Project Officer

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Project Officer will provide support to the Project Coordinator and the Zonal Monitoring and Evaluation Officer in project planning, implementation, monitoring, research, and learning initiatives. The position holder will support the engagement with other project stakeholders, including CHMT, the District Community Development Department, the Social welfare Department and District Education Department (Primary and Secondary Schools, School Quality Assurer in project intervention areas). S/he’s expected to closely touch base with the Project Agents for transformational change documenting their stories. He/she will assist in the regular updates and progress of the project and correspondence with partners on project interventions.

Dimensions of the Role

• The position holder will report to the Project Coordinator
• Assist Project Coordinator in coordination and preparation of project related trainings, meetings, and workshops.
• Support project team in administration work, including making follow on different project correspondences from different stakeholders.
• Support to coordinate regular project progress and review meetings with community volunteers, implementing partners and other stakeholders as needed.
• Compile partners’ monthly and quarterly workplan and share to project team prior quarterly project Management Meeting. 
• Support project coordinator to collect, document and sharing of project case studies, success stories best practices, taking photos and learnings.
• Support monitoring and supportive supervision activities by ensuring cost effectiveness
• Represent the project team in district government and other stakeholders meeting or workshops as needed.
• Support the project administrative work, including preparation for the meetings, follow up on the procurements purchase requisitions and filed work plan

Technical expertise, Experience and knowledge

Knowledge & experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Public Health, Education, Sociology, Community Development and Demography
• At least 3 years of experience in project management, Program Management within the International and National Non-Government Organization sector
• Ability to coordinate, plan, implement and monitor project activities to ensure the project meets the objectives, agreed deliverables, donor compliance, quality and completed on time and within budget.
• Ability to use project management standards,  tools and methods to organize and track tasks within a project including log frame, theory of change and monitoring tools
• Ability to use Result Based Management principles and standards to track project result chains
• Knowledge in Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Education, Early Childhood Education, Child Protection, Youth Economic Empowerment and cross cutting themes like Climate Change and Gender and Inclusion would be an added advantage

 Project Officer Job Description.doc 

Location: Sumbawanga

Reports to: Project Coordinator

Grade: 12

Closing Date: 7th June 2026

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk. 

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.