ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE) is a Gender justice , poverty eradication and Good Governance organization. In Ethiopia, ActionAid works to challenge gender inequalities and the structural causes of poverty through empowering communities to create critical mass of communities especially Women and Girls living in poverty and exclusion. ActionAid Ethiopia believes that gender justice and poverty eradication are achieved through purposeful individual and collective action to bring socio-economic changes at household level to local, national and international levels. Empowerment of people living in poverty plus women’s leadership with the support of their allies is crucial to drive through the changes that will ensure equality and eradication of poverty.

ActionAid Ethiopia is currently looking for a vibrant, energetic, ambitious, knowledgeable, experienced, highly capable and motivated professionals and leaders for its new project/ Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA II) Project/ and other regular positions to join its Programme and Finance team.

Reports to: Head of Programme

Duty base: Addis Ababa, with frequent in country travel

Duration: Two years with possibility of extension

Required: One

Job Summary:

Provide strategic support on the development of programme and policy on WR issues to support high quality programme work, campaigns, research, knowledge, learning and advocacy. Managing and coordinating organization wide WR and Feminism aspects and engagements and provide advice and content on the same. Coordinates the Women’s Right programme and supporting Local Right programmes/Project officer to design and deliver quality projects/programs and assess their impact and provides guidance and support throughout the project management cycle. The person is also responsible to line manage local programme managers for effective and quality delivery of programmes.

Key responsibilities:

• Manages and coordinates organization wide Women’s Right and Feminism aspects and engagements and provide advice and content on the same
• Lead and Support Local programmes to design and deliver quality Programme as per AAE’s strategic priorities, programme framework and Quality.
• leads and coordinate Local and national level policy engagements, programs and projects on Women Right;
• prepares and implements women right plans and budget for national and regional level engagements;
• Supports local programmes to ensure minimum standards of Women Right priorities planning and implementation and provides holistic periodical support with department and cross functional team.
• Initiates and supervise researches mainly in women economic alternatives and VAW and ensure their dissemination for scaling up within and outside the organization;
• leads influencing and policy engagements (e.g.Unpaid care work),
• Provides technical support to Local right programmes in Women’s Right issues starting from agreements and ToRs and standardizing the same.
• Actively engages in developing women right related quality control framework that is relevant to the context and to the WR priority area and ensure such key aspects are integrated/embedded in agreements etc during program implementation
• Facilitates and engages in ActionAid International Women Right International Platforms (IP) (ensures local to international linkage)
• Supports Local right programmes in rolling out HRBA and Feminist intersectional analysis approaches and also in ensuring minimum standards and core program quality frameworks and engages in evaluations/reviews (in collaboration with other programme staff Provides partners support and take part in DA phase in and phase out processes (providing leadership in in-depth power and poverty assessment during phase in/appraisal and entry phase engagements).
• Participates in providing field monitoring visits and following up actions in respective roles
• Facilitates and take part in networking and building alliance with CSOs that share common purpose and related government institutions for the realization of AAE’s commitment to women development;

Job Requirements

Qualification required

• The successful candidate must possess a minimum of a Masters Degree in Law, human rights, gender, and related social studies;
• a minimum of Eight years experience with at least 3 years at management level;
• strategic programming and partnership development and processes;
• solid knowledge of Women’s and girls right issues and the country’s national frameworks and strategies;
• proven ability to lead multiple teams;
• good experience in research; strong interpersonal, team work and proven people management skills;
• excellent analytical and conceptual thinking;
• solid understanding of programme approach and strategies.
• A person who champions women and girls agenda;
• A good knowledge of HRBA programming and Feminist approaches;
• Ability in the use of gender analysis tools
• Excellent verbal and written skills in English
• Experience in Project and People Management