WGFS Project Manager I – FH Ethiopia
Development and Project Management, Social Sciences and Community
FH Ethiopia
WHO WE ARE
Founded in 1971, FH Association (“FHA”) incorporated in Geneva, Switzerland, operates programs in over 18 countries throughout Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Food for the Hungry (FH) was founded by Dr. Larry Ward based on a simple premise, “If children died one at a time, I can help them one at a time.” Currently FH operates in more than 20 countries in North America, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
While we collectively refer to ourselves as “FH”, international staff should be aware that there are additional “Food for the Hungry” organizations in other countries that also trace their lineage back to the same founder, Larry Ward, in 1971. They collectively call themselves “Food for the Hungry International” or “FHI”. FHA and FHI cooperate on projects together but may not share common governance.
Values: The Heartbeat of FH
Value 1—We follow Jesus. We are ambassadors of Jesus in our thoughts, words and deeds.
Value 2—Our work is relational. We pursue reconciled relationships as a result of grace with
those with whom we work, partner, and serve.
Value 3—We invest wisely and focus on results. We are stewards in God’s Kingdom and strive
to invest all resources to maximize missional impact.
Value 4—We serve with humility. We recognize the dignity of others and put their interests
above our own.
Value 5—We pursue beauty, goodness and truth. In a broken world we are witnesses through our relationships and work of God’s beauty, goodness, and truth.
Vision
All forms of human poverty ended worldwide
Purpose
Together we follow God’s call responding to human suffering and graduating communities from
FH IN ETHIOPIA
Following the 1984 drought induced famine, FH started its operations in Ethiopia by providing food and non-food aid to the famine victims in Northern Ethiopia, and then engaged in sustainable development and humanitarian response activities in Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Oromiya, Sidama, SNNPR and Tigray Regions, sustainably graduating millions of people from poverty and responding to human suffering in Ethiopia ever since.
OUR PURPOSE
Together we follow God’s call responding to human suffering and graduating communities from extreme poverty. Towards this end, FH engages communities on:
Education
§ FH Focuses on increasing access and improving the quality of education in rural and urban settings. We build school facilities including libraries and provide required supplies to attain the goals.
§ FH provides school supplies and dignity kits to the most vulnerable children.
§ FH also address early childhood development (ECD) by building required infrastructure, and availing appropriate furniture and supplies.
§ FH builds the capacity of teachers both in schools and ECD centers in partnership with school communities and education offices.
Natural Resource Management
To protect and rehabilitate degraded environments FH is engaged in:
§ Water and soil protection through physical and biological means
§ FH has planted an average of 20 million seedlings each year in which 144,562 Public Work beneficiaries were involved to plant seedlings on 74 watersheds. In doing so, an estimated 1,200 hectares of land were covered.
§ Nearly one million coffee, fruit and multi-purpose tree seedlings are raised and distributed every year to household farmers to increase income.
Health and Nutrition
Current Health and nutrition program aims to-
§ Improve maternal and child health and nutritional practices among women of reproductive age groups and children under two years age
§ Improve access to nutritious food
§ Improve hygiene and sanitation through developing WASH infrastructure and promotion of community led total sanitation
§ Health system strengthening and
§ Responding to emergency health outbreaks and pandemics
Income Generation and Food Security
§ Construct small scale river diversions and hand dug wells for irrigation at household level
§ Provision of finance for Rural Saving and Credit Cooperatives for easy access of loan to the rural community
§ Cash transfer to the targeted families as a startup capital for small animal raring, petty trade, fattening … to build their assets
§ Organizing and train Self Help Groups, Youth Groups and Water User Groups to boost their economic benefits
§ Introducing Conservation Agriculture both as a food security means and environmental protection
Emergency response
§ Commodity and cash transfer with two objectives:
o Meet emergency food needs of transitory food insecure populations; and
o Protect assets of targeted households (HH)
§ GBV Response & Mitigation
§ Emergency Seed Distribution
§ Emergency WASH (shower, latrine, water system, NFI’s)
§ Emergency Shelter NFI Response
FH Culture
All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success. For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values.
Position: WGFS Project Manager I
Duty Station: Mekelle
Duration of Contract: One-year contract, Renewable (with 60 working days probation period)
Salary: As per the salary scale of the organization
Closing date: May 9, 2024
Job Summary
The WGFS Project Manager will be stationed/based in Mekelle and will travel to the field frequently. The project manager will be responsible for managing, coordinating, and monitoring the GBV prevention and response program under the overall direction of the GBV and MHPSS Advisor and the direct supervision of the regional manager. The WGFS Project Manager collaborates with UNFPA and other UN agencies, government technical staff, stakeholders, and civil society organizations to ensure the successful execution of the UNFPA-funded WGFS project GBV prevention and response initiative.
