Program Officer – Education and Peace Building (Including gender mainstreaming)

Location: MCC Office in Beira, Mozambique, 30-40% travel to working areasPosition Summary: The Program Officer will work closely with the MCC Mozambique program team, Admin & Finance team and Country Representative to accompany partner organizations in project planning, monitoring and evaluation and reporting of MCC-funded projects. This Program Officer position supports the work of MCC Mozambique Program Coordinators and may also provide small support to the Finance and Administration team.Qualifications:1. Commitment to MCC Mozambique’s values2. Five+ years of experience in related work in Program Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (PMER) or Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) in Education and Team Building.3. Experience working within the INGO environment necessary.4. Experience working in rural areas of Central and Southern Mozambique is desired.5. Bachelor’s degree in Community Development, Peace studies, Education, Sociology, or related field is necessary.Required Skills, Knowledge and Competencies:1. Proven ability to build relationships with a wide variety of people from diverse socio-economic, cultural, and religious backgrounds. Upholding core principles of diversity.2. Strong written and oral communication skills in English and Portuguese.3. Proven competence in project design, outcome-oriented planning, monitoring and evaluation.4. Proven competence in qualitative and quantitative research methods, data collection, processing and reporting.5. Proven competence to follow project budgets6. Initiative-taking, able to work alone to deadlines, knows when to seek help7. Willingness and ability to often travel to remote project areas.8. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs including Word and ExcelSupervisionThis position is supervised by and reports to the country Representative/ Director.Program Management Duties:• Accompanying partner organizations with program planning, project design, and implementation of project activities that benefit vulnerable communities.• Regularly visit partners’ working areas for monitoring, coaching and capacity support in planning, monitoring and evaluation (up to 50% travel in project areas for activities implementation process monitoring, partners’ procurement process monitoring, project impact monitoring and providing accompaniment) and working with PLDR, gathering data for Reporting.• Collaborate closely with partners to ensure high quality and prompt program narrative and financial reporting.• Summarize MCC Mozambique activities and outputs for the country program for purposes of reporting and publicity.Gather data and information for preparation of annual reports etc.Government Liaison Duties:Support the Country Representative/ Director in the following:• Stay up to date on government legislation, policies and procedures of relevance to INGOs.• Support good working relationships with the Social Welfare Council and Central Project Advisory Committee.• Work with the Country Representative and to develop new Project Agreements and country Strategic plan.Other Duties:• Help in organizing workshops and capacity building events for MCC partners.• Assist the MCC Mozambique finance team with procurement activities for the country program in compliance with procurement policies, and supporting partners in their procurement processes under the guidance of the MCC Mozambique finance team• Help program and admin team to provide orientation, guidance and support to MCC visitors, Especially for Education and Peace Building areas.• Participate in professional development opportunities.• Take on other responsibilities as may be required by the Country RepresentativeHOW TO APPLYHow to ApplyDo you want to join us? Submit a CV and a motivation letter (maximum one page) indicating why you are the best candidate for the position. These documents should be sent by email to [email protected] not later than April 7th, 2026, at 5: 00pm with a subject line " Program Officer – Education and Peace Building (Including gender mainstreaming)" And, fill out this FORM. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.