Background

Swiss Church Aid/HEKS is the aid organization of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland and has its headquarters in Zurich/Switzerland. Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS works towards a more humane and more equitable world, assisting people and communities to overcome economic, social or humanitarian disparities in order to gain autonomy and to live with dignity both in Switzerland and abroad. Therefore, Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS engage in development cooperation, humanitarian aid and church cooperation and works in more than 30 countries and runs around 200 projects world-wide. Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS is a member of the ACT Alliance.

In Ethiopia, Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS has programmes with focus on Natural Resources Management, WASH, Inclusive Markets for Smallholder Pastoralists and Farmers and Humanitarian Assistance for drought and conflict affected communities. The Ethiopia country office is recruiting a Program Manager for its country office.

Major Functions

To work with international donors, foundations, institutions, high worth individuals to bring resources to Ethiopia. To establish, develop and sustain conductive cooperation with bi and multilateral organizations. To lead and manage coordination of all country office project activities both in humanitarian and development interventions. To ensure delivery of country office’s commitments as per project agreements, operational plan and budget. To lead programmatic and operational teams. To monitor implementation progress, manage project activities and resource allocation to achieve project goals. To secure project reporting requirements, provide sound analysis and recommendations for the country program portfolio.

Major responsibilities

• To develop and maintain a high level of understanding of donor priorities, strategies and country plans
• To explore opportunities for private funding partnerships and engaging in new ways of funding.
• To lead fundraising activities, concept note and proposal development. 
• To manage coordination with key stakeholders (e.g. government authorities, donors, humanitarian partners, bilateral organizations , coordination forums, humanitarian clusters, etc.)
• To coordinate Swiss Church Aid/HEKS humanitarian and development interventions.
• To monitor and assess project implementation progress, identify challenges, devise solutions.
• To facilitate team planning and assessment meetings to assure sound integration across work streams and achieve cross-learning
• Lead, Promote and encourage a collaborative and respectful working culture among partners.
• Ensure quality development of development of quarterly, biannual, annual plan and reports.
• Network with relevant project stakeholders.
• Coordinate and supervise Monitoring and Evaluation activities.  
• Organize annual learning sessions, draw lessons learned and share best practices.
• Develop TOR for various purposes (consultancies, evaluations, etc.)

Directly Reports to: Country Director

Location: Addis Ababa, Swiss Church Aid/HEKS Country Office

Job Requirements

• MA in development studies, humanitarian aid, social sciences and other related field with a minimum of eight years relevant work experience
• Demonstrated experience in donor relations and fundraising at international level.
• Excellent program development, proposal and report writing skills
• Experience in managing projects dealing with humanitarian and/or development interventions focusing on WASH, livelihoods, value chain, NRM, food security, conflict transformation and partnership management
• Ability to effectively liaise with government, donors, NGOs, community leaders and other stakeholders,
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken
• Accountability and responsiveness within areas of responsibilities.
• Able to work as a team member with good inter-personal skills

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates can apply by sending letter of application and updated CV through; CLICK HERE

Deadline for application: March 13^th , 2022

Only short-listed applications will be contacted. No phone calls are allowed!

Qualified Female applicants are encouraged to apply

This vacancy is open for Nationals of Ethiopia and Foreigners.

Link https://www.ethiojobs.net/company/9736/HEKS-Ethiopia/