Project Coordinator
Blantyre, Blantyre, Malawi
Full Time
Mid Level
The Project Coordinator will utilize broad and comprehensive experience, skills, and knowledge to direct all activities related to managing and strengthening relevant economic empowerment solutions. The role will work directly with Opportunity Malawi's program manager to drive scaling and capacity-building efforts, manage project officers, and cultivate partner relationships.
RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Project ManagementTRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been equipping people to build sustainable livelihoods and educate their children for 54 years. Opportunity provides 21 million families with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. In 2024, Opportunity International and its partners helped fund 19,000 schools that reached 3.4 million children. We respond to Jesus Christ's call to love and serve people living in poverty. We seek to emulate the Good Samaritan, whose compassion crossed ethnic groups and religions. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
CHILD PROTECTION COMMITMENT
Opportunity believes that all children have a right to protection from any form of abuse regardless of gender, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, or ability. Opportunity operates in line with international best practices for child protection and recognizes its responsibility to ensure that all employees. This policy applies to anyone acting on behalf of Opportunity or is involved in its programs in any capacity. All employees are subject to background checks, which include criminal checks and sex offender list checks, as allowed by local law.
EQUAL PAY & BENEFITS COMMITMENT
At Opportunity International, we are dedicated to maintaining transparency and fairness in our hiring process. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and Opportunity International reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For regular roles, Opportunity International offers medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D, disability, accident, critical illness, cancer, and pet insurance, identity theft protection, 403(b), and paid time off. For more details on our benefits, please visit our website here.
RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Project Management
- Coordinate project activities, including the development of annual, semi-annual, and quarterly work plans.
- Create and manage budgets, ensuring all expenditures are within +/-10% variance per quarter.
- Identify training needs and manage and develop the capacities of field staff and partners.
- Ensure timely procurement and delivery of the right quality and quantity of work tools and resources required by field staff and clients and ensure their appropriate use.
- Conduct regular follow-up visits to project communities, ensuring recommended practices are applied and providing technical assistance where needed.
- Supervise the performance of Project Officers in the project areas.
- Consolidate monthly, quarterly, and annual activity reports and special events, showcasing achievements, lessons learned, constraints, and recommendations, to be submitted to relevant authorities within agreed timelines.
- Participate in assessments and evaluations of project performance.
- Build relationships and coordinate with stakeholders such as local leaders, district authorities, microfinance institutions, etc., and relevant government ministries and departments.
- Facilitate and participate in district and national workshops, trainings, and meetings with relevant authorities and agencies, contributing effectively to their success.
- Identify challenges and opportunities within the project areas, tailor deliveries, and seek new resources to meet needs.
- Act as a liaison between partners and Opportunity International.
- Identify opportunities for the expansion of Opportunity's programs.
- Ethically champion and model the core values of Opportunity within the communities.
- Project Officers
- A bachelor's degree is preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years experience in rural, community, agricultural, or economic development.
- Proven ability to successfully lead and manage a team of employees or stakeholders, with a minimum of five years of relevant experience.
- Strong understanding of the target market and the value of community trust.
- Excellent organizational, multitasking, and consensus-building abilities.
- A team player with excellent interpersonal, writing, speaking, and presentation skills.
- Computer literacy, including spreadsheets, word processing, data entry programs, tablets, and other mobile technology.
- Passionate about Opportunity’s mission. Able to promote and communicate the organization’s goals and objectives to external and internal stakeholders.
- Written and verbal fluency in English and Chichewa, additional 1 or 2 local languages required.
- Must be able to attend & fully participate in meetings conducted in English.
CONTRACT TYPE
- 3 years fixed term
- Ability to travel to project communities to deliver programs and interact with the communities.
Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been equipping people to build sustainable livelihoods and educate their children for 54 years. Opportunity provides 21 million families with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. In 2024, Opportunity International and its partners helped fund 19,000 schools that reached 3.4 million children. We respond to Jesus Christ's call to love and serve people living in poverty. We seek to emulate the Good Samaritan, whose compassion crossed ethnic groups and religions. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
CHILD PROTECTION COMMITMENT
Opportunity believes that all children have a right to protection from any form of abuse regardless of gender, culture, ethnicity, age, religion, sexual orientation, or ability. Opportunity operates in line with international best practices for child protection and recognizes its responsibility to ensure that all employees. This policy applies to anyone acting on behalf of Opportunity or is involved in its programs in any capacity. All employees are subject to background checks, which include criminal checks and sex offender list checks, as allowed by local law.
EQUAL PAY & BENEFITS COMMITMENT
At Opportunity International, we are dedicated to maintaining transparency and fairness in our hiring process. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and Opportunity International reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For regular roles, Opportunity International offers medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D, disability, accident, critical illness, cancer, and pet insurance, identity theft protection, 403(b), and paid time off. For more details on our benefits, please visit our website here.
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