IR/INT/EXT/VN/010.22

February 14, 2022

Post title:  Seasonal Project Officer

Duty station: Country Office, Addis Ababa 

Report to:  Child Welfare Program Coordinator

Salary:  As per the organizations scale

Required:  One

Duration: One year with possible extension 

Introduction

Islamic Relief is an international relief and development charity founded in 1984 with its headquarters in Birmingham, UK. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, Islamic Relief promotes sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities - regardless of race, religion or gender. The office officially started operation in Ethiopia in 2004. Islamic Relief Ethiopia (IRE) is operational in the Somali Regional State with a base office in Jigjiga, Hargelle, Elkere, Bare, GG and Dekasuftu, Afar Regional State; Ewa, Awra and Gulina; Oromia regional State, West Harergeye, Chiro and Meayso Woredas and an additional operational office in Addis Ababa. For more information please visit our website: http://www.islamic-relief.org/work-with-us

Job Purpose

Seasonal projects officer is a key member of the Islamic Relief Ethiopia program department at Addis Ababa. S/he is responsible to manage, coordinate planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of IRE seasonal projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Be fully aware of the policy and guideline of seasonal projects and actively participate in the development and review of country strategy and thematic programme plans.
• Lead the development and implementation of the seasonal project component of the Islamic Relief Ethiopia programme.
• Identify and analyze community priorities on issues related to seasonal projects and share with relevant managers.
• Develop and design high quality project proposals with a capacity of attracting funds for both Ramadan, Qurbani and other seasonal projects for donors.
• Monitor and provide timely, relevant, accurate input on overall technical aspects of IRE's Seasonal projects work in Ethiopia. The position will require to travel 20-30% of the time to IRE's field locations to conduct market assessments, to look into community demands, proper implementation, and case study/story development.
• Ensure the development of an M&E framework (DIP, PMP, action plans, etc) and key indicators for seasonal projects that help each project improve quality of reporting, clearly articulate progress and impact of projects.
• Actively participate in key relevant internal meetings such as Programme Review Meetings, lesson learnt workshops, ARMs, bid analysis, etc.
• Collaborate with internal program departments to ensure all deadlines are met and project planning and implementation is on schedule.
• Maintain proactive communication with IRW, Donors and various departments of IRE for the successful planning, implementation, media materials preparation and reporting of seasonal projects.
• Oversee project items’ timely procurement and tracking on a regular basis.
• Recruit, train and deploy volunteer, staffs and partners for successful implementation of seasonal projects.
• Responsible for ensuring the Seasonal Project’s donor media requirements are met, quality media materials including videos, photographs and case studies/stories are collected and shared.
• Responsible for all Seasonal Project’s relevant documents and audiovisual materials are properly collected, organized from the field and archived in accordance to the IRE records management policy.
• Proactively and regularly contribute media materials regarding the seasonal programs as input to Islamic Relief’s social media and digital platforms. 

Job Requirements

Required Qualification and Competencies

• University degree in social science/ or any other relevant field of study + 3 years’ experience in similar projects.
• Strong communication skills, with comfortability in-person, via phone and email. Interacting with stakeholders in a warm, responsive, and helpful manner.
• Strong project management and organizational skills. Demonstrated ability to prioritize and plan work activities, use time efficiently, follow instructions, and responds to management direction.
• Desire to collaborate with other team members and cross-departmentally.
• Easily and quickly build rapport and trust. Foster good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, beneficiaries, and partners.
• Understand social nuances, practices, and world views of people of various backgrounds, identities, and cultures.
• Availability to occasionally work mornings or evenings and on weekend when demanded
• Demonstrated ability in proposal and report writing skills
• Proven skill in photography, videography, graphics design, branding and case studies/stories writing
• Good written and spoken English and Amharic is essential
• Proficiency in other local languages is advantageous
• Deep understanding of the nature of seasonal programs
• Sympathy with the aims and objectives of Islamic Relief
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and action.

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunity

Islamic Relief and Islamic Relief staff considers the welfare and protection of children, young people and people at risk to be paramount to the organization. And must adhere the principle of ‘do no harm and leave no one behind.’ It is critical we do not expose communities or staff we work with to the risk of harm through our interventions. With a zero tolerance approach Islamic Relief have a number of related policies which also describe standards in behavior expected from the organization, its staff and representatives towards each other and those we serve. Islamic Relief is committed to responding swiftly, appropriately and constructively to any and all information children, young people and people at risk have disclosed.

All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. We participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme and will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and child abuse during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment before signing the contract agreement.

Islamic Relief believes everyone has the right to be safe, respected and valued regardless of who they are or their circumstances, and an equal employment opportunity to all candidates and qualified applicants, we do not discriminate on the base of age, sex, race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability status and diversity.

How to Apply

Application Procedures

·        Interested candidates are required to submit a complete Job application form with all required supporting documents (copy of credentials and testimonials) through Ethiopia.HR@islamic-relief.org.et.

You can access the Job Application Form with this link: CLICK HERE

Closing date for the application is February 28, 2022.

NB: Failure to follow the instructions will invalidate your application. Due to the high volume of application, we regret that we will be able to contact only the shortlisted candidates. Female candidates are highly encouraged.