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Project Officer

Humanity & Inclusion (new brand name of Handicap International)

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Social Development

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2 years

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2020-01-23

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2020-02-01

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Job Description

Job Description

Duty Station:  Gambela

Mission

The Project Officer (PO) implements the project activities aimed at improving person with disabilities right and quality of life. 

The project will be implemented in consortium with Federation Ethiopian National Association of Person with Disabilities (FENAPD)

Responsibilities

1. Project Implementation and management support

• Develop annual and quarterly project activity plan, in collaboration with Addis Ababa project site base project officer, training officer, local government stakeholders; Gambella, BoLSA, REB and wereda health facility staffs, community health workers (CHW) and DPOs with the validation of the project manager.
• Provide a bi-monthly activity plan.
• Provide technical inputs to health facility staff, DPOs, and REB for quality activity implementation 
• Monitor and support whether FENAPD implementing the agreed project activities in Gambella based on standards and agreed timetable. 
• Participate in the development of project quality and monitoring quality indicators of the project.
• Contribute to formative, quantitative and client-centered research/assessment to identify key health behavior determinants targeted by the project.
• Maintain M&E system and feedback mechanisms.  
• Make regular field trips to project sites (Woredas in Gambella) to meet with schools, Person with disabilities beneficiaries, and visit health facilities services to monitor quality of activity implementation as assigned by the Project Manager.

2. Proper Documenting and record keeping

• Ensure proper documentation and efficient use of project’s resources.
• Produce terms of reference and activity reports for each activity implemented.
• Coordinate with implementing and local partner to provide inputs for the periodical reports to submit to the Project Manager as required by donors and government cosignatories.
• Carry out regular recording and reporting of activities, field trips and meetings; in coordination with other team members.
• Compile monthly and project activities report and submit to PM.
• Use Washington Group Tools for disability inclusion data collection
• Maintain a database of information on the project (Disability, Gender and Age dis-aggregated).
• Participate in compiling lessons learned, designing and implementing events for exchange of project experience. 
• Ensure effective recording and dissemination of results of model of capacity building programs for local government and FENAPD and DPO capacity building. 
• Contribute to designing system to compile and disseminate good project practices.
• Ensure regular recording of field trips and activity implementation related to project implementation.
• Prepare and submit monthly time sheet.

3. Develop resources to conduct capacity building/awareness-raising initiatives 

• With training officer, develop training resource to build the capacity of the DPOs, schools, cluster health facility team and the community on the rights of person with disabilities and related issues.
• With training officer, develop interesting and user-friendly awareness-raising material/manuals.
• Translate short documents in to local language or review the translation of materials.
• Conduct training need assessment and trainings of target beneficiaries, schools, BoLSA, local public health service providers and DPOs.
• Monitor and evaluate to ensure the sensitization and training to relevant community actors on the rights of person with disabilities.

4. Maintain a high quality of work

• Study and maintain a high level of knowledge and skills in understanding disability, inclusion of person with disabilities, CRPD and SDG and implementation.
• Coordinate with HELASIA-PM and the project team, to ensure the project and its activities are in compliance with local laws and regulations, HI standards and donor requirements.
5.5. Responsible for implementing the safeguarding policies at project level
• Prepare work plans and implement safeguarding (child protection, PSEA) activities.
• Ensures that the local partners are aware of the safeguarding policies and facilitate training to build their capacity in this regard
• Ensure that the safeguarding policies are implemented at all levels in the project site 
• Ensure that project beneficiaries are aware of these policies and promote to report any concern regarding child protection or PSEA 
• Monitor and document the progress of child protection and PSEA activities.
• Report immediately any concern, incident to the PM/PD concerning child protection and PSEA.

6. Relationship management

• Represent HI on the work related engagement with government partners, DPOs and schools in the course project implementation under the supervision of the Project Manager.
• Cooperate with local government counterparts and other stakeholders to realize the project objectives. 
• Maintain conducive working relationships with staff members, partners, beneficiaries and other stakeholders to facilitate the implementation of the project.
• Set-up a proper communication system with partners

Job Requirements

Interested applicants who meet the above criteria should fill in the attached application form Job application form.docx and submit it with a 1 page motivation letter through ethiojobs or email it at recruitment@ethiopia.hi.org on or before the above mentioned deadline.

Please clearly state the position you apply in the subject of your email and also for which duty station.  Only short listed candidates will be contacted for exam/interview no phone calls please. 

We’re committed to safeguarding and promoting child protection and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position involves working with beneficiaries and is subject to strict safer recruitment checks. The successful candidate will be required to complete a police check and sign self-declaration form to help us verify your suitability to work with children including checks with past employers. 

Humanity & Inclusion is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes women and persons with disabilities to apply. 

How to Apply

Education & Qualification

• Degree in Human Rights Law, Disability and Development study, Social work, Sociology, special needs education or related field

Professional Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of programmatic and technical experience in the area of inclusion 
• Working experience in field of disability, inclusion and mainstreaming.
• Knowledge and understanding the rights of person with disabilities, CRPD and SDG 
• Experience in community development and community mobilization and working with DPOs, REB, BoLSA, schools and health facilities;
• Hands-on experience on the rights of person with disabilities 
• Knowledge of local languages and command of English is an asset.

Skills

• High degree of confidentiality.
• Computer literacy (Word, Excel and Power Point).
• Diligence and attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.

Language

• Knowledge of local language is mandatory.