Company name: ActionAid Ethiopia

Job Title: Women Rights Project Officer

The Successful WR Project Officer is responsible for the efficient and effective implementation of the Project activity. They are responsible to undertake community level participatory poverty analysis, design/planning, appraisal, implementation, monitoring & evaluation of multi-sectoral anti-poverty and integrated development programs with emphasis given to the objective of ensuring rights and social empowerment of women in an integrated and holistic manner; ensure the organizing and institutional capacity building of CBOs through preparation and monitoring, provide regular technical support. They also play active role in ensuring the project is integrated with the regular programme work and that there is horizontal and vertical linkage of project deliverable and are responsible to execute the project starting from developing and appraising agreements, following up activities and timely preparing project plan, progress update and reports. The project officers will also monitor and connect the project learning with AAE women development works by ensuring integration, quality and learning.

Job Requirements

• The successful candidates must possess a minimum of bachelor’s Degree in social science, with a minimum of four years proven experience,
• Proven experience on participatory community development/community mobilization, behavior change, organization and empowerment and multi-sectoral grassroots integrated development work.
• Proven working experience on women’s and girls’ empowerment works in addressing factors that affect their wellbeing and development endeavors.
• Technical training facilitation skill, knowledge management, and proven experience in writing quality report and documentation skill
• Proven working experience in organizing women and girls in social groups, building their capacities and have a good understanding on challenges/barriers to women and girls’ social empowerment and integrated development
• Proven experience in project management particularly in area of Women’s and girl’s social empowerment

How to Apply

Interested applicants should submit their application letter along with recent CV through: hrod.ethiopia@actionaid.org no later than 2nd January, 2022 to ActionAid Ethiopia, P.O. Box 1261, Addis Ababa Or

NB: ActionAid will be conducting safeguarding reference checks on the successful candidate. Please clearly indicate the title of the position you are applying for in the subject line. Only Shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Note that applications received after the deadline shall not be considered.