Programme and Learning Co-ordinator, ActionAid Ireland – Action Aid Ethiopia

Development and Project Management

Action Aid Ethiopia

ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE) is a gender justice, good governance, and poverty eradication international organization. It envisions a country where all enjoys their rights equally and live a dignified life. Its heart lies on gender equality where it designs its frameworks and operations on women’s and girls’ living in poverty and exclusion, young people’s meaningful engagement to fulfil their rights, ensure redistribution of resources and build their resilience. Its interventions are guided by the Human Rights Based Approach, Transformative Feminist Leadership, and Intersectional Feminist Analysis program approaches.

ActionAid Ethiopia believes that Gender justice and poverty eradication are achieved through purposeful individual and collective action to bring socio-economic changes from household level to local, national and international levels. Empowerment of people living in poverty and women leadership with the support of their allies is crucial to drive change that will ensure equality and poverty eradication. 

ActionAid works with women and children who are excluded and live in poverty, as they take the lead in claiming their human rights, and changing systems in society that are unjust. The women in these communities take the lead – they decide their priorities, and we support them as they engage with the rest of their community and the wider power structures in society, to bring about change for the better that benefits the whole community. We also work together to hold our governments and international institutions to account, campaigning side by side to achieve meaningful long-term change to create a more just and caring world.

ActionAid Ireland’s strategy 2022-2027 is to create a just and caring world where women’s human rights are respected through addressing the structural causes of Gender Based Violence (GBV), promoting women’s leadership in humanitarian contexts and amplifying feminist alternatives on economic and climate justice. ActionAid Ireland’s strategy also makes clear commitments to anti-racism, shifting power and decolonisation, embedding learning and evaluation and safeguarding. Human rights based approaches are at the heart of ActionAid’s work.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced programme advisor, with a strong understanding of monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) in development and humanitarian programming. You will be part of a passionate, committed programme team working to deliver on ActionAid Ireland’s strategy. You will have experience in working in complex contexts specifically on women’s rights, gender equality and or GBV. You will also have strong experience in ensuring high standards of programme quality and providing support on participatory, feminist, and adaptive MEL practices.

You will be responsible for implementing a monitoring, evaluation and learning system for our multi-country Women’s Rights Programme III (2023-2027) in Nepal, Ethiopia and Kenya seeking to address gender-based violence. You will work closely with monitoring, evaluation and learning staff and drive systematic evidence-based learning throughout programme implementation. You will deliver on donor reporting requirements, especially in coordinating Results Framework and narrative reports.

You will nurture a culture of reflection and learning across the programme where there is regular experience sharing, analysis and research that contributes to implementation.

You will be a champion for women’s and girls’ rights, committed to shifting power and passionate about feminist change and leadership. You will be an empathetic and supportive colleague, able to build trusting and authentic relationships with colleagues and partners.

Please note that the position is subject to Irish Aid funding and will be terminated with one month notice period if the funding is not forthcoming.

200424 Programme Performance and Learning Coordinator – Role Profile

• • Educated to Masters degree level in the fields of Gender, Social Science, Development Studies, Human Rights, Governance or other relevant humanities.
  • At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role in Africa or Asia working with women’s rights, gender equality and or GBV MEL.
  • Substantial experience of providing leadership, support and guidance on participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning across development programmes/projects – particularly in multi-country settings.
  • Strong technical skills in MEL and coordination skills and ability to motivate teams.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills, with excellent written and spoken English.
  • Knowledge and experience of adaptive approaches and thinking and working politically.
  • Ability to travel regularly to and within programme countries, including Ireland.
  • Applied knowledge of the programme cycle including context analysis and problem analysis, design, planning and management, and monitoring and evaluation.
  • Strong training and facilitation skills and ability to identify capacity building needs.
  • Strong networking/relationship-building skills to work well with and influence diverse stakeholders in a multi-cultural environment
  • Strong ability to work in a very participative manner with programme participants and facilitate their inputs into programme design and monitoring.
  • Excellent skills in information/data analysis, including consolidation and analysis of data across countries; excellent skills in report writing.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills, resourcefulness to understand and synthesise diverging points of view and resolve conflicts without escalation.
  • Energetic, enthusiastic, and interested in learning within a political, changing and diverse work environment.

  Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) in English to work well in a cross-regional and multi-cultural context.

To be negotiated depending on experience

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