Under the direct supervision of the Programme Officer
(Livelihoods and Food Secu...
Under the direct supervision of the Programme Officer
(Livelihoods and Food Security), close collaboration with DSW MCCT State
Coordinator and the State DSW MCCT team and in accordance with UNOPS policies,
procedures and practices, the Project Support Officer will be responsible to
provide support to DSW MCCT team in Chin State, including the Hakha DSW MCCT
Coordination Unit as appropriate.
The Project Support Officer will focus on five priority
action areas: (a) Capacity building of Chin DSW team (b) Quarterly Budgeting
and Work Plan Development, (c) Monitoring and processing bi-monthly registration
and cash distribution procedures, (d) Reporting, and (e) Stakeholder
Coordination
a)
Capacity Building of Chin
DSW team in project management
For all the functions below, the
Officer will work in an advisory role to DSW and in particular the DSW MCCT State
Coordinator. He/she will contribute and support proactively the team members,
in order to develop progressively the capacity and autonomy of the DSW team in
the management of projects.
- Organize on-the-job and formal trainings as per a capacity need
assessment and plan.
b)
Quarterly Budgeting and
Work Plan Development
- Prepare quarterly budget and reports to the Budget focal person of DSW
MCCT;
- Support State Coordinator in preparing the quarterly work plan;
- Support the State Coordinator in implementing and monitoring the work
plan;
- Support the State Coordinator in processing expenses and other claims
submitted by the township Case Managers.
c)
Monitoring and processing
bi-monthly registration and cash distribution procedures
- The Project Support Officer will be expected to provide support to the
State DSW coordinator to monitor and verify bi-monthly registration and cash
distribution procedures;
- The Project Support Officer will also be expected to play a supporting
role in the implementation of a Management Information System (MIS) as it is
eventually rolled out.
d)
Reporting
- Monitor all reporting cycles and ensure that reports are submitted in a
timely manner to the appropriate stakeholders;
- Help prepare reports as assigned by the State Programme Coordinator.
e)
Programme Coordination
- Support the State Coordinator in organizing program related meetings and
events in Chin State as directed;
- Support the State Coordinator in coordinating with all stakeholders of
the program in Chin State. The Project Support officer will be expected to liaise
closely with all government stakeholders, especially General Administration Department
(GAD) and Department of Health, as well as the UNICEF support officer and the
SCI Consortium and qualitative monitoring teams.
Deliverables
Deliverables will be agreed during a two week
inception phase at the start of the assignment.