Programme Officer - Livelihood and Economic Empowerment

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

The Project Officer - Livelihood and Economic Empowerment supports the Programme Manager in planning, implementing, monitoring and reporting project activities across assigned locations. The role coordinates livelihood, food security, economic empowerment and environmental restoration interventions; works with partners and communities to deliver approved project models within budget and timelines; ensures safeguarding, sponsorship and cross-cutting themes are integrated; and generates quality evidence and reports that contribute to improved child wellbeing, resilient households and sustainable community livelihoods.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Design, Planning, Implementation of the Integrated Programme Framework (IPF) and Quality Assurance:

• Support needs assessments and community reviews to identify livelihood, economic empowerment, food security and environmental restoration priorities in assigned locations.
• Develop and implement annual work plans, detailed implementation plans, budgets and activity schedules in line with WVG strategy, donor standards, approved funding streams and guidance from the Programme Manager.
• Coordinate day-to-day delivery of approved project models and intervention packages, including THRIVE, BSL, S4T, iM4C, FMNR/Restoration, CVA and other relevant approaches, ensuring quality, timeliness and sustainability.
• Work with Technical Leads, other Project Officers, partners, volunteers and community structures to build capacity, align activities and avoid duplication across sectors and locations.
• Facilitate periodic programme reviews, reflection sessions and planning meetings with district stakeholders, partners and communities, and follow up agreed actions.
• Integrate safeguarding, child protection, Faith and Development, GEDSI, peacebuilding, environmental sustainability and campaign priorities into project implementation.
• Report adult and child safeguarding incidents promptly and support partners, volunteers and communities to understand safeguarding behaviours, procedures and reporting protocols.

Sponsorship Management:

• Ensure Registered Children, their families and the most vulnerable children are intentionally included in relevant project activities and appropriately documented in sponsorship systems.
• Participate in child mapping, monitoring and community engagement to track participation, benefits and emerging wellbeing concerns for children and families.
• Support timely achievement of sponsorship KPIs, including Sponsorship 2.0/3.0 child and community content requirements.
• Promote safe, meaningful and age-appropriate child participation throughout the project lifecycle and in local decision-making platforms.
• Integrate child monitoring into project implementation and submit accurate information for entry into Hope and other approved systems.

Cross-cutting themes & Integration:

Faith and Development Integration

• Work with churches, faith leaders and other faith communities to integrate values-based, spiritual nurture and positive family practices into livelihood and wellbeing interventions, in line with World Vision's Christian ethos.
• Apply relevant models such as Empowered World View and Celebrating Families to strengthen household resilience, family relationships and child wellbeing.
• Mobilize faith communities to promote inclusive livelihood, WASH, health, nutrition, child protection and environmental stewardship messages for girls, boys and vulnerable groups.

Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI)

• Mainstream GEDSI principles across planning, implementation, monitoring and learning, ensuring women, girls, children with disabilities and socially excluded groups can participate and benefit.
• Identify and address structural, cultural and practical barriers that limit access to livelihood and economic empowerment opportunities.

Environmental Sustainability, Climate Action, HEA and Peacebuilding

• Promote climate-smart agriculture, environmental restoration, biodiversity protection, waste management and other sustainable practices in communities and schools.
• Support disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and peacebuilding actions with communities, local authorities and partners, escalating risks to the Programme Manager as required.

Design, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, Learnings & Reflection and Knowledge Management:

• Support design, monitoring and evaluation of livelihood, economic empowerment and environmental restoration interventions in line with WV strategy, programme standards and donor requirements.
• Conduct routine and joint monitoring visits to assess progress against targets, verify quality, identify gaps and provide coaching to partners, volunteers and community groups.
• Track indicators and group performance using approved tools and digital platforms such as PMIS, mTHRIVE, DreamSave, IMPAQ and OIOS, and ensure data quality.
• Coordinate community feedback and accountability mechanisms and use feedback to improve implementation.
• Identify emerging risks, propose mitigation actions and escalate significant issues to the Programme Manager and relevant Technical Leads.
• Document lessons learned, best practices, human interest stories and evidence of impact for internal learning, external sharing and donor engagement.
• • Prepare and submit quality activity, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports using approved templates and guidance.
• • Support baseline, midterm, end-line assessments and relevant research related to sustainable livelihoods and economic development.

Community Engagement, Partnering, Networking, External Engagements & Advocacy:

• • Build and maintain effective relationships with beneficiary communities, local authorities, District and Municipal Assemblies, government departments, private sector actors, NGOs, faith leaders and other partners.
• • Facilitate partner capacity assessments, capacity building and joint planning to strengthen local ownership and sustainability of project interventions.
• • Represent WV Ghana at relevant district, sector and community coordination meetings as delegated by the Programme Manager.
• • Support Child Parliament, kids clubs, community advocacy groups and Citizen Voice and Action platforms to advocate for improved basic services and child wellbeing.
• • Promote project objectives, progress and learning through appropriate communication with stakeholders, communities and partners.
• • Ensure MoUs, ToRs and other partner documents are in place, understood and followed.

Resource Acquisition and Management of Grants & PNS:

• • Identify community needs, implementation gaps, promising practices and funding opportunities from assigned locations and share evidence with the Programme Manager and RAM team.
• • Support development of concept notes, proposals, budgets and technical inputs for livelihood, economic empowerment and environmental restoration resource acquisition.
• • Generate field evidence, impact stories and learning products that strengthen donor engagement and technical branding.
• • Build and maintain relationships with private sector actors, local donors and partners as delegated, while ensuring alignment with WV policies.
• • Support effective, efficient and timely implementation, monitoring and reporting of grants and PNS projects in assigned locations.

Procurement, Financial Management, Risk & Compliance:

• • Prepare activity budgets, procurement plans, funding requests and supporting documentation for assigned project activities.
• • Coordinate logistics with the Programme Manager, Supply Chain and Finance teams to ensure timely delivery of inputs, materials and services.
• • Follow up project requests, payments and supplier deliveries to avoid implementation delays.
• • Monitor project expenditure, budget variance and asset use, and alert the Programme Manager to issues requiring action.
• Ensure project finances, assets and records are managed in line with WV policies, donor requirements and audit standards.
• Support implementation of audit, risk assessment and compliance recommendations and maintain appropriate documentation.
• Identify operational, safeguarding, financial and partner risks and support timely mitigation.

Other responsibilities

• Perform any other tasks assigned by the Programme Manager or management in line with the purpose of the role.

Locations

• Fanteakwa
• Krachi
• Agortime
• Sekyere Afram Plains

Applicant Types Accepted:

Local Applicants Only