Job Purpose

• Manage all Lighthouse activities/programs (security, feeding, medical, education, sports/recreation, life-skills, counselling, social work activities.
• Create an environment that safeguards the children, as well as all staff and visitors and rigorously implement the Hope for Justice Child Safeguarding Policy.
• Ensure child participation in all aspects of the program and create ways to get feed-back from the children and careers that informs all aspects of program planning and implementation.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Implement all programs within budget cost
• Ensure all programs meet their targets as outlined in the Country Business Plan for each year.
• Supervise and line manage relevant staff (following organizational structure), reporting significant issues to the Programs Manager
• Contribute to regular monitoring and evaluation including monthly reports
• Write Friday Bullets (using template) each Friday morning and send to Program Manager
• Chair and record minutes of weekly staff meetings in the Lighthouse
• Host visits from donors, other NGOs, GoE stakeholders and other interested people and write a report and send it to the Program Manager within one week of the visit. Liaise with the Program Manager about all visits.
• Organize Child Care Reviews every six weeks for children in the lighthouse to review their progress and plan their transition.
• Complete quarterly checks (using the checklist) of all services of the Lighthouse to maintain Hope for Justices’ standards and quality services.
• Update referral network and establish referral points for children requiring care/referral outside of the scope of Hope for Justice in consultation with Program Manager
• Complete any other assessments of children/families as requested by Program Manager
• Organize program team meeting agenda including information sharing and developing agendas for partner dialogues and roundtables in the Lighthouse.
• Assist in timely submission of quarterly, semi-annual and final reports for donors and government.
• Maintain proper documentation of the project documents and reports. 
• Participates in site visits as necessary and facilitate logistical support for trips
• Ensure monthly reports of activities are sent to MEL team

Child Safeguarding

• Maintain policies, procedures and systems that provide the requisite safeguarding measures for children accessing our services in collaboration with the Country Designated Safeguarding Officer.

Administrative

• Prepare project proposals and annual plan for the Government in collaboration with Program Manager
• Prepare first draft of reports for government agencies and donors.
• Prepare monthly cash request and send to Program Manager
• Facilitate mid-term and terminal evaluations and new project agreements as required.
• Assists the program team to maintain and update the social media, carries out specific web searches and downloads workshop documents.
• Conduct one to one supervision and line management for department heads
• Liaises with Country Office staff as required, and provides assistance to CO staff when visiting the LH

General

• Uphold and work within Hope for Justice’s policies and procedures, including Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and Child & Vulnerable Adult Protection policies.
• Promote Hope for Justice’s core values of Honoring, Openness, Professionalism and Empowerment across the organization and partners.
• Undertake any other duties, as appropriate to the post, as delegated by the Programme Manager.
• Represent the organization in different review meeting, workshop and network meetings.

Job Requirements

• BA Degree in Social work, Psychology or related fields 
• At least 5 years’ experience working in a senior position
• Experience working with vulnerable children and families

Other skill 

• Computer literacy in all Microsoft Office functions
• Excellent English communication skills, both verbal and written are required
• Ability to write accurate, concise and informative reports
• Establishes and maintains excellent track record of communications with partners and colleagues
• Managing Partner Relationships
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

How to Apply

Application instruction

Please title your application with subject line: -"Project Manager – Bright Lighthouse"

Candidates meeting the above-required qualifications are invited to send their CV with only in one PDF/Word formats through Info.ethiopia@hopeforjustice.org

Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for an interview.

Application deadline: August 09, 2021