INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Project Manager

CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

Date: November 10, 2020

Vacancy No. 59/20

 Grade: 9D

Salary: USD 1838

No of positions; (One)  

Type of Employment- Definite

Duty base and Position:  Addis Ababa

Dead Line: 10 days from the date of announcement

JOB SUMMARY:

The purpose of the Project Manager (PM) position is to provide overall leadership and coordination for ensuring the implementation and accomplishment of the objectives of the project under his/her responsibility in line with CARE’s vision, goals, and program principles, standards, approaches and Long Range Strategic Plan. Beside in close collaboration with the project team and SRH unity team, will lead and develop SRH and life skill manuals for out of school girls intervention and men and boys engagement manual for the project. In consultation with the supervisor and in collaboration with the project staffs and partners she/he develops annual implementation plans and budget, allocates appropriate resources to accomplish the plan, secures qualified staff and ensures that an appropriate monitoring system is in place to track progress and deviations of project implementation. To promote the highest level of staff performance the PM ensures that all supervisors provide coaching and counseling to the project staff. He/she establishes and maintains effective working relationships with key government partners and NGOs working in the same geographic areas.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS: 

Project Implementation.

• Develop scalable evidence based comprehensive and contextualized out of school girl’s life skill curriculum and implementation guideline
• Develop evidence based comprehensive manual for men and boys engagement
• Organizes the implementation process of all set targets planned for each project with respective supervisors, experts and other concerned staff working within program departments;
• Ensures that all staff have updated monthly and quarterly implementation plans;
• Periodically visits field activities and provide formal and informal feedback to the project staff in terms of adequate and inadequate progress as well as recommendations for improved performance;
• Builds the capacity of project staff and its partners in technical issues pertinent to the sector including SRH, HTP and livelihoods;

Project Planning

• With the project team and LDM unit analyzes past experiences to systematize and incorporate lessons learned into the planning process;
• Based on past accomplishments and achievements adjusts project targets, strategies, resources and delegation of responsibilities to ensure appropriate progress toward project objectives;
• Shares draft plans with project management team, staff and partners involved in the implementation and incorporate their input into the plan;
• Submits annual plans as per established schedules to all project stakeholders.

Staff Management.

• Supervises, leads, guides, orients, trains, coaches and supports the project team leaders 
• Builds the technical and managerial capacity of the field staff in planning and implementing projects effectively and efficiently;
• Recommends or initiates personnel actions such as merit increases and other salary adjustments, promotions, transfers, terminations, and disciplinary actions including performance improvement plans;
• Ensure that all project staff have appropriate individual operational plans linked to project priorities;
• Completes all performance management activities including: performance planning, monitoring, and annual performance appraisals;

Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Ensures that project under his/her supervision include an appropriate log-frame and baseline design;
• In consultation with LDM unit organizes a monitoring system to collect baseline and periodic data for tracking project performance and decision making;
• Plans and conducts quarterly and annual project review meeting to assess progress, adjust plans, and draw/disseminate lessons learned;
• Write monthly/quarterly/annual comprehensive and high quality project progress reports;
• Implement audit recommendations related to the project.
• Implement other M&E related tasks based on donor requirements

 Project Budget Management.

• In collaboration with finance staff prepares annual budget based on project proposal and ensures compliance with donor requirements;
• Ensures appropriate utilization of fund codes for charging budget expenditures;
• Monitor monthly budget burn rates and make adjustment when needed.
• Ensure timely financial reporting is done and shared with the HO finance       

Networking, Learning and Representation. 

• Establishes and maintain formal and informal communication mechanisms with government, community partners and other stakeholders;
• Participate in steering committee meetings, and supervision visits held at Regional, Zonal and Woreda level to discuss project related issues;
• Keeps up to date with developments in the project, including best practice examples in-country and internationally, and ensure ongoing personal development and learning;          

Job Requirements

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Required:

• BSC/BA. Degree on SRH, public health, social science or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Desired:

• MA/MPH/MSc. SRH, Public health, social science or related field

EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• 6-8 years’ experience working on public health, sexual and reproductive health
• Experience on manual development for community intervention

Desired:

• Experience in development-oriented NGO environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required:

• Proficiency in verbal and written English and Amharic;
• Concept paper development, operational planning, budget planning and management, monitoring and evaluation, report writing;
• Proficiency in standard office software packages;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;

COMPETENCIES

Respect, accountability, courage, excellence, adaptability, stress tolerance, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact, coaching, facilitating change, developing teams, information monitoring, planning and organizing, leading through vision and value.

How to Apply

If you are interested to be part of our dynamic team, exciting work environment and contribute to CARE Ethiopia’s mission and vision, please send your CV (not more than 3 page) and cover letter (not more than one page) using one of the following options:

• Directly apply through Ethiojobs: www.ethiojobs.net
• Send your application by e-mail to: ETH.JobsHR@care.org
• Send your application through P.O. Box 4710 addressed to CARE Ethiopia, Human Resources Unit, Addis Ababa
• Apply in person to one of CARE Ethiopia Offices in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Borena, Hawassa, Semera, Chiro, Debre Tabor, Dilla and Filtu

 Note: On the subject Line, please clearly write the position you are applying “Project Manager". Your application will be automatically disqualified, if you fail to do so. 

Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the requirement are strongly encouraged to apply, especially women

 Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.