Project Coordinator - Every Child Belongs Project

About the role

A Christian charity with 75 years of experience helping vulnerable children overcome poverty is looking for a Project Coordinator for its Every Child Belongs project. This is a local, fixed-term position based in Malawi, providing technical support and coordination for the project's implementation, reporting and feedback to the Project Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Program planning: lead the development of the Detailed Implementation Plan in line with available resources and project priorities, and coordinate weekly, monthly, quarterly and half-year project reports submitted to the MEAL Specialist.
• Partner mapping: with Technical Coordinators and the Disability Inclusion Specialist, map partners at district level to strengthen their technical capabilities.
• Technical support and capacity building: support Project Officers in implementing the project according to design documents and the project plan, identify capacity gaps, run targeted capacity-building initiatives and coach and mentor Project Officers.
• Networking, partnership and advocacy: help Project Officers build field-level technical networks, collaborate with district and national stakeholders on disability inclusion, education and child protection, and work with the Advocacy Department on tailored disability advocacy initiatives.
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning: help develop a monitoring plan with indicators, data sources and tools, review activities and expenditures against the work plan and budget each month, coordinate community visits, and document success stories and lessons learned with the Communications Department.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Development Studies, Education, Humanities or a related field, with 5 years' experience in project management.
• Proven organizational planning and managerial skills, and ability to supervise and mentor subordinates with minimal supervision.
• In-depth knowledge of community development.
• Well-developed stakeholder networking, coordination and partner engagement skills.
• Open to internal and external feedback, and able to find fulfilment through creativity, initiative and innovation.

Required skills

• Report writing skills
• Computer knowledge
• Ability to design and use training materials effectively