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ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Policy and Advocacy OfficerJob Summary:• The Policy and Advocacy Officer Manages and coordinates ActionAid Ethiopia’s policy and advocacy engagement. The position holder manages policy and advocacy work and research, building evidence from grass root communities, reaching out to relevant social movements, engaging media, connecting to relevant actors particularly civil society organizations, and contributing to ActionAid Ethiopia’s program Framework and Country Strategic Plan. You will support developing clear policy positions on any collective priorities AAE is working on; ensuring that our National and international policy engagements on policy and advocacy are rooted in our communities and advance our local and national Programme practice and are developed in close cooperation with key partners, stakeholders, social movements and allies.• You will be the overall project officer and responsible person for a successful completion of projects, programs and initiatives on advocacy, and policy dialogue on all program priorities of the ActionAid Ethiopia. The role also includes project coordination providing technical assistance, on behalf of ActionAid Ethiopia, to all consortium members, partner and project management and coordination as per the scope of work of the program.Key responsibilities• Develop and execute a country level policy and advocacy engagement strategy Supports implementation of the core threads of work agreed by the Country Program and strategic partnership with EU and ActionAid affiliates and potential funding opportunity.• Focusing on developing clear policy positions as needed and linking local, regional and national level policy engagement, sharing and learning externally and working with key allies and social movements to advance the CPs agenda on its policy advocacy works• Support the design and implementation of Woreda, Regional and National policy and advocacy engagements and research on behalf of AAE.• Maintains strong relationships with relevant partners, social movements, think thanks and regional and national allies to position ActionAid Ethiopia’s work on policy and advocacy.• Identify other emerging policy issues / opportunities on the focus areas, advise the head of programme, and CD as relevant• Identifying key external actors and opportunities at local, regional and national levels (partners and targets) with whom the CP needs to engage and ensuring that our strategies and programmes are informed by a strong understanding of the external environment and where shifts in power are most needed and most achievable.• Manage projects related to governance, advocacy and policy influencing components in general and in particular EU funded CSF III, as assigned by the Country Programme.- Reports to: Head of Programme- Duty Base: Addis Ababa, with frequent in country travel- Duration: Two years, with possibility of extension based on performance and availability of funding

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Youth Programme OfficerJob Summary:• The successful Youth programme officer Provides strategic leadership and coordination of ActionAid Ethiopia’s youth and governance work by managing policy work and research, building evidence from grass root communities, reaching out to relevant social movements, engaging media, connecting to relevant actors particularly civil society organizations, and guiding on policy and advocacy work on youth programmes. You will be the overall focal point and responsible person for a successful completion of youth and governance related projects and initiatives including providing technical assistance to all partners and consortium members as per the scope of work of the program. Will also ensure that AAE messages / positions and learning from our practices are heard externally through all forms of media and in key policy spaces. Will ensure appropriate youth, policy advocacy and relevant partnerships are built, maintained and coordinated across the country program with particular emphasis at Woreda, regional, national levelKey responsibilities include:• Develop and execute a country level youth engagement strategy• Identifying key external actors and opportunities at local, regional and national levels (allies and targets) with whom the country program needs to engage and ensuring that our strategies and programmes are informed by a strong understanding of the external environment and where shifts in power are most needed and most achievable.• Focusing on developing clear policy positions as needed and linking local, regional and national level youth engagement, sharing and learning externally and working with key allies and social movements to advance the CPs agenda on its policy advocacy works• Link up with the core youth, Governance and Advocacy team across the CP,• Leads the design and implementation of National and cross-country policy and advocacy engagements and research on behalf of AAE.• Ensure appropriate and effective representation of ActionAid Ethiopia in key National policy spaces and in relevant media debates (print, radio, TV and social media) – directly representing the CP with the Country Director and Head of Program in some cases and opening space for participation from across the Country and our partners as necessary.• Write articles, briefs and op-eds – and edits articles by others to ensure consistency of our key policy advocacy messages and positions in coordination with communication coordination• Manage projects with youth and governance components in general. Projects will be assigned as relevant.- Reports to: Head of Programme- Duty Base: Addis Ababa, with frequent in country travel- Duration: Two years, with possibility of extension based on performance and availability of funding

