Position: Program Officer –Right to Mobility and Safe Labor Migration Program (Premium Job)

Job Description

Reports to: Senior Program Coordinator 

Required No: One (1)  

The Program Officer - Right to Mobility and Safe Labor Migration Program Program Officer works in close coordination with the concerned Manager, and with Coordinators and WOREC's networks in achieving the goal and objectives of the program. Program Officer (PO) is mainly responsible for training coordination, workshops, and interaction program planning, implementing, monitoring, reporting, documenting, stakeholder communications, publication, and coordination with central office and communities. PO will bring good knowledge on training coordination, understanding of development sector, rights-based approach, and reflect them in the program. 

Job Specification

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible to oversee right to mobility programs including safe migration, decent work, and anti-trafficking programs. Support and supervise the district program officers of safe migration to implement the program.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual program implementation plans related to safe migration, labor rights and decent work.
• Ensure that all planned activities are being implemented effectively, documented properly, and reported timely by field officers, counselors and supervisors and that the reports are prepared timely.
• Develop new project concept notes and project proposals under the supervision of ED.
• Lead the team and provide technical inputs for the Safe Migration and Anti Trafficking Program.
• Plan, design and conduct staff capacity building programs and provide technical support to all community-based organizations, counseling centers and respective staff when and where they need.
• Organize training, advocacy campaigns, workshop conferences/seminars and interaction programs in coordination with different national and international partners.
• Coordinate and support to central office staff, help to establish organizational monitoring and evaluation system; provide support to develop, orient and apply different monitoring forms/formats, tools and use checklist for program/project monitoring.
• Develop and implement the campaign from women's socioeconomic and cultural rights perspective, develop strategies and activities along with the team members and take lead to implement, manage and monitor them.
• Review, prepare and submit periodic and final reports ensuring quality timelines and complying to given format and standards partner/donor organizations in quarterly, half yearly and annually. 
• Facilitate for and maintain proper documentation of cases, success stories, initiatives/works of the organization, including periodic and annual reports and year book; and also ensure that all project information is appropriately documented and secured.
• Maintains strong coordination and collaboration with NGOs/ INGO's and government stakeholders and national, regional and international networks and intergovernmental organizations working on issues of migration.
• Referent organization in local national and international forums related to issue on Human rights, Human Trafficking, migrant workers and their Rights and Women's Rights.

Required Qualification and Experience: 

The candidate should have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Rural Development, Law, or related discipline.
• At least 3 years of related working experience in handling projects and programs. 
• Knowledge of training coordination, network building, understanding of development sector and rights-based approach 
• The candidate should have knowledge of local and regional context of human rights, safe labor migration policies, decent work and labour rights and 
• Ability to write and communicate effectively in both Nepali and English languages. 

Apply Instruction

Qualified candidates may send cover letter detailing their experience and motivation for the current position with an updated CV to [email protected] by 10th August, 2021. Please mention the position you are applying in the subject line.

The application without cover letter and CV and not meeting the required criteria will not be considered for the position.

The position will be fulfilled on a rolling basis, so candidates are encouraged to apply early.

Only the shortlisted candidates meeting the criteria will be called for written test and interview. No telephone calls will be entertained.

WOREC Nepal encourages women and candidates from Dalit/Janjati and sexual minority to apply.

For details visit: http://worecnepal.org/career