Deputy Protection, Gender, and MHPSS Head of Department (Technical Advisor) – ACTION AGAINST HUNGER

Development and Project Management, Social Sciences and Community, Strategic Planning

ACTION AGAINST HUNGER

As a registered charity, founded in 1979, ACTION AGAINST HUNGER operates in 40 countries. The international network of ACTION AGAINST HUNGER is represented in Paris, London, Madrid, Montreal and New York. Teams in the field combat hunger on 4 fronts: nutrition, food security, health, water and sanitation.

Deputy Protection, Gender, and MHPSS Head of Department (Technical Advisor)

Country Office: Ethiopia

Work Base: Addis Ababa

Availability: As Soon As Possible

Salary Scale: EMS09

Summary of Position

This is an opportunity to join a growing and well-respected team, helping to support the implementation of standalone and integrated protection, gender, and MHPSS programming activities. You will contribute to overseeing the conception, design, implementation, and management of various programs, across Ethiopia, ensuring that program managers at the field level are well supported.

Purpose:

• The Deputy Technical Advisor will provide technical guidance and support to the Technical Advisor for the conception, design, implementation, and oversight of programs and operations. This will be achieved by providing technical and project coordination of all activities throughout the project lifecycle process for an emergency, developmental, resilience, innovation, and research initiatives including reporting, monitoring, problem-solving, training, and coordinating.

Engagement:

• As Deputy Technical Advisor, you will represent Action Against Hunger Ethiopia Country Office both internally at the capital/field level and within the global AAH network. You will develop and build strong working relations with field teams, and support relations with donors, partners, UN agencies, and the Ethiopian government. 

Delivery: 

• The Deputy Technical Advisor is responsible for supporting the successful delivery of agreed program activities and ensuring the production of timely, and quality reports on program implementation, budgets/expenditure, APRs, and reports.

Essential job duties

Support the technical design and implementation of Protection, Gender, and MHPSS activities in the project development process of emergency, development, research, and innovation projects, and internally within the mission through mainstreaming

• Support in the process of working with donor/business intelligence and prepositioning with major donors, consortia, and alliances.
• Ensure good coordination with colleagues within the department and other departments (at the field and capital level).
• Provide/share information and analysis on incoming information for relevant future propositions for geographic and sectoral interventions throughout the country to the Technical Advisor.
• Contribute to writing high-quality proposals, including narratives, program budgets, project organigrams, etc.
• Deliver Protection, Gender, and MHPSS mainstreaming in proposal design and project implementation
• Work closely with other sectors to ensure effective joint working on integrated programs
• Support other departments in implementing mainstreaming for protection, gender, and MHPSS by providing guidance, technical support, training, minimum standards, and advocacy

Support the management of Protection, Gender, and MHPSS department project activities including startup, implementation, and closeout including budget management, MEAL, and donor reporting

• Coordinate projects to ensure timely startups including staff recruitment, preparation of project procurement plans, detailed implementation plans
• Visit Action Against Hunger field activities, report on challenges, troubleshoot, and liaise with the Program Managers and Field Coordinators
• Attend meetings and other relevant meetings (such as grant management meetings)
• Ensure the department provides timely response for project donor reports, internal reports, and APRs at the highest quality and provide feedback as necessary
• Attend relevant cluster and technical working groups as agreed with the Technical Advisor
• General leadership, coaching, and mentoring of Protection, Gender and MHPSS department staff and other colleagues as needed
• Represent as requested in donor meetings, donor visits, technical fora, consortia steering committees, technical consultations/working groups, etc.
• Facilitate a ‘trickle-down’ of information towards the field stemming from cluster/sectoral information in the capital.

Support Gender Mainstreaming

• Working with the Technical Advisor, help coordinate the implementation of GMS and mainstreaming activities in support and program function areas
• Support and help implement activities as part of the gender culture change across the mission
• Provide support and coordination with the Safeguarding Manager on materials related to PSEA

Support Staff Well-Being Mainstreaming and Support

• Provide support, guidance, and interventions relating to staff psychosocial well-being to HR, FCs, and management as requested
• Support the implementation of activities that improve and strengthen staff well-being (using the Staff Well-Being guidance)

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Program Managers, Deputy Program Manager, Roving Program Managers, and specialist staff including interns/volunteers (if applicable)

Gender Equality Commitments  

• Foster an environment that supports the values of women and men, and equal access to information.
• Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
• Respect beneficiaries’ women, men, and children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status. 
• Value and respect all cultures.  

Fiscal Responsibility

• The position will support the budget holder of the Protection, Gender, and MHPSS department (Technical Advisor)

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed on an infrequent basis.
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Conditions, Travel, and Environment

• The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week. Must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required and in line with Labor Law.
•  Must be able to travel as required for standard domestic and international business purposes. While performing the duties of this job in the field, the employee may be exposed to precarious settings under high-security risks and/or very basic living conditions and outside weather conditions, as well as to infectious diseases. 

Required Qualifications and Professional Experience

• MA/BA degree in Psychology, Psychotherapy or Psychiatry, Legal, Social Work, or similar
• Relevant work-related field experience in humanitarian response, minimum 5 years in a management position
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in project management skills (including experience in managing multiple projects, in different contexts and content).
• Language – high level of written and spoken English (including Amharic and Afaan Oromo desired)

 Required Skills & Competencies

• Excellent project management skills and organization
• Good at building working relationships with people (partners/agencies/government)
• Extensive experience in managing teams

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