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Humanitarian Programme Manager Job Summary • The Humanitarian Programme Manager (HPM) leads ActionAid Ethiopia in humanitarian resource mobilisation at national and international level including representing the organisation in key donor relationship platforms. The position holder will provide strategic guidance, leadership and management of AA Ethiopia humanitarian programme, with specific emphasis on building AAE humanitarian portfolio, establishing AAE as a strong humanitarian response player and securing funds for humanitarian operations. The HPM is responsible for identifying resources and elaborating programmatic, operational and leadership recommendations for the emergency response in line with ActionAid national and global priorities. The post holder will play a leading role in the scale up and management of AA emergency programme to increase impact and enable positive change for women and girls. The HPM will also work in collaboration with the Fundraising team to support achieving the organisational strategy.Key responsibilitiesHumanitarian Programme Management and Quality• Develop an overall response strategy to ensure a coordinated and integrated approach to proposal development for multiple donors.• Ensure timely, efficient, effective and accountable humanitarian response, with local partners, to survivors of natural and/or man-made disasters• Initiate and manage emergency operations when there is no existing AA presence or capacity within Ethiopia, including immediate response to rapid onset emergencies• The post-holder will ensure that humanitarian programmes delivered are to the appropriate scale, scope, quality and accountability expected, and incorporate a Gender focus lens• Ensure up to date and quality documentation of hazard and conflict mapping linked with contingency and activity plans to reduce impact and increase capacity of AAE and partners to respond to the different crisis• Ensure timely project development that reflects the scale of needs/crisis• Plan and manage human, logistic and financial resources in consultation and cooperation with relevant support teams• Assess needs for and support the development of robust systems in order to manage funding as part of the emergency response• Monitor humanitarian needs, trends and gaps in Ethiopia and design emergency intervention aligned with AAE strategy and scope of work• Ensure AA humanitarian signature is applied throughout all humanitarian programmesProgramme development and fundraising• Work with the Country Director to plan and implement long term institutional donor relationship cultivation and fundraising plans• Work with the Country Director ensure proper compliance to relevant policies, guidelines and agreements of Government, multilateral and bilateral agencies and donors• Work closely with the Fundraising team to identify funding opportunities and to develop successful proposals and secure funding• Liaise and collaborate with fundraising affiliates and under the humanitarian fundraising delegation with AAUK, coordinate and support application to identified potential institutional donors such as ECHO, GAC, DFID, UN agencies• Liaise and collaborate with AA Affiliates on fundraising from their institutional donors, high value individuals and foundations.External relations• Represent ActionAid and manage and influence significant external relationships• Attend cluster coordination/other external meetings as requested and work with a key team member to ensure that representation continues post deployment.• Work with Country Director to manage the formulation, organization and delivery of high- level lobbying, and advocacy as part of the programmeTeam Management and Capacity Building• Lead the humanitarian team. Including team building and development of team capacity, with particular focus on developing skills, knowledge and capacity relevant to attaining the Ethiopia Country Programmes humanitarian objectives• Develop the capacity of the Country Programme’s Humanitarian and Support teams to attain AA priority 3 vision of having in-country capacity to deliver humanitarian response• Support the team to ensure programme learning and innovation are documented and shared at appropriate national, regional and international l level• Produce, assimilate, analyse and use programme information from varied and diverse sources to provide in-depth analysis and appropriate recommendations related to humanitarian programming, advocacy, policy, and Partnerships- Duty Base: Addis Ababa, with frequent in country travel- Salary: Very attractive and negotiable based on the experience of the Successful candidate- Duration: One year, with possibility of extension based on performance and availability of funding

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Advocacy Officer Key responsibilities• Providing strategic leadership and coordination of ActionAid Ethiopia’s policy agendas by managing policy work and research, building evidence from grass root communities, reaching out to relevant social movements, engaging media, connecting to relevant actors particularly civil society organizations, and guiding on policy and advocacy work.• Developing clear policy positions on any collective priorities AAE is working on; ensuring that our National and international policy engagements are rooted in our communities and advance our local and national programme practice and are developed in close cooperation with key partners, stakeholders, social movements and allies• Ensuring successful completion of EU funded Civil Society Support Fund including providing technical assistance to all consortium members as per the scope of work of the program.• Ensuring that AAE messages / positions and learning from our practices are heard externally through all forms of media and in key policy spaces.• Ensuring appropriate policy advocacy and relevant partnerships are built, maintained and coordinated across the country program with particular emphasis at Woreda, regional, national level.• Leading the design and implementation of National and cross-country / international policy and advocacy engagements and research on behalf of AAE.• Maintaining strong relationships with relevant partners, social movements and regional and international allies- Reports to: Head of Program- Duty base: Addis Ababa, with frequent in country travel- Duration: 1 years with possibility of extension subject to performance and fund availability.

