Only women candidates are considered

Background:

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church Development and Inter- Church Aid Commission (EOC-DICAC) is established as the development wing of Ethiopian Orthodox Church, in 1972 by legal notice No.415 to respond to development and humanitarian gaps and to address the needy population in the country. Since its establishment, EOC-DICAC has been engaged in various types of multi-sectorial development and humanitarian projects and programs with wide range of intervention areas all over the country. EOC-DICAC is currently looking for candidates in the following job posts for a project entitled “capacity building for women in leadership and advocacy’’

Job Description:

The Advocacy, Peace and Ethics officer Manages and coordinates EOC-DICAC’s peace, policy and advocacy engagements. The position holder will be responsible for coordinating and implementing activities related to the establishment and management of peace and advocacy unit within EOC-DICAC. Specifically, she will work to establish and train staff, communities and peace committees as an alternative dispute resolution body, map community-based structures, establish them/strengthen their representatively, build their capacity, mobilize them, liaise and support them to develop protection initiatives.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads or contributes to multisectoral assessments and mappings, and identify protection needs;
• Coordinates mapping community-based structures and strengthen existing community-based protection structures or establish new ones for representatively;
• Ensure that the community-based protection structures are inclusive, representative, gender and age sensitive;
• Provides ongoing mentorship and technical support/capacity building to the staff in the areas of intervention on various protection related topics in line with internal standards;
• Connects the focal points and structures to the other local actors and key stakeholders;
• Supports the structures in developing peace and ethics action plans and developing and implementing related initiatives;
• Contribute to the development of comprehensive service mapping by providing information on the community -based structures in the projects and programs
• Promote team building and contribute to a positive working environment;
• Identifies gaps and facilitate approval of advocacy, peace and policy issues by the management.
• Leads the preparation of advocacy, peace and policy material with involvement relevant departments and services like communication
• Coordinates the implementation of advocacy and peace activities
• Review existing policies, manuals and guidelines of the organization and advice the management for amendment, if appropriate.
• Coordinates the amendment of existing policies, manuals and guidelines, and the preparation new policies, manuals and guidelines.
• Follows-up the implementation of the organization policies by the organization along the organization tiers/structure.
• Facilitates the transformation of existing peace and advocacy working modalities to a modern system with recording and tracking system.
•  Participates in planning, implementation, M &E activities that need her professional input so as to enable EOC-DICAC attain its mission, goals and help projects to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provides techncial support to departments & services as well as coordination & project offices on peace and advocacy undertakings.

Term of Employment:  One year with a possibility of extension

Required Number:        one

• MA in social sciences, law, conflict managment, social work, international relation, human right, development studies, or other relevant field from a recognized institution.
• Minimum of 5 years experience in the field of protection, peace and advocacy
• Excellent verbal and written proficiency in English and Amharic (knowledge of other langauage has added value) Technical understanding of core protection, peace and advocacy concepts, prevention and response strategies in line with best practices;
• Strong analytical skills;
• Integrity, strong work ethic, and ability to consistently meet deadlines under pressure;
• Strong interpersonal skills and commitment to learning and implementing organizational policies and procedures;
• Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel software skill.
• NGO experience is a plus.
• Ability to adapt and meet deadlines as well as work with different types of staff of EOC-DICAC.
• Ablility to perform dueties and responsibilities under stress condition.
• Who is willing to perform other activities as instructed by her immediate supervisor.