Internal/External Vacancy Announcement ADVANCE Project Coordinator

 ADVANCE Project Coordinator

ECDD is an Ethiopian Civil Society Development Organization that works with other organizations to promote, facilitate and build organizational capacity to make mainstream government and non-governmental service delivery and development programs accessible to persons with disabilities. ECDD has six program priorities: disability rights, inclusive health services, inclusive education, inclusive livelihoods, social inclusion and protection (SIP), and inclusive humanitarian assistance and emergency response. ECDD has its Head Office in Addis Ababa, and Regional Program Offices in Amhara, SNNPR/Sidama, Dire Dawa, and Tigray Regions. At the Regional level, all ECDD programs and projects are managed by Regional Program Managers.  

Description of the Project

• Currently, ECDD secured a grant from FELM under a project entitled Advancing Disability Voice, Rights Advocacy and National Coordination in Ethiopia (ADVANCE) to be implemented for four years in Amhara, Oromia, Sidama, and SNNP regional states, and Addis Ababa City Administration. The overall objective of the project is persons with disabilities are aware of their rights, have their rights respected, and enjoy improved quality of life and opportunities with the adoption and implementation of inclusive laws, policies, practices, and effective coordination mechanisms.
• The Project aims to address the rights of persons with disabilities improving the capacity of OPDs to lobbing and advocacy of disability rights, stronger national and local coordination mechanisms are created for effective UNCRPD monitoring, disability right promotion and collaboration among key stakeholders and enhance capacity of public authorities and National Human Right Institutions. The proejct will ensure protection and promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities in the country through technial support, training and lobbying and advocay. It will also realizes this through supporting the enactement of relevant laws, policies and procedures including comprehensive disability law in the country. The project will also support key democratic institutions that have key roles in democratization and promotion of human rights including national human rights institutions, parliament and key justice sector offices. 

Description of Tasks

• The ADVANCE Project Coordinator is based in the ECDD Head Office in Addis Ababa, and works under the overall authority of the ECDD Executive Director and under the direct supervision of the ECDD Program Director. The Project Coordinator is responsible for planning, coordinating, implementing, supervising, monitoring and reporting of all ADVANCE Project activities in the target areas, in close collaboration with the ECDD Regional Program Managers, OPDs and the FEALM and in conformity with all FELM and ECDD policies, priorities, systems and procedures.

Specifically, ADVANCE Project Coordinator will:

1. Promote disability rights throughout the implementation of the project in each target Region in creating synergy between governmental, OPDs, and CSOs operating in various sectors in the target Regions.
2. Prepare and implement Detailed Implementation Plan of Project activities, together with ADVANCE project officers and in consultation with the ECDD Program Director, training officer, ECDD Regional Program Managers, and with Government and partner CSOs.
3. Prepare MoUs with partners, and plan and coordinate all ECDD Project activities in each region with collaborating CSOs, and OPDs partners according to the Work Plan.
4. Establish and support Program Implementation Teams (PITs) at Regional, Municipal, Zonal and Woreda levels, chaired by the Head of the Bureau/Office of Social and Social Affairs, and composed of representatives of health, education and women and children’s affairs bureaus/offices, and partner CSOs, FBOs, and OPDs involved in ECDD program/project activities.
5. Working in close collaboration with the ECDD Program Director, support and coordinate ADVANCE activities with the ECDD Regional Program Managers in the target Regions, as well as other regional Project staff and consultants, guiding and monitoring their implementation of all Project activities in the Regions.
6. Working in close collaboration with the ECDD Admin/Finance Manager, oversee all Project-related admin/finance functions of the ECDD Regional Program offices, including the preparation of annual Project budgets, the purchase of Project equipment, the management of Project financial resources/assets, and the monitoring and reporting of proper Project budget utilization.
7. In collaboration with the ECDD Training officer, coordinate the planning and implementation of Disability Rights Trainings, and other trainings for personnel of collaborating Government Ministry, Bureaus and Offices, EHRC, ELDA, as well as CSOs, and OPD partners in the target Regions.
8. In collaboration with the ECDD M&E team, coordinate all survey research activities, data collection and reporting in the target Regions, to measure the impact of ECDD program/project activities, in terms of changes in the quality of life of persons with disabilities, and changes in disability rights related efforts.
9. In cooperation with the ECDD M&E team and Admin/Finance Manager, in a timely manner prepare and submit periodic plans and narrative and financial reports on the progress and results of Project implementation to the FELM and Regional BoFED, BoWSA and other regional partner offices.
10. Collect, document and disseminate examples of good practice and lessons learned, and organize an annual regional Learning and Sharing Workshop in each Region.
11. Act as the ECDD Focal Person for all communications with the FELM Staff.
12. Represent the ECDD ADVANCE Project in national and regional platforms, meetings, consultations and other events, as directed by the ECDD Executive Director, and/or Program Director.
13. Ensure implementation of the ECDD Child and Adults-at-Risk Safeguarding Policy, by ECDD and collaborating Project partner and consultant personnel in the target Regions.
14. Ensuring compliance with FELM rules and regulation during the implementation of the project; Assuring activities’ implementation according to donor’s prescriptions, ensuring the sustainability of the project and following criteria of good performance.
15. Providing visibility and communication materials, document good practices of the project success in collaboration with ECDD’s staff. And, overseeing the implementation of visibility actions foreseen by the project, assuring the compliance with FELM guidelines.
16. Participate and support various business development activities of ECDD together with other proposal development teams
17. Serve in various ECDD Committees upon assignment of ECDD Executive Director
18. Undertake such other tasks as may be assigned by the ECDD Executive Director and/or Program Director.

Job Requirements

• Education: – LLM in Human Rights, MA in Social Work or Sociology and minimum 5 Five Years of related experiences in donor-funded development projects.
• Good understanding of domestic laws, policies and strategies, UN Human Rights Conventions, and Sustainable Development Goals and knowledge of government structures and other organizations active in the Regions
• Previous professional experience working with rights of persons with disabilities is advantageous
• Competence in the use of computer applications, proposal writing skills, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, fluency in writing and spoken in English and Amharic or Ethiopian Sign Language, Skills of other Ethiopian languages desirable.

Persons with disabilities and women are strongly encouraged to apply. ECDD gives priority to qualified persons with disabilities. ECDD will meet any and all the required reasonable accommodation costs to enable persons with disabilities to meet job requirements.

How to Apply

interested and qualified applicants who meet the MINIMUM requirements should submit the following via e-mail: CLICK HERE or via e-mail to HRecdd@ecdd-ethiopia.org, or hand-delivered in a sealed envelope to the ECDD Office – Meskel Flower Road behind Dreamliner Hotel, Tel. 0114165859, or via p.o. box 1530 code 1250, Addis

• Fill out the ECDD Job Application Form by clicking on the link  APPLICATION FORM
•  A cover letter/application letter (no more than one page in length)
• A curriculum vitae (no more than three pages)
• A one-page table summarizes your educational background, work experience, and technical skills. Use your name for all documents and competencies to facilitate the screening process. Refer to 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 in the subject of your email.

Note:

• Persons with Disable and Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.
• All travel and recruitment-related costs should be covered by the applicant.
• Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
• Deadline: Ten (10) days following the posting of this announcement