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Humanitarian Programme Manager Job Summary• The Humanitarian Programme Manager will provide results-based strategic guidance, leadership and management to AA Ethiopia humanitarian programme, with specific emphasis on building AAE humanitarian portfolio, establishing AAE as a strong humanitarian response player and securing funds for humanitarian operations. The HPM is responsible for identifying needs and resources and elaborating programmatic, operational and leadership recommendations for the emergency response in line with ActionAid national and global priorities. The post holder will play a leading role in the effective scale up and management of AA emergency programmes to increase impact and enable positive change for children. The HPM will also be expected to play a role and work in collaboration with the Fundraising team to support achieving the organisational strategy.Job DescriptionDevelop donor scoping in the humanitarian environment and pre-position AAE in the key platforms• Mobilize resource for AAE Humanitarian work• Develop an overall response strategy to ensure a coordinate and integrated approach and proposal development for multiple donors.• Develop a long-term vision and strategic planning to achieve significant impact from programmes and attain our Humanitarian Programme vision for Ethiopia, using a rights- based and results-based approach to work• Pre-position AAE in key strategic platforms and clusters• Build profile of the organization in Humanitarian work• Fund Raising for the Humanitarian Work• Design Humanitarian program in line with our Signatures• Ensure Humanitarian program quality with proper documentation• The post-holder will ensure that humanitarian programmes delivered are to the appropriate scale, scope, quality and accountability expected, and incorporate a Gender focus lens• Ensure up to date and quality documentation of hazard and conflict mapping linked with contingency and activity plans to reduce impact and increase capacity of AAE and partners to respond to the different crisis• Ensure timely programme/project development that reflects the scale of needs/crisis• Plan and manage human, logistic and financial resources in consultation and cooperation with relevant Support teams• Management of a broad spectrum of programmes, with a variety of competencies and skills required. Management tasks and problems are diverse and complex and involve a significant degree of risk (financial, security, brand, etc).• Assess/support to ensure that are robust systems in place in order to manage funding as part of the emergency response• Monitor humanitarian needs, trends and gaps in Ethiopia and design emergency intervention aligned with AAE strategy and scope of work• Ensure AA humanitarian signature is applied throughout all humanitarian programmesHow to Apply• Interested applicants should submit their application letter along with recent CV no later than August 20, 2019, ActionAid Ethiopia P.O.Box 1261 Addis Ababa or email to hrod.ethiopia@actionaid.org“ActionAid will be conducting safeguarding reference checks on the successful candidate”Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Program Officer (For Women Development Programme)- Number: One- Duty Base: Elfeta Woreda (West Shewa Zone)Job Summary • With the support of the Local Programme Coordinator, and other team at the cluster , ensures programme/ projects implementation in the project area as per the plan, and programme quality standards .• Supports on Development Area’s strategic plan development, community level participatory poverty analysis, design/planning, appraisal, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of projects/ programs with emphasis to the Women Development Programme priorities. Works closely with community structures to ensure programme implementation, and sponsorship deliverables.Key Responsibilities include: • Facilitates local level participatory poverty analysis, programme design/planning processes as per AAEs’ programme strategic direction in general and the Development Area plan in particular• Coordinates the planning, budgeting and reporting of the Development Area activities and implements the plan with the required programme quality standards.• Coordinate project level evidence building, researches etc for program deign, evidence based policy and campaign work• Mobilize and sensitize the communities and relevant stakeholders about AAE’s projects in the Development Area• Facilitate a participatory process and define the roles and responsibilities of project owner communities and stakeholders,• Coordinate the Cluster level Women Development program development/design• Provides capacity building supports to people living in poverty and their agencies as per their needs and priorities and the strategies of the project/programme and programme Quality standards,• Facilitates participatory programme implementation of community development programmes through and with community-based organizations as per the plan and programme quality standards,• Supports the local programme Coordinator in partnership building to local government and other stakeholders.How to Apply• Interested applicants should submit their application letter along with recent CV no later than August 19, 2019 to: ActionAid Ethiopia P.O. Box 1261 Addis Ababa Or E-mail it to: hrod.ethiopia@actionaid.org• We highly encourage CVs to be submitted via the above email address. Only short-listed applicants will be contacted. Note that applications received after the dead line shall not be considered.“ActionAid will be conducting safeguarding reference checks on the successful candidate”

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Cashier AccountantJob Description: The Successful Cashier Accountant and Store Keeper is responsible to engage in proper handling of the cash, check, receipts and important payment documents. The job holder is also responsible for providing accounting and clerical support to Finance Department and Keys daily worksheets to the general hold ledger. He or she also takes care and manages the store; and participates in annual counting; be responsible for the planning and implementing preventive stock record maintenance, and facilitates the goods receiving and issuance process. In consultation with his/her line supervisor prepares regular work plan and execute accordingly. Ensure the availability of reserve stationary stock and take inventory of fixed and fast- moving items biannually and make ready all documents for inspection/ auditing.