Field Officer (Shurugwi)

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

World Vision is a global Christian relief, development and advocacy organization dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice. We are a community of close to 40,000 staff working across the world to help change the lives of vulnerable children. Our supporters, partners and staff join forces with communities on the ground to help children enjoy good health, be educated for life, experience the love of God and their neighbours and be cared for, protected and participating in addressing issues that affect their lives. World Vision has been active in Zimbabwe since 1973. Our operations are spread across 9 out of 10 provinces, with a majority of over 1.75 million beneficiaries in rural areas. Our current programs focus on improving the well-being of boys and girls in three priority sectors: health and nutrition, livelihoods and education. We also focus on child protection, gender and disabilities, emergency assistance and resilience-building as cross-cutting priorities across our programs.

World Vision Zimbabwe is committed to the safeguarding of staff, children and communities that we work with, preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct. We are committed to promoting the welfare of children, youth, adults and individuals with whom World Vision engages with. World Vision expects all staff to share this commitment through our conduct and behaviour. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work with us. If you share the same vision and values, JOIN US and contribute to life in all its fullness for the children and communities we serve.

Please be advised that the position is contingent upon contract award and client approval.

Job Title: Field Officer

Work Location: Shurugwi

Project duration: 3 years

About the Project

World Vision seeks qualified Field Officer candidates for an anticipated Education project in Zimbabwe, to be funded by Anglo Americans. World Vision and its partners will support equitable student learning outcomes through Quality Teaching, Learning and Delivery of Educational Services” in the Shurugwi district of Zimbabwe.

Purpose of the position

The Field Officer is responsible for ensuring that the project is implemented in accordance with the Anglo-American standards. The Field Officer will implement the project’s field level activities in the district of operation for the access to inclusive education of girls and boys in school (or out of school) in accordance with Anglo-American and World Vision standards and guidelines, the project goals and targets.

Major responsibilities

Project Implementation

• Conduct mobilisation and sensitisation of the project during implementation.
• Identify specific needs of school community beneficiaries and participants, as guided by the project’s theory of change
• Develop district field-based activity plans to inform project implementation, and budget requirement and management, as per project planning and review cycle.
• Implement project activities in accordance and adherence to laid out standards and procedures (work plans, and policies).

Collaboration with stakeholders

• Work with MoPSE district staff and office and community structures in identifying activities that could improve children’s learning.
• Ensure functional community and school-based systems that promote quality education access for girls and boys.
• Develop local systems and structure capacity for the sustainability of project interventions in STEP UP.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Evidence & Learning

• Perform basic regular project monitoring, as per the developed monitoring system for the project.
• Maintain an accurate up-to-date field activity source of data at the district level, as per implementation monitoring data collected.
• Use the monitoring information to guide activity plan development.
• Contribute to the development of M&E systems, tools and processes at the district level.
• Contribute to the assessment, informing, and advising the project on any district context changes and possible options to changing context.

Reporting

• Produce quality and timely reports and updates as per specific requests.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Degree in Education, Social Science or Development Studies degree acceptable.
• Experience in teaching, implementing Education/development projects, especially in improving numeracy and literacy is an advantage.
• Good understanding of numeracy and literacy issues and usage of learning assessment tools
• 3 years plus experience with NGOs in community development especially in education.
• Stakeholder and community engagement skills, multi-tasking, ability to meet deadlines, interpersonal, team player, and self-driven competencies are essential.
• Willingness to stay most of the time in the posted district and ability to speak the local language.
• Work in a humanitarian field project.
• Clean Class 4 Driver’s licence.

NB: Shortlisting will be done as applications are received. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.