Job Title: Programme Officer – TT Plus programme (2 year Fixed term contract)
Salary: Local Terms & Conditions
Sightsavers, an international development organization that promotes the prevention and cure of avoidable blindness, and promotes equality and opportunity for disabled people, seeks to recruit an experienced, self-driven, dynamic and result oriented Programme Officer who is keen to develop a career in a dynamic organisation and challenging environment.
Reporting to the Programme Manager, the incumbent will be responsible for managing the daily activities and to support delivery of the TT Plus programme (eye health) with key stakeholders at the local and national levels..
This role will be:
- Supporting partners with capacity assessment
- Project managing all aspects of the project cycle with the partner and support partners to ensure effective planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, financial and asset management, reporting and documentation is delivered for the project. Feedback to and work with internal expertise as required.
The ideal candidate will be a Zambia national who possesses a degree in a relevant field (Social Sciences, Development Studies, Public Health).
Have a minimum of 5 Years working experience, ideally in an NGO environment and have experience all aspects of project management within a community development programme
Have experience of designing/managing health programmes at district or national levels using health systems approach.
Have experience of engaging with Government Ministries.
Have good written English and IT skills, with the ability to understand and work with project budgets, forecasts and reports.
Closing Date: August 15, 2015
How to apply
To apply for this post, please download our application form and return the completed application form and equal opportunities form as two separate documents to jobs@sightsavers.org.
We’re an equal opportunities employer, and we particularly encourage qualified people living with a disability to apply. We will be contacting shortlisted candidates for interview, shortly after the closing dates. We very much regret that in view of the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond if you are unsuccessful. I am sure that you will understand the need to concentrate resources towards our work.
Please attach APPLICATION and EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES form only. NO CV’s accepted
