Reporting Lines: Country Lead

Contract Type: 1 year contract

Who We Are

Girl Effect is a creative non-profit empowering girls to change their lives. We work across the world in places where girls are marginalised and vulnerable. We create youth brands and mobile platforms for young people in ways that they love and interact with. We deliver these through the media and mobile tech that we use every day - from apps that build skills to TV dramas they explore virtual issues, to magazines written by girls. In Ethiopia, we have created and run the brand Yegna which has been working to empower girls for 7 years through radio drama, music & more recently TV drama and digital platforms. 

Context of the Role

The Senior Manager, Program Development will work on core aspects of our work including fundraising, program design, and identifying and developing partnerships. You will work closely with both the programs and fundraising team. You will develop and deliver a series of partnerships within the development sector to help Yegna maintain its national reach, deepen its impact with youth audiences, and build towards a sustainable future. An important aspect of the role is working with government, developing relationships and liaising with partners to build the strength of the Yegna brand and its impact within the Ethiopian context.

What You’ll Do

The Senior Manager will lead Girl Effect Ethiopia’s stakeholder engagement strategy for its youth media brand Yegna. You will be tasked with building partnerships with key institutions (including bilateral donors, multilateral organisations, government ministries, INGO and civil society organisations) in Ethiopia to extend the reach, impact and sustainability of Girl Effect Ethiopia’s youth culture brand - YEGNA. You will also support the Girl Effect global team when they lead on the design of multi-country programs that include Ethiopia. 

Key responsibilities will require skills in: 

Opportunity identification

• Identifying possible partners to forge partnerships with and proactively pursuing opportunities for high impact.

Communications

• Excellent communication and outreach skills: a strong presenter who can achieve high-level buyin for objectives and rally partners for support.

Stakeholder engagement management

• Experience negotiating multi-stakeholder partnerships through a variety of different development finance mechanisms.

Programme Design

• Experience designing programmes based on evidence, building detailed budgets, and operational implementation plans for complex development programs.

Writing grant proposals 

• Excellent proposal writing skills working in English language and built on evidence.

What Else You Should Know

As we continue to scale and grow - we are hugely ambitious for our future and we are looking for people who are driven by this to change the world for girls.

At Girl Effect, you can expect to work somewhere where you will be stretched and developed in your role, a place where you can build your career and work with talented, engaged people committed to our cause to create a lasting impact.  

Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on our organizational values at the interview & exam stage. Salary package and benefits: Competitive package and benefits plus the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment with brilliant people.

The successful candidate(s) will be expected to adhere to our safeguarding policy. We encourage candidates to read and understand our safeguarding policy, the executive summary of which can be found on https://bit.ly/3qohibn.

Girl Effect is an equal opportunities employer and encourages application from all.

Job Requirements

Qualifications 

• BA degree in a relevant field of study. Preferably with a Masters degree but not mandatory. 
• 8 years of Experience in Program development, Monitoring and evaluation, fundraising or stakeholder management. 

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send their CV and cover letter through the following email address iman.abdulwahab@girleffect.org no later than December 21, 2020 COB.