Seefar Ethiopia Programme Manager - Call for CVs Jobs

Seefar Ethiopia Programme Manager - Call for CVs Jobs

Closing date: 14 Jul 2019

Seefar is seeking CVs from excellent candidates for the role of Ethiopia Programme Manager, to oversee an anticipated new project focussing on research, M&E and reporting across a range of sectors in the country.

The target beneficiaries will largely be from civil society and government. The post-holder will have responsibility for leading the project on the ground, coordinating the input of Seefar technical experts outside Ethiopia, and maintaining relationships with local stakeholders.

You will be the local face of the project, engage with stakeholders and manage the project results. You will recruit, supervise and lead a team with the support of senior technical experts at Seefar.

You will have: demonstrated project management experience in the development sector and a strong track record in donor liaison. You will have significant experience overseeing and quality assuring M&E and reporting on complex projects.

Your thematic experience should be in one of the following areas: social protection, migration; gender and women’s empowerment; governance.

You will be a natural communicator and very responsive; be results focussed and have complete fluency in English.

This position will be based in Addis Ababa and will be for an initial 12-month contract, with a likelihood of extension, subject to funding.

The post-holder will need to have a pre-existing right to work in Ethiopia.

Job Description

We are a social enterprise with a mission to work with vulnerable people to build a better future. We specialise in justice, migration and social inclusion.

Our expertise is in strategic communications, counselling, consulting, monitoring and evaluation, and research.

We work in East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, East Africa, North Africa, the Sahel and Europe. For more information about us, please visit http://seefar.org/about-us

To get a sense of the services we specialise in at Seefar, please visit http://seefar.org/services.

For examples of projects relevant to the Migration Program, please visit

https://seefar.org/themes/migration/

https://seefar.org/themes/displaced-people/

https://seefar.org/themes/human-trafficking-and-modern-slavery/

Seefar continues to grow and this role is a new one which will be responsible for coordinating a new project on the ground and to help with our growth in Ethiopia.

The role requires someone with five years professional experience in managing teams and implementing projects and who is smart, intrinsically motivated, worldly, interested in hard challenges and is highly flexible and efficient.

Responsibilities

The following are the primary responsibilities of the role, with estimated allocations of time and attention.

Deliver: Project and Mission Implementation
Approximately 90% of your time and attention: