National Project Coordinator

The National Project Coordinator will manage, coordinate, and oversee the implementation of the project "Restoring Food Security and Livelihoods in Chiure, Cabo Delgado". The role involves ensuring timely delivery of activities, compliance with donor and FAO requirements, and achievement of project results through collaboration with government counterparts, local authorities, humanitarian partners, and implementing partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall planning, coordination and implementation of project activities, ensuring delivery against approved workplans, budgets and timelines.
• Prepare and regularly update project implementation plans, procurement plans, monitoring frameworks and expenditure forecasts.
• Coordinate project implementation with government counterparts, local authorities, implementing partners, service providers and other stakeholders.
• Oversee the performance of implementing partners and ensure timely delivery of agreed outputs and contractual obligations.
• Monitor project progress, identify implementation bottlenecks and propose corrective measures to ensure achievement of targets.
• Coordinate beneficiary targeting, registration, assistance delivery and field monitoring activities.
• Ensure quality documentation, data management and reporting of project results and indicators.
• Lead the preparation of periodic progress reports, donor reports, briefing notes and other project documentation.
• Monitor project budget utilization and support timely execution of operational, procurement and logistical processes.
• Ensure compliance with FAO rules and procedures, donor requirements, safeguards, accountability commitments and risk management measures.
• Organize and facilitate coordination meetings, monitoring missions, workshops and project review meetings.
• Support visibility, communication and knowledge management activities, including documentation of lessons learned and best practices.
• Represent FAO in relevant coordination and technical forums at provincial and district levels, as required.
• Perform any other related duties as required.

Requirements

• At least seven years of relevant professional experience in the management and coordination of humanitarian, resilience or development projects, including experience in the implementation of cash-based and/or e-voucher assistance programmes.
• Advanced university degree in Agriculture, Rural Development, Agricultural Economics, Project Management, Natural Resources Management or a related field.
• Working knowledge (Level C) of English and Portuguese.
• National of Mozambique or resident in the country with a valid work permit.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, managing and coordinating large-scale donor-funded projects.
• Proven experience managing e-voucher and/or cash-based assistance programmes, including beneficiary targeting, registration, assistance delivery, monitoring and reconciliation processes.
• Experience managing implementing partners, service providers and multi-stakeholder project implementation arrangements.
• Experience in project planning, budget monitoring, workplan development, implementation tracking and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of results-based management, monitoring frameworks, risk management and accountability mechanisms.
• Experience working with government institutions, NGOs, UN agencies and humanitarian coordination structures.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience with FAO and knowledge of FAO operational procedures and systems is highly desirable.

Skills

• Humanitarian Programme Management
• Resilience Project Coordination
• Project Implementation
• Cash-Based Assistance
• E-Voucher Programme Management
• Beneficiary Targeting Methodologies
• Project Planning
• Budget Monitoring
• Workplan Development
• Implementation Tracking
• Project Reporting
• Donor-funded Project Management
• Managing Implementing Partners
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Result-Based Management
• Monitoring Frameworks
• Risk Management
• Accountability Mechanisms
• Government Relations
• NGO Coordination
• UN Agency Collaboration
• FAO Operational Guidelines

Languages

English, Portuguese