With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

Come join our 34,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!

Employee Contract Type:

Local - Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)

Job Description:

Program Leadership

• Coordinate SPIR II Zonal level program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation under the leadership of the zonal manager

• Ensure Zone and Woreda level technical staffs are well engaged to provide proper guidance to Zone and Woreda partner staffs and CFs

• Closely work with Zone M&E team to continuously monitor, ensure implementation quality and support an accountability system in the field

• Ensure timely and quality delivery of quarterly and annual project reports internally to SPIR II M&E team as well as strengthen the effort to document the impact of SPIR II activities

Partnership Management

• Work with Zone and Woreda government stakeholders in periodic program reviews, evaluations and joint monitoring

• Ensure timeliness of government reporting as per government guidelines and WVE directives

• Partner and coordinate with Zone and Woreda stakeholders, government partners and SPIR II implementing NGOs in the nearby Woredas to ensure collaboration and synergy

• Actively participate in Go-NGO forums

Team Management and Promote Learning

• Leads timely recruitment and replacement of technical team members

• Handles performance management of all direct reports and ensures positive and collaborative working relationships in line with WVE’s Code of Conduct in collaboration with WVE People and Culture

• Identifies staff capacity gaps and facilitates capacity building plan as needed

• Establishes regular team meeting to review program progress and facilitate learning

• Document and share key SPIR II learning internally with the zone and woreda team

Job Requirements

Required Professional Experience

• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience from which at least two years are with similar senior Program management responsibilities as a part of USG-funded programming

• Demonstrated capacity to lead a team with similar scope of work

• PSNP-related work experience, preferably with a USAID or other donor-supported program preferred

• Experience in managing multi-sectoral programs (Ag/Nutrition) with strong capacity building programming preferred

Job Requirements

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• BA/BSc required, and MA/MSc in Agriculture, Economics, Development, Social Sciences, or MBA preferred.

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and working understanding of PSNP and USAID Food Security and Resilience programs

• Excellent partnership, communication and advocacy skills and the ability to interact effectively with donors, collaborating agencies, local and government partners

• Excellent organization and planning skills and ability to resolve problems constructively

• Computer literate, with strong knowledge of MS Office applications,

• Flexibility, persistence, and ability to work well in a multi-sectoral team

• Ability and willingness to travel to areas with fragile security situation

• Knowledge of the local language/afaan Oromo

Travel and/or Work Environment Requirement

30% field travel

How to Apply

Register using the following link https://bit.ly/3kj0Af4