Fairtrade Africa
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Key Performance Areas
Project Delivery:
- Ensure each project under the category is delivered on time and meets the agreed objectives of the wider strategy.
- Develop, monitor, and manage the project budget to deliver the category strategy and associated Projects, using resources effectively in accordance with the funder’s requirements.
- Monitor budget usage and ensure conformity to project specifications.
- Formulate strategies to mitigate any risks to project delivery.
Project Planning and Coordination:
- Lead the development of the project implementation strategy and conceptual frameworks.
- Support the needs assessment, stakeholder mapping, and analysis process.
- In conjunction with the Heads of Region, develop and implement project plans to ensure that project
- Tasks are planned and implemented correctly.
Partnership and Collaboration:
- Support Project Officers, and thematic leads in planning and implementing project tasks, ensuring
- Correct budget use and conformity to project specifications.
- Prepare and regularly review a detailed risk assessment for projects to identify, manage, and mitigate risks.
- Facilitate effective liaison between the organization and project implementation partners, and
- stakeholders
- Support the adaptation and implementation of the Fairtrade standards globally, with collaboration from other functions within Fairtrade.
Monitoring and Reporting:
- Ensure the effective monitoring and evaluation of projects within the portfolio by supporting field staff to capture and submit result-based narrative reports.
- Assist in collecting monitoring data with the M&E team to coordinate impact or evaluation studies in the region.
- Coordinate, organize, and formulate narrative and financial reports in accordance with project, donor, and organizational requirements.
- Support and respond to financial and program audit to improve project performance.
- Establish and maintain a database of all project documents and reports.
- Disseminate top-level program recommendations and key learnings with staff and relevant
stakeholders.