Country Lead-CFYE – VSO Ethiopia

Founded in 1958, VSO is a leading independent international Non-Governmental development organisation which works through committed volunteers and with international, national, regional and local partners to build capabilities and fight against the causes of poverty.   
 
VSO has been working in Ethiopia since 1996.  In 2012, VSO Ethiopia has developed a new five year Country Strategic Plan (CSP 2012 – 2017) with a vision of “an Ethiopia without poverty where individuals and communities are able to realise their own potential and that of Ethiopia and improve their quality of life”.  Our mission is “to bring people together to work in partnership; share skills, knowledge, and experience; build capabilities; and fight the causes of poverty in Ethiopia”.  VSO Ethiopia programme focuses on improving the quality of access to basic services through implementing holistic programme in three key areas of Education, Health, and Secure Livelihood with gender, Climate-Change and ICT as cross cutting themes.

VSO is the world’s leading international development charity that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. At VSO we pride ourselves on doing development differently. We fight poverty not by sending aid, but by working through volunteers and partners to create long-lasting change in some of the world’s poorest regions. We bring key stakeholders together to co-ordinate collective action, from local organisations to national governments. Our programmes in Africa and Asia focus on health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience, peace building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change that will improve the lives of generations to come.

Role overview

The Country Lead CFYE will be responsible for representing the Challenge Fund for Youth Employment in Ethiopia and acting as the primary point of contact for the Fund for Implementing Partners (IPs). The Relationship manager will act as ‘critical friend’ of the IPs, which will be reflected in closely monitoring the project performance on the one hand, but also discussing any emerging issues from that with the IP, in an open and transparent manner.

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Salary: 1,215,532 ETB + ETB 61,356 Annual Inflation Allowance (temporary, to be reviewed every 6 months) + 11% Pension Fund contribution

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