Project Officer

Date: 26th November 2025

Vacancy announcement

Group of Helping Hands (SAHAS) Nepal is a non-profit making non-governmental-organization founded in 1996. Since then, SAHAS Nepal has been engaging in social mobilization, grassroots organisation/Community-Based Network Organisation (CBNO) formation and enhancing their capacity through partnership and implementing diverse programme and projects in the sectors of sustainable agriculture and food security, climate change, and education in 21 districts of Nepal. 

Local Initiatives for Food Security Transformation Project (LIFT Phase VI): The LIFT project is implementing in Okhaldhunga, Udayapur, Mugu, Kalikot, Bajura, Kailali and Achham districts of Nepal. The main goal of the project is to improve the food security and nutrition situation of the vulnerable families and smallholder farmers from the project districts.  

SAHAS Nepal is looking for an energetic candidate the following position in this project.

Position: Project Officer

Duty Station: Kailali district

Required number: 1

Academic qualification/experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture from the recognized university with at least 2 years’ experiences in resilience livelihood, agriculture, food security and nutrition
• Excellent knowledge in statistical tools, data analysis, monitoring and report writing skill
• Good coordination skills in community development, empowerment, networking, lobby and advocacy
• Leadership, effective communication and time management
• Knowledge on financial management and staff supervision, development and efficient team player
• Fluent in oral and written Nepali and English language

Major responsibilities:

• Planning Yearly, Quarterly and Monthly of the project activities based on the need assessment of target groups
• Review project budget, track the expenditure of budget regularly 
• Provide technical support to the district project team in planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of the field activities in line with the project goal and objectives
• implementation of the planned activities in line with project budget and time frame and analysis of target vs achievement and burn rate.
• Design and organize trainings and workshops for technical capacity building of Community Based Organisations (CBOs), Community Based Network Organisation (CBNO) partner and smallholder farmers
• Provide technical backstopping and supervision to the field staff in project related activities
• Assist to prepare proposal to CBNOs and report writing
• Follow up, monitoring and report writing of project progress in relation to activities, outputs, outcomes and impact (based on log frame/Outcome Impact Orientation)
• Represent rural municipality, district level agencies for coordination and cooperation and access resources.

Salary and Benefits: As per the rules and regulations of SAHAS Nepal.

Interested Nepali citizens are requested to send their updated CV with cover letter showing their interest including mailing address and telephone number along with two references to Executive Director by 2nd December 2025 to sahasnepalvacancy@gmail.com.

Telephone enquiries will not be entertained. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for further screening processes. SAHAS Nepal reserve the right to reject any or all applications without assigning any reasons.

SAHAS Nepal promote workforce diversity and applies positive decimation to candidates from discriminated groups. Applications from and members of indigenous and disadvantaged groups are highly encouraged.

(“SAHAS Nepal is committed to safeguarding and a zero-tolerance organization related to abuse, corruption, bribery, fraud.”)