Project Coordinator / Admin and Finance Officer

Various Positions

Job posted on 28 June, 2026

Apply before 4 July, 2026

PESWAN (Preservation of Environment and Social Welfare Association of Nepal)

Details/requirements:

Program summary

Preservation of Environment and Social Welfare of Nepal (PESWAN) is implementing the Resilience Future: Ending Child Marriage in Nepal Project for approximately 1 year in Bheemdatta Municipality and Dodhara Chadani Municipality of Kanchanpur districts, in partnership with Plan International Nepal. Resilience Future: Ending Child Marriage Project focuses on children, adolescents, and youth, especially girls and those from marginalized groups, understanding the nexus between climate change and harmful practices such as child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM), gender inequality, and gender-based vulnerabilities. Likewise, recognize co-relation with CEFM, climate change impact on environment, livelihood, climate-resilient and adaptive economic activities for young women and vulnerable families, such as regenerative agriculture and gender-responsive financial services.

1 Position: Project Coordinator 

Required- 1 (One)

Type: Full-time

Duty Station: PESWAN head office, Mahendranagar, Bhimdatt 18 Kanchanpur, with frequent field visits to the project site. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure implementation of the Resilient Future-Ending Child Marriage project activities at the district and field level, lead implementation adhering to project standards according to the Detailed Implementation Plan (DIP) and Milestone in close coordination with the Executive Director.  
• Provide necessary support to staff members for maintaining good coordination and cooperation with district-level agencies and seek required support from the government and other stakeholders at the district and field levels. 
• Work closely with Administration, Finance, and MERL Officer for proper documentation of financial requirements, budgeting, and financial reporting, data collection, analysis, and storage.
• Ensure project activities are on time, target, and budget, and periodic recommendations from the technical team and Plan International staff are implemented, adhering to standards. 
• Provide support to project staff to enhance their knowledge, capacity, and awareness of preventing child, early, and forced marriage, mainstreaming in the local planning process.
• Support Project Officers, Social Mobilizers to organize events/workshops/trainings at the district, municipality, and community level. 
• Capacity building of supervisee staff on GESI, safeguarding, budget planning, monitoring, and quality assurance of implemented activities.
• Trained community and religious leaders, government officials to prevent child, early, and forced marriage.
• Prepare work plans (Monthly, Quarterly & Annual) with budget projection of the project and submit to Plan International 
• Prepare and submit (Quarterly/Annual Progress Report) as per the agreed time to Plan International. 
• Support staff on the preparation of case studies/success stories, writing reports, and documents to capture project learnings and good practices.  
• Coordinate closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning officer to generate and collect required information and data in the process of measuring the results of the project. 
• Supervise financial reporting and assure Monthly Financial Report and other documents related to finance and compliance are prepared and submitted to the Finance Department/ Plan International.  
• Closely follow up and ensure all information, documentation, and reporting requirements are met and submitted to Plan International through appropriate means as and when required.  
• As required by the project, liaise with and represent the program’s components to local government officials, civil society/community leaders, and other key stakeholders in the district and municipality. 
• Establish good coordination & collaboration with government and non-government stakeholders to optimize project support and energy. 
• Plan and lead to organize regular learning sharing meetings and monitoring visits to program areas, share program progress, receive feedback from concerned agencies, and implement them. 
• Coordinate and collaborate with other projects in the district, like-minded organizations, District Coordination Committee (DCC), municipalities, government’s sectoral unit and department, ministries, communities, and project participants to achieve the overall goal of community resilience through coordinated planning and allocation of resources.

Required experience and qualifications:

• At least a Bachelor's degree with 5 years of experience or a Master's degree with 2 years of experience in Development Studies, Public Administration, Rural Development, Social Science/ Public Health, or related field. 
• Minimum 5 years of experience in project management, preferably in Protection (child marriage related campaigns), Disaster Risk Management (DRM), Climate Change (CC), Regenerative Agricultural Practices, and Entrepreneurs for a Master's degree.
• Familiar with government policies and priorities in Protection, Agriculture, DRM, and CC.
• Excellent facilitation skills of orientation, training, and workshops. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with government officials and relevant stakeholders. 
• Proficient in written and spoken English and Nepali language. 
• Basic computer skills (MS package, email, Outlook).

2. Admin and Finance Officer

Required 1 (One)

Type: Full-time

Duty Station: PESWAN head office, Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur, with frequent field visits to the project site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare vouchers; ensure proper budget coding, cheque preparation, and submission for approval to the concerned authorities. 
• Timely payments of vendors’ bills and settlement of advances, liabilities, and receivables, etc., and reconciliation periodically.
• Responsible for annual remuneration tax assessment, monthly payroll, retirement fund, and TDS management in close coordination with the Project Coordinator and PESWAN authority. 
• Ensure the financial management system is in accordance with Donor, Plan International & Organizational compliance, guidelines, and International & National Accounting Standards.
• Keep books of account up to date with a proper filing system.
• Maintaining a log sheet of motorbikes and other inventories of Resilient Future-Ending child marriage and organization. 
• Data entry into the accounting system and generating reports as and when required. 
• Take the lead, prepare the Monthly Financial Report, and submit it to PLAN INTERNATIONAL as per the agreed-upon timeframe. 
• Manage all bank transactions and petty cash funds for small transactions 
• Preparation for internal, external, and project audit and support during the audits. 
• Day-to-day administration support to the project team, especially on financial management and logistical requirements. 

Required experience and qualifications:

• At least a Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or a related field. 
• Minimum 3 years of experience in financial management, accounting software, and bookkeeping. 
• Familiarity with accounting software (FAMAS or Truebook) will be a value added.
• Excellent report writing, communication, and presentation skills in English and the local language.  
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to liaise with government officials and stakeholders. 

Required documents:

• Recent CV with 2 references 
• Cover letter (maximum 1 page)
• Academic transcripts/certificate for most recent qualification

Application: Interested candidates should submit all documents outlined above to email vacancy.peswan@gmail.com or a hard copy to the PESWAN head office, Bheem Datta Municipality, 18 Katan by 3 July 2026. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified for further processing.

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