Major Responsibilities:

• To foster and preserve relationships with all major political parties and their representatives
• Interface with political parties’ council, women political party leaders and members forum;
• Support and facilitate activities related with inter party dialogue;
• Handle complaints from political parties to get quick resolution;
• Must act as a link between NEBE offices and political parties;
• Respond promptly to political parties’ queries and provide requested information and document;
• Prepare relevant edit correspondences, communications, and other documents;
• Manage incoming and outgoing correspondences related with political party complaints;
• Prepare internal and external corporate documents as assigned by the manager;
• Responsible for collecting and organizing data;
• Report to management on timely basis.

Job Requirement

• University Degree (Bachelor’s degree) in International Relations or Political Science, Management, Business Administration, Law, and related fields
• A minimum of 4 years work experience
• Basic knowledge of the electoral cycle, election activities and stakeholders of elections (parties, observers, media etc.).

SKILLS & COMPETENCES

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel;
• Ability to remain highly organized while handling multiple tasks under tight deadlines;
• Willingness to adhere to all principles of confidentiality and impartiality (Not being a member of any political party);
• Conduct self with integrity and function ethically;
• Strong communication skills;
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to conduct independent research and analysis;
• Ability to show initiative, good judgment, and resourcefulness;
• Good negotiation skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills and flexibility, responsibility, integrity, team work, self-motivation, preparedness to work off-time;
• Ability to work with multi stake holders;
• Fluency in English and Amharic required (written and spoken)

Duty station:  NEBE Head Quarter, Addis Ababa