Field Officer- Tank

Under the overall supervision of the Programme Manager and under the direct supervision of the team Leader and the Area Development Officer, the Field Officer is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing the PTI activities in his area of responsibility (AoR).

Specific duties and responsibilities

The Field Officer’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Advise Area Development Officer (ADO) on programmatic strategy, including where to focus program resources, how to develop operational relationships with the GOP, and how to address programmatic challenges as they arise.
2. To assist ADO in planning, management, execution and monitoring of all project activities.
3. To work in close coordination with technical section to ensure quality of work.
4. Manage relationships with relevant stakeholders, including but not limited to Government departments at the District and local levels, community and tribal elders, and local organizations and communities.
5. Monitor and report on the rapidly changing environment and actively contribute to the Program overall strategy, design and implementation.
6. Establish and oversee consultative processes between GOP structures and target communities to identify, recommend, design, and develop projects for funding.
7. Identify potential communities with the consultation of Government counterparts and address their demands accordingly to the Program Policy.
8. Ensure the successful implementation of project activities, including planning and the transparent procurement of grant-related goods and services. Successful implementation should include on-going consultative processes, and government and community involvement in all phases.
9. In conjunction with other Program staff, evaluate completed projects.
10. Share with other program staff successful methodologies for consultative approaches to grant development and implementation.
11. The FO will identify the area/region based on strategic objectives of the program to prioritize the  grants.
12. To persistently coordinate with the implementing partners to track physical progress of the ongoing grants.
13. To interact/ hold meetings with the Community Members aiming at improving the quality and deliverables and subsequently gaining the confidence of stake holders.
14. Participate in the bidding of grants and assist the logistics in relevant documentation.
15. Writing of grant ideas, success stories and weekly grants updates.
16. To assign duties to field staff and AFO and their capacity building in report writings, grants updates and community mobilization.
17. To supervise and manage all activities in absence of ADO/team leader.
18. Any other duty assigned by the Program Manager

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Social Sciences or equivalent.
• Five (5) years experience with project design, development, management, and implementation of development-type projects. He should have experience in community participation and consultative-type projects. The Field Officer must have the capacity to understand and analyze national, regional, and local politics, and the creativity and analytical capacity to design and implement grants with the interface between government and communities. 

Languages

• Thorough knowledge of English; working knowledge of Pashtu, or other  languages spoken in the region will be an advantage