A Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Education, Development Studies, Public Health, or any other relevant area, or equivalent work experience in a development organisation
Adequate understanding of the country disability legislation, labour market system and relationship working with organisations of persons with disability
Ability to prioritise activities and develop plans to achieve them monitoring own progress
Analysis and organises organisation of routine data on a regular basis
Able and available to travel up to 50% of the time for up to a week at a time

Desirable (but not essential):

Experience of networking and influencing both within and outside the organisation.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers a reward package based on local pay, local contracts and local benefits and will not normally offer international contracts. Sightsavers is committed to investing in the training and development of its employees and offers a supportive work environment.

Skills and Experience

To succeed as Programme Office, you will need:

Essential:

A Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Education, Development Studies, Public Health, or any other relevant area, or equivalent work experience in a development organisation
Adequate understanding of the country disability legislation, labour market system and relationship working with organisations of persons with disability
Ability to prioritise activities and develop plans to achieve them monitoring own progress
Analysis and organises organisation of routine data on a regular basis
Able and available to travel up to 50% of the time for up to a week at a time

Desirable (but not essential):

Experience of networking and influencing both within and outside the organisation.

Benefits

Sightsavers offers a reward package based on local pay, local contracts and local benefits and will not normally offer international contracts. Sightsavers is committed to investing in the training and development of its employees and offers a supportive work environment.

We are looking for an experienced Programme Officer to enhance the quality of the SABI WOMAN project (a component of the GESP) which seeks to build the entrepreneurship and employability skills and knowledge of young women with disabilities.
You will support the development of disability confidence of employers within the private sector and work to influence relevant state and Federal policies to enable more inclusive employment and more inclusive value chains.

Key duties will include:

Coordinate implementation of activities and sharing of lessons learned
Manage all aspects of the programme cycle with the partners including effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial and asset management, reporting and documentation.
Identify partner organisations and build partner relationships as well as supporting partners to identify their own needs
Assist programme partners in the preparation of budgets and forecasts, monitor expenditure of project financial resources and ensure Sightsavers and donor policy is adhered to
Provide excellent quality information on case studies and interesting news stories relating to the programme
Represent Sightsavers in programme and disability related meetings
National travel up to 50% of the time, for up to a week at a time

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