Project Officer

Overview

The Project Officer supports the delivery of climate-adaptive livelihood and community resilience interventions. The role leads day-to-day field implementation, strengthens community capacities, ensures inclusive participation, and maintains coordination with government counterparts and community-based groups.

Tasks Summary

• Plan and deliver field activities such as community risk assessments, climate-smart agriculture/livelihood training, home gardening practice, savings groups, and market linkage activities.
• Support community-led livelihoods and resilience initiatives and facilitate inclusive decision-making.
• Mobilize and coach village/vulnerable groups to adopt climate-adaptive practices.
• Organize and facilitate trainings on climate-smart agriculture, financial literacy, market readiness, DRR/early warning, safe schools, and climate information services.
• Mentor community facilitators and local extension officers.
• Coordinate with district and village authorities and NGO/private sector partners.
• Support joint monitoring missions and technical working groups.
• Collect high-quality data, ensure data completeness and gender/age disaggregation.
• Track activity progress vs. targets, support PDM/HH surveys, lessons learned, and adaptive management.
• Uphold child safeguarding and Do No Harm standards.
• Identify and mitigate implementation risks.
• Ensure compliance of the program with all SCI Laos policies.
• Track in-kind/cash distributions and reconcile documentation.
• Support payment requests and assist with budget preparations.
• Capture photos/stories of change and contribute to briefs, social media, and donor visibility.
• Represent the project professionally in community and government forums.
• Contribute to rapid assessment and response related to DRR and Humanitarian response during an emergency.

Experience Requirements

• 5 years of experience in field implementation of agriculture and livelihood.
• DRR/CCA, community development or market systems projects experience is an asset.
• Practical knowledge of climate-smart agriculture, community-based DRR/CCA or producer groups, and inclusive facilitation.
• Experience coordinating with Province, District and village authorities and community structures.
• Understanding of GoL procedures.

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, environmental/climate science.
• Strong MEAL skills (data collection tools, indicator tracking and basic analysis).
• Computer skills: MS Office/Teams; familiarity with Kobo is an advantage.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Lao (fluent) • English (working level)

Languages Preferred: • Proficiency in local ethnic languages in Viengkham district, Nambak district and Ngoy district, Luang Prabang Province, Laos is an asset.

Contract Duration: Fixed term (1 year with the possibility of extension)

Work Modality:

Remuneration: