Latest Jobs in Social Sciences & Community Jobs from Addis Ababa

Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project CoordinatorPurpose of the position• The Project Coordinator will have responsibility for the overall implementation, technical coordination, management and delivery of expected results of the project in ‘Promoting Decent Domestic Work in Ethiopia: Policy Dialogue and Civil Society action to promote and defend the right of domestic workers” in selected areas of Ethiopia. Project Coordinator is responsible for closely supporting implementation of the EU funded project, coordinate project area office activities through the development of annual action plans, effective project tracking, budget tracking and reporting, monitoring and evaluation.Key Responsibilities:• Coordinating CETU’s project activities, in collaboration with the co applicant and partners, beneficiaries and all the other stakeholders.• Responsible for overall planning and implementation of the requirement for effective and efficient manner so that targets and overall program objectives will be achieved• Maintain regular contact with project staff on programmatic issues and oversees the work of the program team.• Coordinating and monitoring CETU’s activities for the project, ensuring the achievement of the foreseen results;• Assuring constant reporting of results implementation to the donor respecting the fixed deadlines and submitting periodic project reports (both narrative and financial ones);• Ensuring compliance with EU rules and regulation during the implementation of the project;• Assuring activities’ implementation according to donor’s prescriptions, ensuring the sustainability of the project and following criteria of good performance.• Monitoring CETU’s partner as well as the operative and financial components of the project.• Providing visibility and communication materials, document good practices of the project success in collaboration with CETU’s staff• Overseeing the implementation of visibility actions foreseen by the project, assuring the compliance with donor’s guidelines (EU);• Maintaining relations with donors and participating actively to the different coordination systems.• Promote and facilitate a knowledge sharing and learning culture across the implementing team• Keep abreast on socio-economic and political changes and undertake timely strategic review of the intervention strategy ensuring relevance of the programWorking Location: Addis Ababa

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Monitoring, Reporting & Evaluation Specialist - EVAWG Spotlight (UN Women)Job Description:• The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on behalf of The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN WOMEN) is seeking to hire Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation Specialist – EVAWG Spotlight who provides support to the Country Office (CO) Spotlight Regional Programme team in incorporating monitoring and reporting into programme formulation as well tracking against Strategic Plan targets and the reporting of results to internal and external audiences.

The Development Bank of EthiopiaVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Social Performance, Client Protection & External Linkage Officer - Salary: Birr 10,759 with additional attractive benefits- Place of work: Head Office

Network of Civil Society Organizations in Oromia (NeCSOO)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project Coordinator- Terms of Employment: One year with the possibility of extension - Place of Work: Addis Ababa, NeCSOO Office- Salary: As per NeCSOO Office- Deadline for Application: 10 consecutive days from the date of this announcement.

Danish Refugee Council (DRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Chief of Party (Maternity Cover)Responsibilities:Representation, Leaderships and Management:• Be responsible for the oversight, management and technical leadership for the delivery of all outputs throughout the life of the programme, consistent with the contract objectives and delivered to a high quality with full accountability to the DFID and DRC.• Lead the overall technical and financial performance of the programme, including programme planning, resource allocation and financial management.• Assume the lead in management of the DFID contract, ensuring robust compliance with DFID and contract requirements. This will involve close collaboration with DRC Headquarters, Country and Region Offices to ensure that DRC’s operational policies and procedures meet donor requirements and commercial contracts business landscape to develop actions to improve value for money.• Assume full responsibility over the programme team, with direct line management of the Deputy Chief of Party (Programme), Technical Programme Manager, MEAL Manager, Support Services Manager and Operations Consultants. Manage all team members and support respectful and positive working relationships which allow for the effective implementation of all activities. This is to be achieved through leadership, team building, day-to-day support, capacity-building and strong knowledge in all of DRC’s core sectors, including protection and migration.• Assume the lead in management of programme subcontractors, ensuring all subcontractors are engaged in the programme, have a shared understanding of the programme direction and priorities, and are delivering on time and on budget.• Ensure Value for Money is mainstreamed across the program, supporting its incorporation into decision-making, programme planning and review processes.• Identify and effectively manage all key risks related to the programme, including compliance with DFID, UK’s International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) and due diligence requirements.• Manage the program's relationship with local government authorities and other stakeholders, including representing the programme in local, national, and international meetings and events as appropriate.• Demonstrate high levels of commitment to the DRC and its vision, mission and values in order to ensure the objectives of your role and the country program are met.Programming and Technical Support:• Provide and maintain a single programmatic and technical approach, ensuring a strong shared vision of the programme within EMP, robust coordination mechanisms with DRC and subcontractors, and an ongoing process for workplanning and implementation analysis.• Provide technical oversight of all programming in all field locations, ensuring achievement according targets, on time, within budget, with the expected high level of program quality and in compliance with core protection principles and best practices, and DRC and donor regulations• Ensure the EMP programme team (Programme Management Unit) is appropriately staffed across DRC and subcontractors, and the appropriate coordination mechanisms are in place between EMP, DRC and subcontractors.• Ensure that the field teams have the needed programmatic and technical resources to plan, deliver and oversee quality programming and activities, and ensure robust coordination with other DRC and subcontractor programming in the field locations.Support Services:• Assume full responsibility as the primary budget holder for the program, overseeing financial management and accountability of all contract deliverables.• Ensure operational systems (financial, logistics and procurement, human resources and administration) are in place and are being fully implemented, including regular planning, reporting and review. These systems are expected to be fully compliant with DFID guidelines and business practices.• Ensure robust, regular and organized coordination between programme support services teams, DRC Country and Area offices and subcontractors.• Ensure the EMP Safety and Security Plan (inc. MoU with subcontractors) is being fully implemented and reviewed/adapted as conditions demand.• Collaborate with the DRC Senior Management Team to make decisions and manage security incidents at a local level.• Promote professional development by identifying training and capacity building opportunities and ensure staff are well versed in core protection concepts, DRC's code of conduct, accountability, respectful dialogue with the refugee population, and prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse.• Contract length: 7 months• Level: Management - E• Designation of Duty Station: Addis Ababa, with travel to the field Unaccompained Duty Station• Start date: 1 July 2020• Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for Expatriates; please refer to drc.ngo under Vacancies. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact [contact person].

