Field Officer - FS Iceland Project

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

FIELD OFFICER – NGABU ICELAND PROJECT

SOS Children’s Villages Malawi is a non-governmental child protection and development organisation established in Malawi in 1991. Our vision is that every child belongs to a family and grows up with love, respect and security. Our mission is to build families for children in need; we help them shape their own futures, and we share in the development of their communities. In pursuit of the vision and mission, we work in collaboration with the Government of Malawi and other partners to implement various projects focusing on child protection and development; entrepreneurship and vocational skills training for young people; livelihood improvement for vulnerable households; child and youth education, as well as advocacy in the areas of child rights and protection. Our programme coverage is country-wide, operating from Chikwawa, Blantyre, Lilongwe, Mzimba and Mzuzu.

It is in this context that we are looking for a suitable candidate to fill the position of Field Officer at our SOS Children’s Villages, Ngabu Iceland Project in Ngabu, Chikwawa District as follows;

Responsible to:                     Iceland Project Manager

Employment nt Contract:     2 years - Full-time, fixed-term employment contract renewable upon funding availability and performance.

Duty Station:                         Ngabu in Chikwawa

Position Summary

Field Officer is responsible for facilitating the capacity building of project-participating families, Community-Based Organisations, and other duty bearers for the survival, development, and protection of children at risk of losing parental care within their families of origin, with a focus on care, education, and health.

Key performance areas and responsibilities:

Project Participation

• Support Community Task Forces in the identification of project participants.
• Facilitate active participation of children in all FS processes.
• Facilitate the identification and training of community facilitators/peer educators in Family Development Planning.

 Planning and budgeting

• Support Community Task Force, families, and communities in the assessment of root causes leading to child abandonment at family and community levels through the use of appropriate participatory tools.
• Facilitate the identification of opportunities and mobilization of local resources for the action plan to meet the needs of each household and community.

 Capacity building of families.

• Facilitate the empowerment of facilitators/peer/ peer educators in Family Development Planning for their effective and efficient contribution to the strengthening of families.
• Organise and facilitate families/caregivers' access to child rights and other paralegal issues training and support;

 Capacity building

• Facilitate and support the initial CBO capacity assessment to come up with the CBO Development Plan.
• Facilitate the development of the CBO’s organizational management capacity. that is, formation of properly constituted boards & committees, writing CBO constitution, legal registration of CBO, developing the CBO vision statement, mission statement, strategy and values.
• Support the CBO capacity building of systems in Financial and Accounting policies, procurement policies and procedures, resource mobilization strategies, human resource management policies, project reporting procedures and strategic plans.

 Networking and Partnerships

• Facilitate stakeholder analysis within the project, maintaining and updating stakeholders’ profiles.
• Collaborate with community development structures, other NGOs and government departments for effective service delivery to programme participants.
• Identifying opportunities for partnerships within the project area.

Disaster preparedness and response

• Support the CBO capacity building in emergency preparedness and response.
• Support Humanitarian work in the Programme.                   

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Participatory monitoring and evaluation of the project interventions.
• Carry out regular visits to CBOs, family support groups and other partners in the respective community for timely and relevant project support.
• Prepare and submit timely progress reports to the FSP Coordinator on project interventions.

 Child Safeguarding, Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse (PSHEA) and asset safeguarding

• Adhering to child safeguarding and PSHEA policies and ensuring that all child/ adult safeguarding procedures and ways of working are successfully observed and implemented.

Required qualifications and attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in development studies, Social Work, Agriculture, or any other relevant qualification from a recognised university.
• At least 3 years’ experience in implementing child and community development programmes.
• Sound understanding of child rights, rights-based programming, and management of CBOs.
• Good communication and reporting skills
• Possession of a motorcycle license is a must.

Note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The job posting may close before the listed deadline if the required volume of suitable applications is received."

Please ensure that you include your full contact details, including telephone numbers. The closing date for receiving applications is 30^th July 2026. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

“SOS Children´s Villages Malawi has zero-tolerance neither on sexual exploitation, harassment, and abuse, as well as fraud and corruption, amongst other safeguarding aspects. SOS Children’s Villages Malawi also provide equal employment opportunities to all employees & qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class. The successful candidate will be required to complete safer recruitment checks, including police and reference checks to help verify their suitability to work for SOS Children’s Villages Malawi.

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES MALAWI IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER; ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.