VDSEF Nepal Vacancy for Project Coordinator, Education

Village Development and Save the Environment Forum (VDSEF) Nepal is a non-profit organization working in Kalikot district for more than 24 years in the fields of child rights, health and nutrition, climate change, poverty reduction, and protecting and promoting the economic, social, and Cultural rights of marginalized and disadvantaged communities. VDSEF Nepal aims has aim to promote peace, stability, and sustainable development in Kalikot district. VDSEF Nepal has previous working experience collaborating with different civil society organizations (CSOs) and government authorities to improve child rights, health and nutrition, climate change, livelihoods, and human rights in marginalized and vulnerable communities, such as women, including single mothers, youths, children, friendly and elderly persons, Dalits, and ethnic minorities. SAHAYATRA-III Project has been implementing Tilagupha municipality and Subhakalika rural municipality in partnership of Save the Children SAHAYATRA-III Project, the project envisions securing rural vulnerable children’s rights to education, protection, resilience, and sexual and reproductive health, leaving no child behind’s Nepal is actively engaged in programs focusing on education, Child rights Governance (CRG)and Child Protection (CP) sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and climate change in Kalikot district. VDSEF Nepal is currently inviting applications from qualified Nepali citizens committed to delivering results for the following positions:

Project Coordinator, Education, 1 Position

Location: Kalikot District, Project Office, Subhakalika Rural Municipality

Summary: This is a key position to lead education activities through the mobilization of field officers in education to ensure the result of the project under the education theme.

Qualifications: Master’s degree in education, management, social science, development studies, law, human rights, and other relevant subjects with at least 3 years of working experience in education. Bachelor’s degree in the same subject with 5 years of working experience in education projects.

KEY responsibilities.

Project planning and budgeting

• Facilitate and support to conduct and ensure community consultation with key stakeholders and beneficiaries for assessment, planning and designing of Education theme.
• Ensure proper data collection, documentation, and dissemination on education issues regularly.
• Capacity building of project team for the effective project activity implementation in palika and community level.
• Support for making district and Local level project plan with references of agreed education project activities on monthly, quarterly basis

Coordination, Collaboration and Networking

• Coordinate and collaborate with Palika and district level government line agencies, stakeholders, beneficiaries, media, other project teams within organization and other service providers in different level.
• Ensure organizational visibility and sustainability in the Palika and community level.
• Participate in different networks and forums and coordinate at the community level likeminded organizations for resource maximisation.
• Maintain good coordination with Palika level education Unit, Education committee, local government representative, school , ECD , child club network as well Save the children in the program and maintain close coordination with as Field officer and other thematic PC and Field officer.
• Harmonize, facilitate, and ensure to integrate the project components at community levels.
• Bridge the project related information between Save the Children and organization.

Project implementation

• Lead the project providing support to field staff and ensure the timely conduction of project activities having quality output in Palika and ward level.
• Support to Sahayatra III Project team for making effective work plan of project implementation.
• Support to MEC/SMC for developing RMEP/SIP and action plan to education.
• Maintain proper database, filing and documentation system and their management in the district office.
• Local level advocacy to increase resource allocation to Education.
• Lead to convene community level project activities as assigned under the program and organizational provisions in project area, schools, and communities.
• Conduct and facilitate community level project activities with high quality, training, meeting, workshop, seminars etc.
• Collect feedback and learning from stakeholders and other concern agencies for the program.
• Provides day-to-day supervision of staff and works collaboratively with other theme PCs.

Project review and monitoring

• Frequently visit the project areas for supervision and monitoring the field level activities
• Support to conduct surveys, internal and external evaluations.
• Support for preparation and submit event wise reports to Project Manager of Organization.
• Monitor the regular activities of Education by supporting to Dos and Field officer- Education.
• Ensure for the involvement of community to review program among the stakeholders and beneficiaries.
• Participate in the project review meeting with project team to review planned activities of that month along with challenges faced and lesson learned monthly.
• Support to conduct social audit and public hearing.

Project reporting and documentation

• Prepared monthly project tracking and quarterly, semi-annually, and annual report and submit to Project manager and updating the information related to the project.
• Collect case studies/success story, action photos, learning, and challenges for the program documentation. Submit field monitoring reports to Project manager and Save the children.
• Prepare and submit event reports, data base along with indicator surveys. Undertaken field visits for monitoring and supervision of program personnel.
• Share the field visit reports to the line manager with area to be improved and betterment. Work closely with MEAL& Documentation Coordinator, Admin and finance coordinator and other thematic Coordinator to ensure the project progress is in track and quality set in the project documents are met.
• Initiate corrective actions based on the feedback from MEAL and Documentation coordinator and Save the children.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Sound knowledge on Education and Child Rights Policies.
• Knowledge and skill on Project Management and training facilitation.
• Report and proposal and case studies writing skill.
• Presentation, facilitation, and negotiation.
• Very good skills and knowledge in documentation and reporting in English and Nepali.
• Excellent computer skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Excellent presentation and training facilitation skill and knowledge.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Stress management skills.
• Time management and communication skills.
• Excellent coordination, communication, and interpersonal skills (team building and teamwork) with key stakeholders at project and Palika level.

Additional job responsibilities

The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Safeguarding obligation:

We need to keep children, adult at risk and community safe. The position holder is responsible to ensure that the position holder conduct is in line with the VDSEF and SCI’s Safeguarding policies. Hence our selection process includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children, adult at risk and community from abuse, exploitation, and harassment.

APPLICATION Method:

Qualified Nepali citizens meeting the above criteria are requested to send their updated CV and application with two references to the vacancy.vdsef@gmail.com Or direct to VDSEF-Nepal Kalikot, Khadachakra 1 Manma Kalikot Head Office September 30, 2024, before 5:00 p.m. Applications from marginalized, disadvantaged communities, residents District, individuals are highly encouraged to apply, and preference will be given to relevant field and only shortlisted candidates will be invited for further assessment. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained.