Project Coordinator

Project Coordinator

Vacancy Announcement  

Women’s Rehabilitation Centre (WOREC) is a national level NGO working for women's human rights and to ensure women empowerment through protection and promotion of human rights and social justice focusing on campaigns against violence against women, and women's economic, social and cultural rights nation-wide. Our working districts with offices are spread over Morang, Sunsari, Udayapur, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Dang, Kailali, Rukum and additional working districts are Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Kathmandu district.  The Central Office is located in Lalitpur. 

Position title: Project Coordinator 

Job location: Based in Madhesh, extensive travel to Dang and Kailali districts.

The Project Coordinator will be responsible for the overall management, coordination, and implementation of the project aimed at empowering women and youth leaders, advocating for rights to mobility, decent work, and social security, enhancing resilience to climate change, and generating knowledge for advocacy. The Coordinator will ensure that project activities are implemented effectively, in line with the project objectives, and within the allocated budget and timeframe. 

Key Responsibilities

1. Project Planning and Management

• Lead and coordinate the implementation of all project activities across designated project areas, ensuring alignment with project goals, work plans, budgets, and donor requirements.
• Prepare detailed implementation plans, activity schedules, procurement plans, and budgets while ensuring efficient utilization of project resources.
• Monitor project progress against planned targets and recommend corrective measures where necessary.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, donor regulations, financial procedures, and safeguarding standards.
• Identify project risks and develop appropriate mitigation measures.

2. Capacity Building and Technical Coordination

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee capacity-building trainings, workshops, learning events, exposure visits, and dialogue sessions for smallholder women farmers, women farmers' groups, cooperatives, producer groups, and community institutions.
• Ensure quality delivery of skill development training on bio-intensive farming, climate-smart agriculture, improved livestock management, post-harvest handling, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and market linkage.
• Coordinate with agricultural experts, consultants, trainers, extension workers, technical institutions, and service providers to ensure effective implementation of technical interventions.
• Promote knowledge sharing and strengthen the organizational, leadership, and technical capacities of women-led producer groups and cooperatives.
• Conduct pre- and post-training assessments to measure learning outcomes and improve future capacity-building interventions.

3. Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with local governments, provincial authorities, agriculture offices, cooperatives, community-based organizations (CBOs), producer organizations, civil society organizations (CSOs), women's networks, women human rights defenders (WHRDs), and private sector actors.
• Serve as the liaison between WOREC, government agencies, project partners, and donors to ensure effective collaboration and coordination.
• Represent WOREC in meetings, workshops, forums, technical working groups, and relevant networks.
• Facilitate partnerships that strengthen women's economic empowerment, agricultural development, and inclusive market systems.

4. Advocacy and Social Transformation

• Promote gender equality, women's economic empowerment, and the protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR).
• Support advocacy initiatives addressing gender-based discrimination, unequal access to productive resources, and harmful social norms affecting women farmers.
• Coordinate awareness campaigns, policy dialogues, and community mobilization activities with relevant stakeholders.
• Strengthen collaboration among women's organizations, farmer groups, cooperatives, and local institutions to promote inclusive development.

5. Communication, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Ensure effective communication among project staff, district teams, technical partners, and stakeholders.
• Organize regular review meetings, planning sessions, and coordination meetings.
• Monitor project implementation and prepare quality progress reports, donor reports, success stories, case studies, and documentation of lessons learned.
• Support data collection, beneficiary tracking, and monitoring of project indicators.
• Ensure timely documentation of community experiences, innovative practices, and project achievements.

Qualifications and Experience

Applicants should possess:

• Master's degree in Social Sciences, Agriculture, Agricultural Science, Rural Development, Development Studies, Gender Studies, or related disciplines.
• Minimum three (3) years of relevant professional experience in project coordination or management within agriculture, livelihoods, women's economic empowerment, gender equality, human rights, or community development projects.
• Demonstrated experience working with women farmers, cooperatives, producer groups, local governments, and community organizations.
• Experience in facilitating trainings, workshops, advocacy initiatives, and stakeholder engagement.
• Knowledge of market systems, sustainable agriculture, climate-resilient farming, or rural livelihoods will be an added advantage.
• Experience working with donor-funded projects is desirable.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Strong project planning, coordination, and management skills.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong report writing and documentation skills in English and Nepali.
• Good analytical, monitoring, and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to build partnerships and work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and project management tools.
• Ability to work independently under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
• Willingness to undertake frequent travel to project areas.

Application Procedure

WOREC invites applications exclusively from qualified women candidates for the position of Project Coordinator. We strongly encourage applications from women representing Dalit, Janajati, Madhesi, sexual and gender minority communities, as well as persons with disabilities.

Please note that this position is strictly open to female candidates only.

Application Requirements: Interested candidates must submit the following documents:

• A cover letter detailing your motivation and suitability for the role.
• An updated Curriculum Vitae (CV).

Submission Details

• Email: vacancy@worecnepal.org
• Subject Line: Application for Project Coordinator
• Application Deadline: 5th September 2026

Important Notes

• Applications missing either a cover letter or CV will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the written examination and interview. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained.
• For more information about our work, please visit: www.worecnepal.org/career

WOREC is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and safeguarding.