Project Officer
People In Need, Moldova

Background:

People in Need (PIN) is a Czech non-governmental organization that provides relief aid and development assistance while working to defend human rights and democratic freedom. It is one of the largest relief and development organizations in post-communist Europe and has administered projects in 37 countries over the past 30 years. See here for more information about PIN: www.peopleinneed.net.

From 2009 onwards, PIN has added development programmes to its work in Moldova, building a vision and practices that keep people and communities at the center of our work. Throughout its presence in the country, PIN has been contributing to the development of the following sectors: Sustainable Livelihood and Environment, Social Inclusion and Protection, Good Governance.

Position Overview:

Duty Station: Chisinau, with periodical travel to other project destinations throughout Moldova.

The EiE Project Officer (PO) reports to the Project Manager who is his/her line manager. S/he closely cooperates with other members of the emergency response team, mainly with the Emergency Coordinator, but also with the Protection Manager for any protection-related tasks. Further, s/he closely cooperates with other PIN departments, especially the Procurement and Logistics department, Communications department, and Finance department, for ensuring compliance and a smooth implementation of daily project activities. For project data reporting, the EiE PO will also cooperate with the MEAL department.

Duties amp; Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day support with administrative aspects of the Education projects, under supervision of Project Manager, putting together and following up with procurement requests, filing of relevant documentation in ELO - all project specific files/contracts, associated to technical specifications related to the nature of the project activities;
• Provide logistical support for trainings, meetings, events, and other project-related activities, and help with translation when needed;
• Perform regular field visits to support PIN’s local partners and DLC/CFS facilitators, monitor field activities, provide reports on field visits and share them when requested with direct supervisor, Emergency Coordinator (EC), Education in Emergencies Advisor and relevant departments;
• Communicate with partners under the supervision of Project Manager on reporting, field and donor visits, project events and other projects’ needs as required;
• In coordination with the Project Manager participate in press conferences, trainings, workshops, round table discussions and other outreach activities.

Furthermore, the Project Officer sets an example to others, and especially the partners, through adhering to, and actively promoting PIN’s Code of Conduct and Core Policies (including Safeguarding, Anti-Corruption, and Whistleblowing policies).

Qualification:

• Higher education degree in Education or Pedagogy highly preferred.
• Internship and/or relevant experience with either international organizations, national civil society organizations or educational institutions.
• At least 1 year of work experience in positions that entail responsibility for project activity implementation or support of local partners; experience in managing/supporting education projects highly preferred
• Languages: English(required); Romanian/ Russian(desirable);

Interested applicants must submit the following:

• Cover letter (in English);
• full CV (in English);
• Contacts of three references (one should include the supervisor in the most recent work assignment).

Deadline for applications: October 16, 2023, by COB.

The applicants will be invited for interviews on a rolling basis. The application process might be stopped earlier if a suitable candidate is identified before the application deadline.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the interview. No phone calls or inquiries are allowed.

People in Need is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct and committed to promoting the welfare of children and adults with whom People in Need engages /is in contact with. People in Need expects all staff to perform job duties and responsibilities in accordance with People in Need code of conduct and key policies (available at: https://www.peopleinneed.net/key-policies-4142gp). People in Need Staff will undertake the appropriate level of training.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks.

We are committed to ensuring diversity (people from different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.) within our organization and encourage interested candidates to apply.

By sending their CV and other documents to the aforementioned link the candidate implicitly consents to their personal data appearing in the CV and such other documents being held and processed by PIN exclusively with the view to analyzing the candidate’s suitability for the position and keeping such data in our files for a reasonable period of time in accordance with the PIN's Data Protection Policy. The candidate can revoke such consent anytime by sending an according notice. Kindly refrain from including any special personal data, whose processing, as per applicable law, requires the express written consent of the subject of such data.

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