Position: Field Officer FEFS- Southern Sudan
Location: Juba Southern Sudan
Reporting to: The Project Assistant- FEFS
FEFS Background:
Femininity Empowerment Foundation for Sudan (FEFS) is an independent, non-profit, non-government indigenous Southern Sudan organization. Its main mission is to empower young Sudanese women through the issue of girl child education to increase their enrollment and retention in our education system and in the long run, promote gender equity and equality.
Overriding goal:
- Strengthen FEFS ability to coordinate and implement promotion and advocacy for girl’s education, and gender equity and equality in line with the millennium development goals (MDG2 and MDG3), and with other FEFS strategic objectives.
Key duties and responsibilities:
- The FEFS Field Officer will make regular and extensive field visits to the project areas to manage, monitor and plan all aspects of the assigned project’s training component.
- Provide regular project implementation reports to the project assistant.
- Contribute to the timely production and dissemination of project products, training narratives and financial reports according to donor schedules.
- Develop a good understanding of how schools operate in South Sudan, explore means of promoting student’s participation and involvement in feasible projects and strengthen the capacity of communities to manage their schools.
- Stay well informed about the project with the view of identifying and documenting the appropriate links and lessons learnt.
- Forge and maintain partnership with target Ministries, NGOs, civil societies, the private sector and educational institutions with a similar vision of empowering women.
- Lobby and advocate on policy matters at national and community level in order to sensitize the community and policy makers on girl’s education and gender equity.
- Coordinating and managing the proposal development process.
- Perform any other relevant duty requested by the Project Assistant.
Qualification Requirements:
- Preferably a Female candidate, fluent in both Arabic and English.
- Diploma in Community health and education.
- At least 1year work experience as a field worker or project officer in an education or gender related environment.
- Must have strong report writing skills.
- Basic computer knowledge (Microsoft word, Excel, Power point) required.
- Must have strong time management and organizational skills.
- Strong written and spoken communication skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively as needed.
- Self-motivated and Ability to learn and grasp concepts quickly.
- Ability to participate in team planning, decision-making and above all a team player.
How to apply;
Please email your CV and detailed cover letter explaining why you consider yourself suitable for the position to:
E-mail: fefsudan@gmail.com
Or deliver your CV and cover letter at our offices: Hai Jalaba Aea, next to St. Luke Hospital
Application deadline by: 1st July 2010. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.