Senior Program Officer-Program Development & Resource Mobilization – Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
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.
