Project Officer (PO)

Rural Health and Education Service Trust (RHEST)

Vacancy Announcement

Job Title:  Project Officer (PO)

Responsible to: Program Manager

Responsible for: Province Coordinator, Field Officers, Program Assistants, Contact office focal person

Location: RHEST's Head Office, Bishalnagar, Kathmandu with about 50% of time in field visits Duration: 1 year will possibility of extension (anticipated start from end of August 2024)

Salary and benefits: As per the rules and regulations of the organization (Not less than 50k Gross)

Background

Rural Health and Education Service Trust (RHEST) is dedicated to ending all forms of violence against women, including girl trafficking, early marriage, and child labor, and to promoting woman’s reproductive health. Currently, RHEST is supporting more than 12,500 vulnerable girls in the rural communities in 18 districts of Nepal in their education to reduce the early marriage, girls trafficking and child labor. Girl’s leadership and capacity development are other focused areas of RHEST’s programs.

RHEST is seeking a Project officer for anticipated 3 years Project “Empowering Girls and Youth in Rural Communities of Nepal to Prevent Human Trafficking”. Under the direct supervision of the Program Manager, PO will be responsible to ensure the successful implementation of the “Empowering Girls and Youth in Rural Communities of Nepal to Prevent Human Trafficking” project.

Responsibilities

• Manage the project implementation: planning, implementation monitoring, reporting and evaluation of activities.
• Guide and track project progress as per agreed timeline with higher impact in field.  
• Document relevant data, evidence (qualitative and quantitative) for dissemination to wider audience  
• Coordinate across field office staff and headquarter team to help ensure and track whether project is implemented according to the timeline to reach targets and minimum standards. 
• Maintain effective coordination with government stakeholder, other like-minded agencies at local, district and provincial level 
• Support Finance Team to prepare area wise budget and expenses detail. 

Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree preferably in Law, Human Right or related subject with at least 3 years relevant experience. 
• Good understanding of human rights-based approach and familiarity with existing Nepalese laws, legal system including core International Human Rights Treaties including the UDHR, CEDAW and CRC. 
• Able to work effectively and efficiently under pressure and in a team for bringing concrete results.
• Sound knowledge of finance and administrative processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation & public relation skills in both English and Nepali.
• Flexible and able to multitask on several different aspects of the projects.
• Well-versed in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Google sheets, etc.

Interested and qualified candidates are requested to send their cover letter mentioning the position for Project Officer (PO) and a CV including 2 contactable references. Please follow the application process;  https://forms.gle/dgMz1puJg2ZPm5uo8

The deadline for submission is 15th August 2024.

The recruitment can be conducted on a rolling basis. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further selection process.

Note: Women from indigenous, Dalit and other marginalized communities are encouraged to apply.  RHEST reserves the right to reject any/all applications without assigning any reason whatsoever