Project Coordinator CVA (Citizen
Voice and Action)

PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The overall purpose of the Citizen Voice and Action (CVA) Project Coordinator is to manage the CVA project which empowers citizens’ especially the most the vulnerable and excluded communities, children and women, through an inclusive social mobilization approach.

Major Activities:

Staff Management:

• Team-management, capacity-building, orientation and mentoring of staff on development, coordination and implementation of interventions applying inclusive social mobilization, CVA and CDI approaches.
• Ensure strong coordination between projects staff, support departments and technical support staff in area and in Islamabad.

Programme Design and Development: 

• Develop Area strategy based on VDPs  with communities and government stakeholders
• In consultation with PDQD and Programme Officer, Develop four concept notes and subsequently four full proposals for PDQD and donors for fund-raising on communities’ prioritized issues.
• Project reports are accurate, give equal weight to project obstacles and successes and have suggested solutions in case of design issues
• Projects redesigned discussed with ADM/ Ops director   and submitted to PDQD for refinement and donor approval.

Establish and Operationalize CVA Approach  in project and Area:

• Set strategic vision, operationalize and coordinate CVA approach at the local level and to ensure its alignment with WV country as well as national advocacy strategies.
• Take lead in developing the area strategy in the context of area-specific child well-being outcomes and community identified priority issues and solutions.  

Program Management:

• As per WV policies and management’s guidelines, coordinate implementation of the program and day-to-day running by providing conceptual, technical & administrative support to team and spending time in the field.
• Provide timely updates to line Managers on the ongoing project/initiatives for informed and effective decision-making.
• Ensure  technical support and management oversight in preparation of key documents (for example, detailed implementation plans, log-frames, M&E plans, ITT, monthly and quarterly reports)
• Liaise and collaborate with other internal sections to ensure smooth functioning of system/policies.
• Review all program and project documents to ensure that principles of Red Cross Code of Conduct, SPHERE Standards, HAP-I Standards and relevant WVI Standards, strategies and policies are adhered to. 

Networking – Representation – Liaison:

• Support identification, formation and strengthening of coalitions/clusters, partnerships with like-minded stakeholders to achieve the project-specific and broader objectives of CWBOs.
• Liaise and coordinate with govt. and other key stakeholders to build rapport, working relationship, information exchange in order to mobilize their support and collaborative actions around CWBOs.
• Actively contribute to decision-making process within WVP by way of exchanging information, collecting data and info from other stakeholders and ensuring that all appropriate channels of communications are feeding into the process.
• Develop Partnership agreements/MoUs with relevant institutes for collaborative interventions, as per need.

Capacity Building:

• Ensure capacity-building of project teams, IPs, government line departments, communities, and other stakeholders on CVA, social mobilization and CDI approaches.

Monitoring/Evaluations and Assessments:

• Develop monitoring plan in close collaboration with the Programme Manager and ensuring adherence to implementation plans, high quality project management and timely implementation
• Ensure progress and relevant issues are highlighted with WV’s management and that timely decision-making in carried out to facilitate smooth-running of the projects/ Programmes
• Facilitate DM&E Officer to develop M&E plans and systems, assist in assessments, Base line surveys and KAPB studies and developing tools for these exercises.
• Ensure the information and reports are adequately managed and maintained in appropriate manner and retrievable.

Financial Management:

• Ensure timely and efficient budget management, timely & appropriate submission of project expenses as well as facilitation to project audits.

Regional Engagement:

• Facilitate Advocacy Manager in responding to regional updates with area specific information.
• Other duties as assigned by the National Advocacy Manager and Area Development Manager/Senior Manager Children’s Programming.

Preferred Experience, Education & Skills:

• Masters Degree in social sciences especially development studies, anthropology, sociology, social work, or other related social sciences subjects.
• Have strong conceptual understanding and experience of applying social inclusion approaches through social mobilization, CVA, CDI and child well-being concepts.
• Knowledge and experience in monitoring and evaluation activities, preferably with the social sector.
• Skills and experience in Programme/project Management with a key focus on sustainability and linkages development.