Organization: Management Systems International
Country: Colombia
Closing date: 26 Nov 2017
Field Officer, Colombia Transforma, Putumayo
Company Profile: MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption. MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with more than 80 organizations across all sectors of international development with clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
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Project Summary:**
Colombia Transforma is a program financed by USAID/OTI. Transforma provides support strategically aimed at achieving sustainable peace in Colombia. The initial goal will be to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Colombian government to implement rapid response during the first 36 months after the signing of the peace accords.
**Please note: Only Colombian citizens are eligible for this position
Position Summary:
The field officer (FO) is responsible for supporting operational, technical, logistical, and administrative needs of implementation in the municipality and its surroundings in coordination with the project development officer (PDO). The field officer must support operational, technical, logistic and administrative needs of the program. They guide and supervise the beneficiary communities, from the start date of the agreements underpinning the development of activities until the end of the term, and verify that commitments are met. The field officer will be based in the municipality of Puerto Asís, with a vailability of travel to other municipalities in Putumayo as required by the program and with the permission of the supervisor of the contract. The duration of assignment is three (3) months initially, with the possibility of extension.
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical, administrative, and logistical support during the project's execution, evaluation, and systematization.
- Support programmatic and technical aspects of the Colombia Transforma Program. Generating an implementation model through continuous progress and impact monitoring, identifying issues and obstacles, and promptly evaluating solutions for these to maximize the project's impact.
- Monitor grants in progress, including but not limited to: Attending grant events, collecting information, and drafting impact and progress reports.
- Attend grant and activity coordination meetings.
- Guarantee donor adherence to the grant agreement, implementation plan, and execution timetable.
- Support monitoring of the program's development and implementation tasks.
- Provide donors as much technical assistance as they require during the grant's planning phase, including the creation of the implementation plan and budget.
- Develop and maintain kind, professional, and open relations with local partners, counterparts, donors, and local authorities.
- Assist grant specialists in document processing as needed.
- Ensure donors submit deliverables and final reports adequately and by the stipulated deadline.
- Contribute pictures, documents, testimonies, and information to the grant archive.
- Visit and report on project sites when authorized by the contract supervisor.
- Contribute continuously to the political analysis and security updates (knowledge of the situational context).
- Support coordination of the project's events, conferences, and activities, including logistics and site selection.
- Develop other tasks as requested by the Supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Professional or accredited experience in the social sector that includes 3-4 years of experience leading or coordinating community projects.
- Experience working autonomously, preferably with community development.
- Experience performing similar roles.
- Knowledge of the social context in the Putumayo department.
- Dynamic connections and links with groups and community actors in the region.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and teamwork abilities.
- Able to manage multiple priorities, events, and projects.
- Able to report during an activity or ongoing project.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.
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