Job Description

ETHIOPIAN CENTER FOR DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT (ECDD)

INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

I-LEAD PROJECT COORDINATOR

JOB DETAILS

Category: Development and Project Management

Position: Project Coordinator for I-LEAD Project

Location: Addis Ababa

Career Level: Senior Level (5+ years’ experience)

OVERVIEW

The Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (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, and inclusive of persons with disabilities.

ECDD is partnering with VIS - International Volunteer for Development, CBM - CBM Italia Onlus, and CBM - Christian Blind Mission International in Ethiopia to implement a project entitled “I-LEAD: Work Placement through Accessible Education and Digitization”. The project will be implemented in Addis Ababa City Administration, Oromia Region, and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region (SNNPR). The project’s overall objective is to achieve equitable and inclusive governance, strengthening equity in access to Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET), labor market opportunities, and social inclusion of persons with disabilities.

Currently, ECDD is looking for a competent and qualified candidate for Project Coordinator position for I-LEAD Project:

DESCRIPTION OF TASKS

The Project Coordinator is based at ECDD Head Office, Addis Ababa, reports to the Inclusive Livelihoods Program Team Lead, and works under the overall supervision of the Program Director and Executive Director. The Project Coordinator is responsible for the overall coordination, implementation, monitoring, Evaluation, and reporting of activities and results of the project.

Specifically, the Project Coordinator of ENHANCE project will:

1.    Prepare an annual project work plan, implement and report all project activities according to the work plan, and manage the annual project budget and expenditure;

2.    Assign tasks to Regional Project Officers and Disability Inclusion Facilitators and supervise their performances;

3.    Effectively manage the dissemination of information from the central coordination to regional office staff;

4.    Design and implement systems to assist Disability Inclusion Facilitators in the mobilization of youth with disabilities to TVET and CBT training;

5.    Maintain contact with donors and partners of the project

6.    Work closely with the federal and regional TVET Agencies to promote the implementation of inclusive TVET

7.    Follow-up and monitor partnerships developed between TVET institutions, employers, and government authorities towards realizing disability-inclusive TVET in Ethiopia.

8.    Organize workshops, training, and events in all project target areas to enhance the inclusion of persons with disabilities in skills-based training, employment governance, and civic affairs;

9.    Facilitate leadership and disability rights advocacy, and soft skills training

10. Build the capacities of the implementing partners on disability mainstreaming skills;

11. Facilitate accessibility audit and modification at selected TVETs and Community Based Training (CBT) centers for disability inclusion and accessibility and sensitize their staff to include youth with disabilities;

12. Facilitate capacity-building training to key staff/trainers from selected TVET's and cascade down the newly developed TVET disability mainstreaming guideline;

13. Identify and mobilize youth with disabilities to enroll in TVETs and CBTs

14. Support the establishment of youth enterprises and IGA groups composed of youth with disabilities and facilitate the provision of startup capital;

15. Engage in the strengthening of the Ethiopian Business and Disability Network (EBDN), and facilitate the participation of youth with disabilities in different Job Fairs;

16. Organize an Annual Inclusive Employer’s Award Event to award a company that hires more youth with disabilities;

17. Provide targeted technical assistance for project implementation partners to foster continuous improvement in the inclusion of persons with disabilities;

18. Ensure that projects are aligned with and contribute to national and local strategies, policies, operational guidelines, and protocols as applicable;

19. Assure quality to all operational plans for projects to ensure that they are realistic;

20. Review operational budgets in conjunction with project teams, finance teams to ensure value for money;

21. Ensure timely submission of quality project plans and reports;

22. Ensure observance of the ECDD Child and Adults-at-Risk Policy by project staff and partners, in consultation with the ECDD Safeguarding Focal Person;

23. Monitor and evaluate progress on achievement of project results and provide data and information to the ECDD M&E Manager;

24. Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports of activities accomplished, in collaboration with the Project Officers and submit the reports to the ECDD M&E Coordinator Manager and Inclusive Livelihoods Program Team Lead in a timely manner;

25. Oversee the collection, documentation, and dissemination of lessons learned, case stories, and good practices of the project and its partners.

26. Undertake other tasks as may be assigned by the ECDD Program Team Lead or Program Director.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications

1.    Education – minimum Masters in Social Work, Sociology, Business Administration, or a related field

2.    Professional experience – minimum 5 years or above of responsibility for the implementation of donor-funded projects related to vocational skills training and work

3.    Good understanding of national TVET policies and strategies, and extensive knowledge of other organizations active in livelihoods-related work in Ethiopia

4.    Good knowledge of the practice and profession of special needs education

5.    Excellent interpersonal relationships and teamwork

6.    Excellent communication skills

7.    Able and willing to travel frequently to the project intervention areas

Desirable

1.    Previous professional work in vocational skills training

2.    Previous professional experience working with persons with disabilities

3.    Competence in the use of computer applications

4.    Fluency in English and Amharic or Ethiopian Sign Language, knowledge of other
Ethiopian languages are also advantageous.

Note: Qualified persons with disabilities, especially women with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. ECDD gives priority in employment to qualified candidates with disabilities. ECDD will meet the required disability adjustment costs to enable persons with disabilities to meet the requirements of the position.

How to Apply

Qualified and interested applicants can send their application by filling out the ECDD Online Job Application Form by clicking on the link https://forms.gle/HWwKayZZGrLYENgC6 or Download the form by clicking on http://www.ecdd-ethiopia.org/vacancy-list/384-ecdd-application-form.html. or  hand-delivered in a sealed envelope to the following address: ECDD Office – Meskel Flower Road behind Dreamliner Hotel, Tele: +251-114-165859 or through p.o.box 1530 code 1250, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

·         Note: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

·         Relevant documents will be requested after screening.

Please DO NOT submit scanned copies of transcripts, academic degrees, or recommendation letters with your application. You will provide them upon request.

Note:

·         Persons with Disable and Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply.

·         All travel and recruitment-related costs should be covered by the applicant.

·         Deadline: Ten (10) Working Days following the posting of this announcement