Project Officer will be the key person in the Zimbabwe country office responsible for delivering this innovative project as well as part of a global team, contributing to growth and expansion of the portfolio.
Key duties will include: -Manage all aspects of the project cycle with the partners -Ensure high quality and ethical MEL approaches are embedded in all interventions -Building relationships with and supporting partners -Finance and resource management edinUI6 DYgoQ2 -Information and communications management
Qualifications and Experience
Skills and Experience: As the Project Officer for the Economic Empowerment project, you will need: -Experience of programme work within economic empowerment -Experience of designing, managing and carrying out advocacy work for social inclusion/disability projects . -Considerable experience implementing projects within an INGO -Familiarity with national legislation and policies in the field of disability, and employment. -Experience in project monitoring, evaluation and learning -Experience of designing, managing and carrying out advocacy work for social inclusion/disability projects . -This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details.
How to Apply
To apply for this exciting new opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We anticipate that remote interviews will take place early December 2024 . T he evaluation process will include a two-stage interview and a written task .
