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SOS Children’s Villages in The Gambia is a non-governmental social development organisation that has been active in the field of children’s rights and committed to children’s needs and concerns since 1982. Focussing its work on children without parental care and children in families in difficult circumstances, the organisation has a wide range of programmes, which include: Children’s Villages, Supervised Independent Living Arrangements, Small Group Homes,, Family & Community Strengthening Programmes, Kindergartens, Lower, Upper Basic and High Schools, a Medical  Clinic, Vocational Training Centres,  Youth Empowerment project, Green Economy and Education Project,  and a Monetizing Waste Project.

SOS Children’s Villages in The Gambia GENDER EQUALITY FIRST PROJECT is looking for qualified suitable candidates for the following positions; Project Coordinator.

LOCATION: BASSE, UPPER RIVER REGION

PROJECT COORDINATOR(Basse, Upper River Region)

The Project Coordinator is responsible for overall team management, coordinating project  activities, ensuring results, developing action plans, identifying corrective measures, drafting reports, budget management and donor compliance. The Project Coordinator will have significant gender equality, grant management and monitoring & evaluation expertise and will be responsible for representing the project at local and regional platforms. The Project Coordinator will be supervised on a day-to-day basis by the Basse Programme Location Manager.

Position Demands

• A Masters Degree in Project Management or related field; Development Studies, Social Sciences, Management and Gender 
• Minimum of two(2) years experience in managing related projects 
• Ability to think strategically and implement complex projects 
• Ability to manage a diverse project team 
• Ability to mainstream gender in project implementation
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be ICT literate

We offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits package 
• A supportive team working environment
• Opportunity to work for a well respected and recognised International NGO

To apply, submit your letter of interest with Curriculum Vitae, photocopy of certificates, and letters of recommendation to: job.apply@sosgambia.org with the subject line: EQUALITYFIRST2024. Closing date for submission of applications is 24th October 2024. Only successful candidates will be contacted.

What We Stand For:

SOS Children’s Villages is committed to creating and maintaining a caring and protective environment, which promotes its core values, and prevents and addresses child abuse and exploitation. We strongly condemn all forms of child abuse and exploitation, be it within or outside of our organisation, and always respond to any case of proven, alleged or attempted abuse within our sphere of influence according to its nature. Efforts ensure that mechanisms are in place to raise awareness, aid prevention, encourage reporting and ease response. They range from human resource development actions such as training and counselling to measures such as suspension, dismissal, and legal action.