Job Summary

Ethiopian Midwives Association (EMwA) is a legally registered, autonomous, and not-for-profit professional association established in 1992 and re-registered under the new civil society proclamation. (EMwA) operates in all regions of Ethiopia and the two city administrations by using and works for the quality of midwifery education and care. EMwA has been a member of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) since 1993.

The primary goal of EMwA is to contribute towards the reduction of maternal and child mortality and morbidity in Ethiopia to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The vision of the association is to see every woman, newborn, and their family have access to standard midwifery care. The mission of the association is to promote and enhance the expansion, performance and status of midwifery profession through adapting quality and evidence based practices; adhering to the code of ethics and conduct empowering the professionals.

Role:

The IGA officer will be in charge of all income generating activities that are initiated to provide means to achieve a financial sustainability for EMwA. The IGA Officer will perform his/her role to assist in carrying out all Income Generating activities and the upkeep of existing business relationships under the supervision of the Executive Director or IGA Manager 

Major Duties & Responsibilities 

• Responsible for operating, keep safety all the digital operating equipment.
• Support the preparation of project reports on IGA activities
• Identify market for the produced product and organize market linkage to the beneficiaries 
• Organizes copy flow, coordinates multiple production schedules and printing deadlines; troubleshoots and remedies related issues;
• Monitor stocks of materials such as paper, ink, and metal in order to maintain supplies during equipment operation.
• Asses job orders to determine any special printing instructions, stock specifications, colors or quantities to be printed
• Assist in training, scheduling and distributing work to other staff members.
• Monitoring and maintaining the quality of the order
• Improving processes and cost-efficiency
• Prepare payment sheet and submit to finance unit for copy/print materials
• Mapping of IGA actors/stakeholders at community and national level
• Plan, follow-up and report on the implementation of IGA activities
• Ensuring collaboration between different staff in different projects
• Working with clients, briefing and advising them with regard to design style, format, print production and timescales.
• Conduct visualize and design materials to be printed, such as brochures, display pieces, and mailers.
• Perform other activities as may be assigned form time to time by the supervisor
• Assess market and design trends to create timely, trendy designs that look fresh and current.
• Perform all administrative aspects of production, including preparing the final designs, checking and approving color, copy, text format separations, and scaling images for print production.

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to: Executive Director or IGA Manager 
• Working Relationships: CPD department, IRB, finance and M&E unit, Project staffs.

Required number: One

Report to: Executive Director or IGA Manager 

Grade Level: VI

Job Category: Professional 

Job Requirements

Education:

• BA or Diploma in Business Administration or Marketing Management or related fields 

Experience:

• Minimum of 4/8 years relevant experience on Income generating activities
• Experience of working in NGO

Additional Training:

• Full professional Competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint and also adobe Photoshop
• Able to respectfully challenge cultural perceptions /beliefs held by groups and work with highly sensitive material on reproductive.

Competencies/ Personal attributes

• Demonstrate commitment to the vision, mission, core values and goals of EMwA.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and foster trust and respect.
• Self-motivated and highly organized, detail oriented
• Flexible and able to work well under pressure.
• Exhibit a desire to support a large number of people
• Strong team player
• Good facilitation skills

Technical skills

• Technical skills in income generating activities livelihoods programming  
• Strong training and facilitation skills
• Experience in community and stakeholders relationship building and management  

Languages

• Fluency in spoken and written English and Amharic

Desired Criteria (An Asset)

• Experience in I/NGO environment is advantageous.
• Knowledge of basic computer skills is an asset.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants who met the MINIMUM requirements should send the required documents through e-mail: recruit@ethiopian-midwives.org or P.O. Box 1410, or in person to Ethiopian Midwives Association’s Head Office located on Equatorial Guinea Street, Haya Hulet, behind Elsa Kolo or behind Meklit Building, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

• A cover letter / application letter (not more than one page)
• A CV (not more than 3 pages)
• A one-page table summarizing your educational background, work experience, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process. Refer the vacancy announcement while doing this.

Please DO NOT SUBMIT scanned copies of transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with your application. You will provide them upon request. Make sure that you state the title of the position on the subject of your email.

Note:

Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.

All travel and/or recruitment related the applicant should cover costs...

Only short listed applicants will be contacted.