Project Officer

Position: Project Officer

Location: Parsa Rural Municipality, Sarlahi District

Required Position: 1

Duration: Fixed-term (as per project period)

Reports to: District Program Coordinator

Starting Date: As soon as possible

Position Description

The Project Officer will be responsible for mobilizing and engaging communities, particularly women and marginalized groups, in project activities focused on improving women’s health and promoting climate change resilient practices. The position will act as a bridge between communities, local governments, health facilities, and the project team to ensure effective participation, awareness, and ownership at the grassroots level.

Responsibilities

1. Community Mobilization & Awareness

• Organize and facilitate community meetings, orientations, and dialogues on climate change, health, and resilience.
• Support awareness campaigns on clean energy, women’s health, and climate-resilient practices.
• Mobilize local groups (women’s groups, youth, farmers, etc.) to participate in project interventions.

2. Capacity Building & Training Support

• Assist in organizing and conducting training sessions on women-led resilient agricultural practices, SRH services, and disaster preparedness.
• Identify local champions, volunteers, and peer educators and support them in transferring knowledge.

3. Community Engagement for Climate & Health Services

• Facilitate women’s access to health services and promote climate-smart agriculture and livelihood practices.
• Support communities in adopting early warning systems, local adaptation planning, and household-level resilience actions.

4. Coordination & Networking

• Coordinate with local government bodies, health posts, cooperatives, and farmer groups to ensure smooth implementation.
• Act as a bridge between community members and the project team.

5. Monitoring, Reporting & Documentation

• Collect field-level data and success stories to feed into project reports.
• Document challenges, lessons learned, and best practices from community-level interventions.
• Report regularly to the Social Mobilization Officer/District Program Coordinator.

6. Inclusivity & Safeguarding

• Ensure gender and social inclusion principles are applied in all community-level interventions.
• Promote safe, respectful, and inclusive participation of women and girls in project activities.

Qualifications and Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Health Assistant (HA), or a related health field.

Experience

• Minimum 2 years of proven experience in community mobilization, women’s empowerment, climate change adaptation, health, or disaster risk reduction projects.
• Experience in working with women’s groups, cooperatives, youth networks, or marginalized communities.
• Prior experience in facilitating training, awareness campaigns, and coordination with local government bodies is an asset.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong facilitation, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage diverse groups.
• Practical skills in organizing community meetings, mobilizing groups, and delivering awareness sessions.
• Basic knowledge of climate change, public health (including SRH), and resilience-building approaches.
• Ability to collect field data, success stories, and prepare simple reports.
• Familiarity with local governance structures, local adaptation plans (LAPA), and community development processes.
• Proficiency in Nepali language (both spoken and written)
• Basic computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Personal Attributes

• Commitment to gender equality, social inclusion, and safeguarding principles.
• Willingness to travel frequently to rural field sites.
• Respectful, culturally sensitive, and able to build trust with local communities.

Applying Procedures

• Qualified candidates may send cover letter detailing their experience and motivation for the current position with an updated CV to nepalroym@gmail.com by 31st August 2025.
• The application without cover letter and CV will not be considered for the position. Please write the name of Position you are applying for in the subject of email to which position you are applying.
• Only the shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to written test and/or interview. No telephone calls will be entertained.
• Applicants from local of Sarlahi District will be given priority, especially women and candidates from marginalized or disadvantaged groups, in line with the project’s focus on community inclusion and representation.