Overview
The Project Coordinator will supervise and guide the Communications Officer, MER Officer, and Finance Officer to ensure quality implementation across programmatic, monitoring and evaluation, and financial components. The role covers all stages of project management, including planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and financial oversight.
Tasks Summary
- Support project design stage, including ideation with partners, youth group and community.
- Deliver the project planning and implementation stages, including development of all supporting documents, partnership assessments, preparation and updating of the internal system.
- Establish strong coordination and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Lead in project monitoring, evaluation, in collaboration with the MER team or other related units.
- Lead in the project closing stage, in collaboration with the grant management team or other related unit.
- Ensure GEDSI and safeguarding approaches are well mainstreamed and implemented.
- Maintain communication with the partner, MER, and team on project planning and implementation.
- Monitor project progress (outcomes and results) using a monitoring dashboard and expenditure regularly.
- Prepare progress reports for the internal Plan every quarter and on other bases if needed.
- Prepare informative and high-quality reports and any other required information for NO, donors, or external stakeholders.
- Collaborate with the communications team to develop and disseminate the project's related communications strategy.
- Lead the development of project learnings, in collaboration with MER and other relevant teams.
- Represent the Plan in the relevant network meetings and/or conferences.
- Establish external networks in including youth networks or alliances.
- Support the partnership team to conduct partnership assessment and capacity assessment for partners.
- Maintain and expand high-quality and strategic relationships with project stakeholders.
- Develop and implement the advocacy agenda and campaign, in collaboration with partners and youth networks.
- Support the Youth Engagement Team to strengthen youth centeredness program.
- Supervise and provide mentoring/coaching to the project team.
- Manage budget and PC in Plan’s system (SAP), in coordination with Finance and Procurement teams.
- Work with the CLT and CMT, program, and technical team to devise strategies, policies, and protocols to promote the diversity of youth.
- Developing close coordination with the partner to ensure all project outputs are well achieved.
- Uphold ethical financial practices, strictly avoiding fraud and ensuring compliance with Plan’s policies, including safeguarding standards.
- Embed Plan International’s Safeguarding and Gender Equality policies.
Experience Requirements
- Minimum of 2–3 years of experience in project management within development or humanitarian settings.
- Demonstrated experience managing donor-funded projects (preferably corporate or institutional donors), including compliance, accountability, financial oversight, and reporting.
- Strong understanding of digital wellbeing, online safety, digital literacy, child protection in digital spaces, or adolescent development.
- Experience working with local implementing partners, providing technical guidance, monitoring progress, and ensuring quality delivery.
- Familiarity with Learning Management Systems (LMS), digital platforms, and online engagement tools.
- Experience coordinating multi-stakeholder initiatives, including NGOs, schools, government institutions, private sector partners, and community groups.
- Understanding of GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion), safeguarding, and child rights frameworks.
- Ability to develop high-quality donor reports (narrative and data-driven), including documentation of results, impact stories, and lessons learned.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, data collection tools (e.g., Google Forms), and virtual meeting platforms (e.g., Zoom, MS Teams).
- Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines while maintaining quality and compliance standards.
Qualification Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in social sciences, Education, Communication, Development Studies, Information Technology, or other relevant fields.
