Programme Coordination and Volunteer Management

• Assist VSO ICS Project Coordinators (PCs) and Team Leaders (TLs) in planning and implementing ICS activities
• Supervise and guide volunteers in placement
• Keep track of all programme plans and activities
• Meet specific requests for support made by PCs and TLs
• Attend weekly team meetings and provide necessary support to run Community Action Days (CADs)
• Liaise with local community partners including but not limited to School Management Committees, Parent Teacher Association (PTA), local health posts, municipalities, wards, local cooperatives, farmers’ groups, women’s groups and so forth
• Assist peer educators to run activities
• Prepare and submit periodic activity reports as per project standard format and help produce publication of best examples and success stories of community activities carried out by action learners
• Make visits to team clusters to monitor action learners’ activities
• Support VSO ICS PCs in providing adequate and prompt medical support as needed
• Work closely with TLs to develop innovative ideas
• Support VSO Nepal ICS team and PCs in the identification and selection of host homes and mitigate any conflicts concerning host homes as they arise

Finance

• Work closely with project coordination in coordinator with Aasaman Nepal Finance officer/Manager, effectively manage any budget allocated for activities, and support the finance officer to ensure proper financial documents are submitted by action learners within agreed budget and in accordance to VSO’s policies, and contractual agreements
• Communicate between action learners, TLs and PCs to facilitate expenses settlement in a timely manner
• Facilitate funds in the form of advance to action learners to conduct activities
• Make payments to the host homes as per advice of PCs
• Make timely volunteer allowance payments as advised by PCs
• Support action learners to accurately complete financial documents as required

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Ensure data management systems capture all data relevant for monitoring and evaluation of all programme activities
• Assist PCs and TLs in programme implementation and learning and in data collection and monitoring activities as required
• Facilitate activities against targeted plans

• Maintain continuous communication with PCs and TLs
• Facilitate promotional activities of the ICS programme locally in close coordination with the Kathmandu office and project placement staff
• Assist VSO Nepal in the recruitment process of national action learners as required
• Attend important events as invited by VSO Nepal and partner NGO
• Manage logistical and administrative support as required
• Fulfil other appropriate level responsibilities from time to time

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Social work, Development Studies or any related subject
• At least two years working experience in development sector
• Good communication and staff management skill
• An excellent computer skill on Microsoft Office, Microsoft, Excel and PowerPoint