EC FFPA Project Officer

Brief overview of vacancy

Fairtrade International, as the project lead, is responsible for carrying out project management, monitoring, ensuring that resources are used in line with EC funding and compliance requirements, and that accounts are audited.

The project’s co-applicants (Fair Trade Advocacy Office, Fairtrade Africa, CLAC and NAPP) are represented in the Consortium Steering Committee. Fairtrade International is responsible for organizing the Committee meetings which take place on a quarterly basis.

The EC FFPA project team at Fairtrade International is responsible for:

  • Coordination of all project partners to ensure the effective implementation of the project, including setting up and managing internal project management tools, the Consortium Steering Group, and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) mechanisms.
  • Leading on donor financial and narrative reporting.
  • Fulfilment of compliance and visibility requirements.
  • Ensuring the project delivers against its logframe and workplan by leading on the financial management of the project (with close support from the Fairtrade International Finance Unit) and on the implementation of the project’s monitoring and evaluation plan (in close collaboration with MEL experts at Fairtrade International and partner organizations).

Serving as the main contact of the European Commission and the Consortium Steering Group, responsible for escalating challenges and providing regular progress updates to the group.

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Deadline: 1 Sep 2024