General Functions
Under the overall supervision of the Programme Manager and in direct supervision of the Field Officer/ ADO, the Assistant Field Officer is responsible to assist in different phases of grant cycle; such as designing, developing, and implementing the program activities in his area of responsibility.
To ensure local acceptability and security, the Assistant Field Officer will be based in the political administration compound and will work with the FATA Secretariat (FS), Political administration, line departments and other government structures, as appropriate. The Assistant Field Officer will be required to travel extensively to the ongoing program activities in field areas.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
The Assistant Field Officer’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- To develop good relationships with relevant stakeholders, including but not limited to Government departments and local levels, community, tribal elders, local organizations and communities.
- Monitor and report daily to the FO/ADO on the day to day projects activities and rapidly changing environment.
- Will be responsible to take and keep records of all grant related documentation, site visit notes, weekly reports and photos including the different phases of implementation (Before, During and After)
- Responsible to provide daily report on all the Project oversight committee’s comments, quotes and grant related success stories.
- Responsible to arrange and conduct community (POC or TOC) meetings for prioritization and implementation of different projects/grants.
- To identify and report the different grant related issues to the team leader.
- To identify potential communities, provide and/or arrange for technical assistance to them as required.
- To actively participate and observed the grant bidding process with other team members.
Qualifications and Experience
- Should be a graduate with good communication skills
- An Assistant Field Officer must have a minimum of two years experience working with government or development organization. Know how of the development-type projects. He should have experience in community participation and consultative-type projects.
- Local candidates of Orakzai region will be preferred.
Languages
Thorough knowledge of English; working knowledge of Pashtu, or other languages spoken in the region will be an advantage.