Project Officers (2 Positions)- Dadaab at Girl Child Network

The Project Officer will be responsible for:

• Supporting coordination of county-level activities and stakeholders in both Kakuma and Dadaab.
• Supporting stakeholder mapping and engagement to identify key actors, influence, power dynamics,and opportunities for building coalitions for education reform.
• Supporting coordination of participatory processes for co-creating education systems- strengthening strategies, action plans, and change pathways with stakeholders.
• Implementing activities in accordance with GCN policies, partner requirements,
• Contributing to the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
• Maintaining an organized system for filing and retrieving financial records and supporting documents. safeguarding standards, and relevant government policies and frameworks.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences or any other related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience, preferably in the NGO sector.
• Ability to engage effectively with communities and stakeholders.
• Strong leadership, communication, and coordination skills.
• Ability to engage and mobilize diverse groups of community members and stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation skills, including familiarity with training in participatory methods, and excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with significant experience working with children affected by crisis/conflict .
• Commitment to human/children’s rights and an understanding of rights-based approaches and their application.