Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Program AssistantThe specific duties of the Program Assistant• Under the supervision/guidance of the Regional Project Manager and the Programme Manager at HQ, the Programme Assistant shall see to it that project administrative services and payment transactions are smoothly progressing following the national and project norms.The specific duties shall include but not limited to:• Serve as the primary contact person for the project office,• Carry out administrative tasks as required to facilitate an efficient working environment• Assists assigned team members by maintaining calendars, receiving and composing communications as correspondence• Oversee over all logistic services of the project• Liaises and communicates with project office staffs, providing logistical and administrative support, as directed• Take a lead role on the administrative part in organizing trainings and workshops in Bahir Dar and Project Site• Communicate and negotiate with clients, customers and supervisors• Ensure office operations and efforts are always favorable to the project team and stakeholders.• Manage project vehicles and follow their operation• Check and approve all payments and transactions before authorization by the Regional Project Manager• Writes routine reports and correspondence• Perform additional tasks as may be required by Regional Project Manager and /or HQ Programme Manager• Work in close collaboration with SNV regional supporting staffs to maintain smooth relationship and support in achieving overall project objectives,- Duty station is Bahir Dar Town (and/or Kunzila Town) with occasional travel to project sites and HQ at Addis Ababa.- Contract will be one year with possible extension upon performance. - Salary will be as per the project scale

Bachelor's

Job Requirements:
• The Administrative Assistant shall have BA degree or above on Management, Secretarial service and office Management, BA + 5 years or MA +3 years experience, working experience with projects, international organizations and NGOs is an advantage

Required additional skills:
• Fluency on computer application on Amharic, MS word, excel and others office software - both managing speed writing
• Fluency to speak and write English and Amharic clearly and accurately

5-10 years

• Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above criteria for the different jobs can make online registration by visiting http://wlrc-eth.org/vacancy site and upload all necessary documents including their CV as per the specification in the website before June 20, 2020. For clarification, the applicant can ask by telephone: +251 918 350 939 or send an e-mail to tekeba.t@wlrc-eth.org• Any application that is outside the specified criteria will be disqualified. Those eligible for exam will be notified by e-mail and list will be released through the above website. Cost of application and exam will be covered by the applicants themselves, WLRC will not be responsible for this.