Provide management, coordination and direction for EHF Response for Conflict Affected Populations in North Wollo Zone, Habru woreda with sectors of WASH and Livelihood support to conflict affected population. This includes managing human resource, managing partner and stakeholder relationships; participation in cluster meetings; managing project deliverables; financial management, internal & external reporting and external representation.  

Duties and Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Work with Area Manager, finance, and M&E team to:

• Ensure project planned activities are implemented in line with the agreed work plans and budgets; successfully delivers against timeframes, milestones, output, and outcome targets/objectives.

• Ensure project team are skilled and use the appropriate systems and tools for project management

• Support development of project work plan with milestones and budget; ensure plans are reviewed and updated monthly

• Review financial and activity progress at least monthly, taking corrective actions to ensure timely and quality implementation

• Ensure that all issues and risks are identified, documented and mitigating actions taken

• Lead monthly project review meetings with project team and key stakeholders

• Maintain project files and document control procedures according to ZOA policies, using the ZM for management of the project

• Initiate project ideas for concept note and proposal development

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• In coordination with MEAL team, ensure good M&E practices are embedded, including documentation of good practices and case studies for visibility and reporting

• Ensure a culture of learning and knowledge sharing between staff and partners as well as ZOA Ethiopia team members

• Ensue the delivery of timely and accurate monthly and quarterly progress reports, utilizing ZOA’s and donor templates, to the Emergency Response Coordinator, stakeholders, and local government

• Produce  weekly, monthly, quarterly reports

• Document lesson learn and success stores

• Contribute towards business development and future growth by ensuring good quality delivery of this project and contributing to our positive profile

Partnership Management:

• Maintain and strengthen existing partnerships and develop new ones to ensure delivery of objectives; ensure application of ZOA’s people first principles and values in the partnerships

• Ensure partners are engaged in project planning and review processes

• Identify, maintain, and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders to strengthen project impact and sustainability after project closure

• Ensure a high level of collaboration and coordination with other organizations implementing similar sectors in the project areas

• Represent ZOA at cluster meetings, events, and meetings as appropriate

Project Team management:

• Manage, coach, and motivate a high performing project team within the performance management framework, ensuring application of ZOA’s values

• Ensure all staff have a performance agreement with agreed objectives and conduct weekly 1-to-1 meetings with direct reports

• Ensure staff fully understand ZOA’s project management and peacebuilding approaches and put in place an appropriate training plan

• Engage staff in project planning and review; supporting them to identify linkages between their work and delivery of ZOAs goals

• Professionally recruit and manage all consultants ensuring that their work is delivered as per the workplan and is contextualized to the operating environment.

Contacts:

External Contacts

• Local Government & wider community.

• Partner organization/beneficiaries etc.

           Internal Contacts

• Programme Quality Team

• Programm Area Managers 

• Operations Team (Finance, Logistics & IT)

• Project Staff

• HR

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Water Engineering, Disaster Risk Management, Project Management, International Development, Social Sciences, Developmental Studies, Humanitarians Studies, and related subjects

• Relevant technical expertise and at least 5 years practical experience of applying project management

• Considerable experience (at least 5 years) of design and implementation of relief and development in relevant fields in Ethiopia

• Experience in emergency response project management and demonstrated experience in ES/NFI, WASH and livelihood sectors

• Relevant technical expertise and at least 5 years practical experiences of applying project management. 

Other Skills required

• Personal qualities of integrity and commitment to ZOA’s mission

• Demonstrated ability and substantial experience of programme management responsibilities in relief, IDPs, and host communities

• Demonstrated experience of applying project cycle management practices at a project or community level, with a facilitative approach, while retaining a strong focus on results orientation

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, dialogue and human-resource management skills and proven team-building ability, necessary to support, motivate and mentor staff and partners

• Ability to create a creative, open-minded, learning, constructive and innovative working environment

• Ability to work with local organizations and actors with knowledge about and experience from the relevant Amhara context, to utilize and ensure their capacity and continuous capacity development and to otherwise adapt ways of working accordingly

• Additional management skills, necessary to meet project requirements in terms of coordination, coherence and consistency of project implementation, financial management, monitoring and reporting

How To Apply

ZOA operates with an equal opportunities policy and is committed to diversity in the workplace. Qualified women and men, people of all nationalities, and cultural backgrounds, and candidates with disabilities are welcome to apply.

 If you are interested in this position, please apply directly via THIS LINK

CV’s of no more than 3 pages in length are appreciated.

Please provide at least 3 references related to your previous employment listed in the application. References of previous positions held should not be older than five years.

Only selected candidates will be contacted and invited to participate in the process of recruitment. It is our aim to inform all other candidates of their status in the recruitment process within 4 weeks after the vacancy has closed. An assessment may be part of the recruitment procedure. Documents that do not match the profile above will not be considered. Internal candidates will have priority, in case of similar results.

Please note that, as part of its recruitment process, ZOA carries out background and reference checks for all candidates. As ZOA participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, all reference checks include a written questionnaire: the “Statement of Conduct”, which will be sent to past employers regarding Misconduct (such as sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment). 

"Women are highly encouraged to apply for the position"

Also we reserve the right to stop accepting applications before the end date if we find a suitable candidate.