Catholic Relief Services (CRS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Technical Advisor II - Social & Behavioral Change LeadBackground• The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Food for Peace (FFP) is seeking applications for funding for development food security activities in Ethiopia from 2020-2025. Drawing on previous experience in managing USAID Food for Peace (FFP) awards in Ethiopia, as well as considerable experience managing and implementing FFP awards globally, CRS will be submitting a proposal in response to the anticipated 2020 FFP Development Food Security Activity (DFSA) Request for Applications (RFA). The proposed program will involve a multi-sectoral response to build resilience and address food insecurity and malnutrition in Ethiopia, with focus on Oromia.Job Summary• The Social and Behavior Change (SBC) will provide technical advice, guidance, and support to a wide range of program design and implementation issues in line with CRS’ program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. S/he will design, manage, strengthen, monitor and provide strategic direction to an evidenced-based social and behavior change framework for the DFSA, ensuring a holistic and robust approach to promote sustainable behavior change among participants and stakeholders for reducing food and nutrition insecurity.Job Responsibilities• Contribute to the development and implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in social and behavior change that effectively engage partners, donors and governments. Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction.• Provide technical solutions to the food security program on-site, for strategic planning and how to best apply program design and implementation standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools, and monitoring and evaluation, ensuring high-quality implementation.• Support SBC interventions by playing a lead role in guiding formative research; developing an SBC strategy and implementation plan in alignment with the Ethiopia PSNP; supporting the development of tools; and monitoring the progress of activities to ensure a consistent and coherent execution of interventions.• Lead development of CRS and partner SBC strategies promoting food and nutrition security that are integrated into all project activities, drawing on proven approaches and results of studies, baseline data and formative research.• Design interventions that leverage existing community networks and resources that move beyond messaging to catalyze lasting change and facilitate a process of engaging communities in a manner that builds on local knowledge and promotes community problem solving.• Contribute to knowledge management and learning through collecting and analyzing program data and support, ensuring that SBC related-indicators are covered in the DFSA M&E system.• Contribute to the design of contextually appropriate and effective participant and stakeholder complaints and feedback mechanisms and provide support for their implementation.• Lead the development of multi-media communication resources, collection, analysis, and utilization of information from a broad range of sources including reports, presentations and short articles for publication for dissemination of project learning.• Establish and maintain relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions. Participate in coordination platforms, thematic committees / technical groups and policy meetings.• Ensure the implementation of the DFSA Branding Strategy and Marking Plan in compliance with USAID regulations.Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.- Duty Station: Addis Ababa- Application Deadline: May 22, 2020

Unity UniversityVacancy Announcement Position: Coordinator, Research Management- Place of Work: Gerji Main Office (Addis Ababa)- Salary: As per the University's Scale

Unity UniversityVacancy Announcement Position: Coordinator, Research Conferences Management- Place of Work: Gerji Main Office (Addis Ababa)- Salary: As per the University's Scale

Unity UniversityVacancy Announcement Position: Officer III, Community Services- Place of Work: Gerji Main Office (Addis Ababa)- Salary: As per the University's Scale

Unity UniversityVacancy Announcement Position: Officer I, Student Counseling Services- Place of Work: Al Amudi Campus, Gerji (Addis Ababa)- Salary: As per the University's Scale