LonAdd HR Consultancy Plc (www.lonadd.com) is a Recruitment & Outsourcing Company based in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, with branch offices in Dukem, Hawassa and Bahir Dar. We are looking to recruit Program & Policy Advocacy Director (PD) to join on behalf of our client.

Location: Addis Ababa

Position Summary:

Reporting to the National Director & RAU, Program & Policy Advocacy Director oversees the overall operations of the Program Department consisting of Designing and developing Housing/Essential services products and infrastructure in line with habitability and sustainability requirements,

HFHE is entering a strategic transformation from primarily direct project implementation to shaping the housing ecosystem in Ethiopia—through policy influence, market system strengthening, financing innovation, climate resilience, and scalable community-driven housing solutions. The Program Director leads this transformation. This role provides technical and strategic leadership to drive system-level changes in the housing sector, while ensuring high-quality implementation of HFHE’s core interventions constituent of

• Housing policy advocacy and campaigns
• Housing finance and inclusive housing market systems development
• Community housing construction and innovative building solutions
• Urban development and basic services upgrading
• Housing disaster preparedness, recovery, and resilience
• Youth and volunteer engagement
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)
• The role requires travel up to over 30 % within the HFH Ethiopia project implementation areas.
• Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Briefly state the duties of the role in 5-8 broad statements in order of importance. If possible, provide approximate % of time commitment required for each.

Strategic Leadership & Systems Transformation

• Lead execution of HFHE’s 2026–2030 strategy and guide the transition from project-focused delivery to ecosystem-shaping and scalable market-based housing solutions.
• Develop and refine national program portfolios, ensuring alignment with global Habitat for Humanity network strategies.
• Ensure HFHE plays a leadership role in national housing sector dialogue, agenda-setting, and sector coordination.

Housing Finance & Market Systems Development

• Provide technical leadership for expanding access to housing finance through partnerships with MFIs, banks, cooperatives, and savings groups.
• Lead market systems interventions to strengthen construction supply chains, housing service markets, affordable building materials access, and workforce skills.
• Support development and scaling of innovative and affordable housing products, services, and delivery models.

Housing Policy Advocacy & Campaigns

• Lead HFHE’s advocacy agenda to influence national housing, land, urban planning, and financing policy frameworks.
• Develop evidence-based policy briefs, campaigns, and coalition platforms to advance systemic change.
• Represent HFHE in strategic government, donor, and sector coordination forums.

Housing Construction, Urban Upgrading & Basic Services

• Oversee housing construction and home improvement programs for marginalized communities using cost-effective and climate-resilient solutions.
• Lead integrated urban upgrading interventions including WASH, mobility access, tenure security, and public space improvements.

Housing Disaster, Recovery & Resilience

• Design, lead, and manage shelter/housing disaster response and long-term resilience programming.
• Institutionalize climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and resilience standards across all programs.

Youth & Volunteer Engagement

• Strengthen national volunteer mobilization, faith and community engagement, and local action models.
• Develop youth engagement pathways in housing innovation, technical training, and community-driven development.

MEAL, Learning & Impact Evidence

• Oversee MEAL strategy, systems, and annual work plans.
• Ensure impact measurement, data quality, accountability mechanisms, and evidence-based adaptive learning.

Team Leadership, Partnership Management & Resource Mobilization

• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team, fostering collaboration and professional growth.
• Build and maintain partnerships with government, academia, private sector, civil society, and donors.
• Support program design and proposal development to expand funding and influence.

Operation

• Oversee preparation of project annual plans detailed budget and action plan and ensure timely implementation of the same
• Review payment requests and certificates in line with contractual agreement and payment schedules
• Ensures that planning and implementation of Gender sensitive project activities are in accordance with the program principles, approaches, and procedures of the organization.

Safeguarding

• Support the staff and manage focal points with adequate resources and prioritization of safeguarding efforts.
• Hold teams accountable for delivering safeguarding best practices and mitigating risk.
• Promote a safe, productive and respectful environment, including a “speak up” culture

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in urban planning, Housing Studies, Civil Engineering, Architecture, or Public Policy

Experience Required:

• Minimum Years of Related Work Experience Required:
• 10 years of progressive experience in program leadership roles within housing development, urban planning, or market systems.

Demonstrated expertise in:

• Housing finance and market systems development
• Housing policy advocacy, campaigns, and coalition building
• Urban development, settlement upgrading, and WASH
• Community housing construction, DRR, and resilience approaches

Core Competencies

• Systems and strategic thinking
• Policy influence, and partnership diplomacy
• Technical credibility in housing and market systems
• Strong analytical, MEAL-driven decision-making
• Adaptive leadership and changing management
• Inclusive team leadership and mentoring
• Strong communication and representation skills