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Mercy Corps has been present in Liberia since 2002, focusing its interventions on Governance, Youth Livelihoods,
Economic Growth, and Development. With funding from the EU, SIDA, AFD, UAE MOFAIC, and USDA, Mercy Corps
works with communities in Liberia to respond to their various needs, benefiting more than 40,000 participants
through the provision of employment and entrepreneurship opportunities and access to energy.

General Position Summary
The Project Coordinator oversees the implementation of the Ejo program in Liberia. In ac they support the
implementation of the LEARN II program. The following summarizes the position under e
program:
Ejo oversees the technical, operational, and pedagogical implementation of the progra
• Operation/project component: to ensure the coordination of all program activities in connection with the
operational team and the project’s local partners.
• Pedagogical component: Implementing the pedagogical strategy, adapting, disseminat evaluating
the pedagogical contents in cooperation with the local partners.
LEARN II – supports strategic and operational implementation of the program:
• Strategic: provides support to the program manager
• Operational: coordinates activities with field staff, supports programmatic reporting, facilitates strong stakeholder relationships
Under the direct supervision of the Mercy Corps Acting Program Manager in Liberia, he or she works closely with the Head of Programs and the Pedagogical Referent of PLAY International, both based at the organization’s headquarters in Paris. Based in Buchanan (Grand Bassa County) within Mercy Corps’ regional office, this position includes regular travel to Grand Bassa and Rivercess counties and occasionally to France and/or Senegal to work with PLAY International headquarters and international teams.

About Play International
PLAY International was born in 1999 from the idea that sport could be a catalyst for social change. Since then, the
NGO has developed and managed education projects in some fifteen countries for the benefit of more than half
a million children. This action in the field, often in precarious contexts, has enabled the NGO to develop an
approach to sport that makes it possible to transform its practice into a concrete response to an educational,
social, or health problem. PLAY International has thus invented new ways of learning, growing, or overcoming
trauma. Today, the NGO has reinvented itself to respond to an ambition: to multiply the social impact of sport in
France and worldwide with a common thread: social innovation.
Essential Job Responsibilities – Ejo

EXECUTION OF THE EJO PROGRAM
• Steering the operationalization of the project: implementation planning and creation of the chronogram.
• Coordinate the execution with the technical teams mobilized and the program’s partners.
• Ensure overall monitoring and coordination of the implementation of activities.
ADAPTATION, DEPLOYMENT, AND DISSEMINATION OF PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT AND ACTIVITIES
• Studying the formal and informal/non-formal educational context to address vulnerability issues of children and pre-adolescents in Liberia.
• Adapting educational content and materials (thematic content, sessions, sequences, etc.) to the local context and to end-line children’s beneficiaries.
• Develop and conduct training courses to direct beneficiaries’ animators/teachers to equip them with the skills needed to deploy education through sports sessions for children.
• Provide pedagogical monitoring and support to the trainees (teachers, facilitators, institutional trainers, etc.).

PROGRAM MONITORING AND EVALUATION
Apply the program monitoring protocol and adapt the tools.
• Ensure regular monitoring of the activities related to the quantitative and qualitative ambitions of the program.
• Write regular implementation reports contributing to optimal dissemination and reporting of the project’s
progress.

TEAM MANAGEMENT
• Conduct training and hands-on experiences for program staff and facilitate training courses
for teachers and sports instructors in close collaboration with the public authorities.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback via
regular
performance discussions. • Work closely and oversee partners, including private sector actors, government agencies,
universities, and research entities.
Provide team members with information, tools, and other resources to improve performance and reach
objectives

Knowledge and Experience
• A minimum of five years of professional experience working with issues related to Children, especially the
disadvantage, teachers, and school administrators, and planning, design, and performance management
of international development assistance programs.
• Minimum of bachelor’s in education, sociology, economics, statistics, or a closely related field is preferred.
• Experience in the planning and execution of complex programs would be an added advantage.
• Experience in adult training on themes of education/sport is desired.
• Competence in pedagogy and didactics of sport.
• A project management credential is required.
• Proven ability to solve problems independently without direct supervision.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, representation skills, and ability to work comfortably with an ethnically
diverse staff, including members of partner organizations.
• Excellent command of English is essential. The mastery of French is a plus.
Must be willing to relocate to Buchanan.
• Effective verbal and written communication, organizational, prioritization, and computer skills
in Microsoft Office Applications.