Posted October 21, 2026 Listing expires October 23, 2026

WOLREC and Social Development Direct with funding from the Embassy of Ireland in Malawi are implementing a 5-year project aimed at preventing early and unintended pregnancies in Zomba and Mulanje Districts.

To this end, the programme seeks to recruit for different positions as follows:

Project Lead (1 position to be based at the WOLREC offices in Blantyre)

The Project Lead is responsible for managing the project

Specific Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: –

• Ensure effective implementation of all project components, through management of the programme workplan and budget, including monitoring progress, identifying implementation gaps, and taking appropriate corrective action, with support from the Programme Co-Directors.
• Manage day-to-day project operations and issues, ensuring that challenges are identified, addressed promptly, and escalated to management when necessary.
• Lead the development of project materials related to the prevention of Early and Unintended Pregnancies (EUP), with support from the Programme Co-Directors, ensuring that materials are accurate, relevant, evidence-based, and aligned with project objectives.
• Lead external engagement and influencing activities, including building and maintaining relationships with relevant stakeholders, partners, government institutions, and other key actors, and identifying strategic influencing and advocacy opportunities for the project
• Prepare and coordinate project reports, ensuring that reports are accurate, timely, complete, and reflect project progress, achievements, challenges, and lessons learned.
• Represent the programme in meetings, workshops, conferences, and other engagements when delegated, ensuring that the programme’s interests, positions, and objectives are appropriately communicated.
• Supervise and coordinate project staff and provide effective leadership, ensuring that staff understand their roles and responsibilities and deliver project activities to the required standards and within agreed timelines.
• Conduct performance reviews for directly supervised project staff, provide regular feedback, identifying development needs, and supporting staff to improve their performance.
• Perform any other duties assigned by Management from time to time, as required to support the effective delivery of the project and achievement of organizational objectives.

Qualifications, Minimum Education and Experience

A Master’s Degree in Social Science, Community development, Rural development with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in programme delivery and/or managerial work, preferably in youth-related programme.

Skills

• Self-starter/motivated and proactive
• Able to work under minimum supervision.
• Committed to technical excellence
• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to think strategically
• Good interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Computer skills

All applications should be sent to:

The Executive Director
Women’s Legal Resources Centre
P.O Box 31472
Chichiri
Blantyre 3
Malawi
[email protected] / [email protected]

Or hand delivered to:

WOLREC Offices, Naperi, Kenyatta Drive, Plot SW 8/5 17/3&4

By 23rd October, 2026