Senior Program Officer-Program Development & Resource Mobilization – Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
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Legal, Social Sciences and Community
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Internal and External Vacancy
Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is looking for qualified candidates to fill the Senior Program Officer-Program Development & Resource Mobilization position.
Purpose of the Job
- To take a lead in the identification of needs and resources and development of concept notes and proposal development process by working with relevant thematic sectors.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Contribute to the proposal and concept note development process by identifying and clarifying opportunities and needs, studying calls for proposals (CFP’s), share information with responsible departments;
- Closely work with monitoring and evaluation teams in lesson learning, best practices and project recommendations so at to feed into new project design process;
- Closely work with thematic departments and other functions in the project design process;
- Ensure and flag proposal deadline by establishing priorities and target dates for information gathering, writing review, and approval, entering and monitoring tracking data, coordinating requirements with contributes;
- Contribute to the analysis of donor priorities and maintaining up-to-date donor knowledge and account/donor intelligence process;
- Responsible for proper documentation of relevant communication, proposal and Approvals;
- Support preparation of internal and external reports and other documents, as required;
- Collaborate with experts while working on programs across thematic areas and directorates to identify priorities and resource mobilization needs according to Commission’s strategy and annual plans;
- Participate in evaluation of opportunities to check the relevance of projects, avoid duplications among different directorates and identify implementation and reporting challenges;
- Maintain updated tracking system to evaluate resource solicitation and usage in EHRC in relation to the programs;
- Participate in the coordination of the different functions of EHRC to integrate and support each other to optimize project and program costs;
- Support MOU negotiations and other agreements, as needed, that clearly define roles, responsibilities and expectations;
- Develop MoUs and Partnership agreements as per approved concept note /project proposals;
- Establish network and good communication with donors;
- Perform other related duties as assigned by executives.
LOCATION: Head Office /Addis Ababa
REPORT TO: Director, Partnership
DURATION: Open/Indefiante
SALARY RANGE: Gross monthly salary of ETB 22,014.00- ETB 26,219.00 plus ETB 6,000.00 Housing allowance and ETB 1,500.00 Transport allowance, depending on candidate’s qualification, experience and earning history
Qualifications and Experience
- MA in Program Management, LL.M in Human Rights, LLM in Law (Public Law relevant to Human Rights), Gender Studies and relevant Social Science;
- Candidates with Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) but with exceptional experience can be considered;
- 5 years of relevant experience with MA Experience in management of resources;
- Computer Literate;
- Knowledge of Amharic is required;
- High proficiency in written and spoken English and Amharic
- (Knowledge of other local languages would be an asset)
- Practical experience in proposal and report writing;
- Practical experience in coordination of project/program development process;
- Knowledge and experience in human rights programming, human rights concepts, and instruments;
- Experience in networking with stakeholders along with knowledge of key donor requirements.