Food Project Officer

1. PROJECT PREPARATION AND IMPLEMENTATION Give advice, analyze, draw conclusions and make recommendations involving range of inputs to enhance project delivery. Provide support and guidance to project team in areas of planning and implementation of project activities by ensuring that technical support is sensitive to socio-cultural background of targeted communities and institutions.  Proactively identify opportunities to build key stakeholder relationships, and take the initiative to follow up with necessary action. Make key decisions in relation to the project implementation and offer solutions to problems that arise during the implementation of project. Ensure the project meets Islamic Relief Quality Standards and international Codes of Conduct. Produce high quality reports to submit to IR Headquarters and donors, according to the agreed deadlines. 2. CAPACITY BUIDLING Identify the needs and support development of staff and partners. Participate in the recruitment, selection and induction of new staff including De-briefing of those returning from deployments and assignments. 3.  BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY Lead the project team to develop, finalize and closely monitor the project budget. Ensure corrective measures are taken to address issues of compliance in the project budgets. 4. REPRESENTATION Project Officer is expected to represent Islamic Relief in different coordination meetings with International NGOs as well as UN agencies. Project officer is expected to represent Islamic Relief in Food Working Group.  5. TRAVEL Project Officer is expected to spend a minimum of 30% of his time in the project sites and the team in the field.