Various Position

Vacancy announcement

Group of Helping Hands (SAHAS) Nepal is a non-profit making non-governmental-organization founded in 1996 by a team of professional development workers, who for many years had been involved in Rural Development Programs. The organization has since then successfully implemented various projects in the sectors of sustainable agriculture and food security, natural resource management, climate change, community empowerment, social mobilization, lobby and advocacy, civic education, disaster response and reconstruction  and infrastructure (water, sanitation, roads and bridges) development. At present, the organization is implementing several projects in a total of 22 districts of Nepal. 

"Climate Resilient Livelihoods for Vulnerable and Marginalized Communities of Dailekh and Surkhet Districts of Karnali Province" is being implemented by SAHAS Nepal in Dailekh and Surkhet districts. The project strive for making a climate resilient Palikas by creating the entire Palika an environmentally sustainable, economically sound, and climate resilient. This project aims to improve livelihoods of vulnerable and marginalized communities through the use of inclusive and equitable and sustainable and climate-resilient interventions.

SAHAS Nepal is looking the potential candidates for the following positions:

1.  Position:  Project Coordinator

Required number:  1

Academic qualification/experiences:

• Masters in agriculture or environment science
• Experience of minimum of 2 years in food security and nutrition or sustainable agriculture 
• Experience of project management including planning, budgeting, monitoring and reporting, and developing proposals. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English

Major responsibilities:

• Management of project plan and budget and review periodically
• Facilitate to develop the staff capacity to implement the project including developing their understanding and capacity to implement project activities
• Monitor  the progress of project related to food security and nutrition in accordance with output and outcome indicators and submit quality report on timely basis
• Prepare and submit compiles data, events, human interest stories, challenges and lesson learnt to publish periodic reports
• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual project reports and financial report 
• Linkage and network with province level departments and ministries, and I/NGOs for coordination and cooperation.
• Organise workshop at Province level government and stakeholders.
• Participate in organisational level meetings and seminars.

2.  Position:  Climate Change Officer

Required number:  1

Academic qualification/experiences:

• Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, environment, development studies from recognized university with at least two years experience in relevant field or Master’s degree prefer in relevant field
• Good skill in community development, empowerment, networking, lobby and advocacy
• Good communication and analytical skills
• Knowledge on financial management and staff supervision and development
• Good coordination, communication with community and different stakeholders
• Fluent in oral and written Nepali and English language
• Good coordination skills and efficient team player

Major responsibilities:

• 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
• Keep all the project staffs updated on project requirement; implementation guideline, tools and procedure for their understanding and use
• Prepare and submit monthly, quarterly, semi-annually and annually report to the focal person
• Review project budget, track the expenditure of budget regularly 
• Organise review meeting of the project at district, identify the gaps and issues and take the action accordingly for the further improvement
• Coordinate with rural municipality level line agencies and like-minded organizations to develop the synergy in programs
• Assist in the financial and administrative matter such as procurement process, human resource management and staff performance evaluation

3.  Position:  Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer

Required number:  1

Academic qualification/experiences:

• Bachelor degree in Social Science/Rural Development or equivalent from a recognized university with at least 2 years of working experiences in monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL)
• Fluent in oral and written Nepali and English language
• Strong analytical and critical thinker
• Good coordination skills and efficient team plyer
• Good knowledge on program monitoring and data collections, data analysis and reporting
• Proficiency in MS Office and demonstrated skills in statistical packages such as SPSS

Major responsibilities:

• Organize periodic review and reflection meetings
• Organize capacity building of project staff on M&E methodologies and other relevant trainings as per the requirement
• Support the project team in documenting results and learnings, and ensure all reporting requirements are fulfilled in a timely manner
• Support to Project Coordinator for preparing and reviewing donor reports as per the requirements
• MEAL Officer will be responsible for the overall M&E functions of the project
• Ensure that a MEAL plan is implemented and required data are mentioned in SAHAS Nepal MEAL Systems for reporting and support for an informed decision
• Assist project team in project planning, adopting monitoring tools, setting up timelines and measuring progress
• Assist project team in the execution of project indicators, baseline and targets, means of verification
• Work closely with Project Officers to ensure that impact, outcome and output level indicators are reported and monitored
• Collection of relevant data, development of case studies, pictures and video documentation
• Coordination baseline, midline and end-line survey and prepare reports

4.  Position:  Advocacy and Partnership Officer

Required number:  1

Academic qualification/experiences:

• Bachelor degree in social science or equivalent with 2 years’ experience social mobilization and community development 
• Experience in working in advocacy and coordination with Rural/Municipality
• Experience of collection of issue and documentation, and case study
• Good coordination skills and efficient team player
• Excellent writing report and communication in English and Nepali

Major Responsibilities:

• Support to Community Based Network Organisation (CBNO) for organization development 
• Strengthen CBNOs capacity to lobby and advocacy, and social, economic and cultural rights
• Linkage among CBNOs, Rural/Municipality and non-government organization for resources leverage etc.
• Support for preparing the proposal to local government and other development agency
• Monitor, Prepare and submit progress report regularly
• Collection of issue and documentation of case study
• Facilitate to prepare and implement CBNOs strategic plan, guideline and policies 
• Facilitate to develop act, policy and guideline for Rural Municipality  

5.  Position:  Admin and Finance Officer

Required number:  1

Academic qualification/experiences:

• BBS or BBA Accounts with 2 years experience in Finance and Administrative works
• Excellent computer skills in Excel, Ms-Word, Power point, skills in Accounting Software
• Strong commitment to team work with effective communication
• Motivating leadership, interpersonal skills in languages and efficient team player

Major responsibilities:

• Budget preparation and implementation 
• Implementation of the compliance of the government, funding partner and the organization
• Maintain financial accounts, records daily and financial management
• Day to day logistic and administration
• Financial reporting, analysis, monitoring and follow up of project activities 
• Maintain safety, secure of the project assets, stock, and keep records of personal files, tax, Social Security Fund etc.
• Conduct basic book keeping training and follow-up to Community based organizations (CBNOs) 

6.  Position:  Climate and Livelihood Technician

Required number:   4

Academic qualification/experiences:

TSLC in Agriculture/Vet plus 2 years working experiences in relevant sector.

Major Responsibilities: 

• Agriculture/Vet base activities implementation
• Coordination with Municipality and Rural Municipality 
• Technical support 
• Report writing
• Computer skills

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 the Executive Director by  7th October 2022 (21 Ashoj 2079) to  sahasnepalvacancy@gmail.com.

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

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