The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) invites competent and qualified candidates to apply for the vacant post of Program Coordinator of which the detail requirements are mentioned here below.

Brief Highlight of EWLA: Established in 1995, the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) is a non-governmental, non-partisan and non-for profit local organization mainly works for the promotion and advancement of women’s rights in the country. It strives towards ensuring gender equality and women empowerment through fighting Gender Based Violence and Violence against Women and Children. Since its establishment, EWLA has provided free legal aid service for needy women and children through its structures stretched from its head office in Addis Ababa to the branch offices in Amhara, Oromiya, Gambella, Benishangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa; and Southern regional states. Currently, EWLA has also a structure at grass-roots level in which there are strong Voluntary Committees in 54 Zones and Woredas all over the country.

Job Summary:

Being a fulltime staff and accountable to the Executive Directress, the job holder will be stationed at the Headquarter of the Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association. The job holder will mainly be responsible for coordinating the core programs of EWLA namely, Legal Aid, Public Education & Capacity Building and Research & Advocacy Programs. In this regard he/she is responsible for preparing project proposals, plans and periodic reports closely follow up EWLA’s six branches and their respective 53 volunteer committees, communicating with donors, relevant stakeholders, the media and other partners who are relevant for the promotion of the mission of EWLA. In addition, the job holder will be needed to provide trainings on women’s rights and related topics as well as assist in organizing workshops on different topics and assist in the preparation and dissemination of training materials. Human resource planning, management and analysis, fundraising and resource mobilization co-ordination and follow-up, and provision of technical expertise for the design and implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning guidance both at the head quarter and branch office levels are also undertakings that the job holder will be responsible for.

Qualification: Master of Arts in Law or LLB with a minimum of 4 and 7 years of relevant experiences respectively.

Requirements: Excellent project writing and report drafting skill both in English and Amharic, knowledge of participatory approaches and tools, computer skill,  experience of working with CSO sector, demonstrated ability to work in team, evidence of strong self management skills and commitment and willingness to work for gender and women empowerment.