Programs Officer / Peer Supervisor

Job Summary

Location: Gweru
Reporting to: Provincial Programme Lead

The Programmes Officer / Peer Supervisor will be responsible for ensuring the effective planning and implementation of Global Fund supported programme activities, as well as support and supervise enhanced peer mobilisers and peer educators.

Duties And Responsibilities

Project design, planning, implementation, and coordination; Ensure the effective planning and implementation of project activities; Develop annual, quarterly, and monthly work plans related to project; Ensuring effective management of project in line with the donor requirements and organizational standards; Ensuring effective management of programme in line with donor requirements and organizational standards; Conducting capacity building, including assisting Enhanced Peer Mobilisers and Educators to identify needs, ensuring community mobilization and other project deliverables; Conduct mentorship and coaching of all Enhanced Peer Mobilisers and Educators under his supervision; Convene project events and meetings with Enhanced Peer Mobilisers and Educators, stakeholders, and Rights Holders; Provide general accompaniment to Enhanced Peer Mobilisers and Educators through ongoing consultation and dialogue, along with technical support, where necessary; Ensure compliance with organizational mission, vision, and goals.

Qualifications And Experience

Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis, and strategic planning skills; Has experience and a passion for working with the LGBTIQ+ and sex worker communities; Believes in SRC values and is accountable to them; Is keen on ensuring ownership by local, young, rightsholder-led, organizations, and in finding innovative and creative solutions to realize goals; Preferably is a young person, and preferably identifies as part of one of the rightsholder groups; Is able to establish productive and innovative collaborations, including between organizations, groups and persons that maybe do not always work together; Is a good communicator, with strong inter-personal skills, and natural empathy? Is self-aware and possess a comfort with their own identity and a diverse range of other identities, such as sexual and gender identities; Is committed, able to build others trust and keep confidence, and takes responsibility for personal performance; Flexible attitude, creative, innovative, sense of humour; Relevant degree or comparable work experience, and academic level of working and thinking; Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar or related position; Experience with or an appetite for working in international teams; Lived experience as a part of one or more of the rightsholder groups is an asset; Full professional proficiency in English.