Principal Responsibilities
⮚ Analyze GBV trends and create/adjust program strategies to fulfill needs.
⮚ Contribute to program design by writing concept notes and proposals.
⮚ Provide technical assistance and carry out actions to meet project aims and objectives.
⮚ Conduct supportive field visits to field staff where programming is being implemented regularly to provide technical assistance, direction, and mentoring.
⮚ Lead meetings on research design and review to find areas for improvement and collaborate with consultants and staff to develop new approaches.
⮚ Lead the design, development, delivery, and facilitation of capacity-building workshops, training, and mentorship activities for GBV personnel, partners, and stakeholders.
⮚ Ensure that programming adheres to best practices by utilizing essential guidelines, learning materials, and resources, as well as actively researching and learning about these with the assistance of the FHE GBV and MHPSS Advisor.
⮚ Develop effective prevention and awareness-raising/behavior-change methods in collaboration with teams and communities.
⮚ Represent the project and FHE, as well as ensure the dissemination of evidence and learning to impact policy and practice.
⮚ Coordination with local and international NGOs, UN agencies, government, and other stakeholders to provide survivors with holistic care, including engagement in strengthening GBV SOPs and referral channels.
⮚ Participate actively in the protection/GBV working group, GBV AoR, and contribute to interagency initiatives, while also promoting FHE as a leader in GBV.
⮚ Ensures that adequate human resources, materials, and commodities are available and utilized;
⮚ Coordination of project plan preparation and timely submission to the appropriate body;
⮚ Plan and acquire supplies within program budgets in collaboration with Finance and Logistics.
⮚ Prepare a quarterly procurement plan and obtain clearance for timely material purchases. Display greater integrity when handling organizational resources.
⮚ Ensure that donor regulations are followed.
⮚ Develop, analyze, and monitor annual work and performance plans in collaboration with key project personnel to ensure long-term and short-term priorities, including risk management, are on track.
⮚ Consider the security implications of all program activities, and consult with program staff and community leaders on all new projects.
⮚ Ensures that all employee performance evaluation forms are completed and sent to the FH/E Head Office on time.
⮚ Propose project ideas for new ventures and get funding from various sources;
⮚ Oversee technical direction and project delivery to ensure that activities are within the performance framework and that all standard operating policies and procedures are followed.
⮚ Help protect employees by building and maintaining a work atmosphere that encourages teamwork, trust, and mutual respect while also empowering employees to take responsibility.
⮚ Cooperate with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning department to ensure that all MEL techniques are consistent with the program framework, model, and guiding principles and that women and girls are at the center of all programming learning.
⮚ Ensure data and information collection throughout all programming areas.
⮚ Oversee is ethical, participatory, and honest through regular monitoring, review, and analysis of data and information, as well as check-in sessions with the Project team;
⮚ Prepare accurate internal and external reports within agreed-upon deadlines and against relevant indicators, as needed, using FHE and donor formats.
Perform additional activities assigned by the supervisor.
Safeguarding Policy
FH strives to provide an environment free from sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment in all places where relief and development programs are implemented. FH holds a zero-tolerance policy against sexual exploitation and abuse and harassment. FH expects its employees to maintain high ethical standards, protect organizational integrity and reputation, and ensure that FH work is carried out with honest and fair methods, in alignment with the FH Heartbeat and safeguarding and associated policies. Violations of stated policies will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination of employment.
Gender Responsibility
⮚ Provide adequate time to staff to participate in gender sensitivity workshops and related events.
⮚ Through observation, interviews, and spot-checks, ensure that the staff planning process is gender sensitive.
⮚ Build a better gender balance in staffing through affirmative action.
⮚ Observe if women staff are as involved as men in high-profile activities such as interaction with visitors and chairing meetings, and take corrective action if warranted.
⮚ Encourage female staff to participate in external networks (local and regional), as well as seminars and cross-visits.
⮚ Facilitate open and regular discussions with staff about the work environment, policies, and values convenient to gender issues.
Safety & Security Responsibility
⮚ Encourages compliance with Safety and Security principles and policies of the organization by all staff;
⮚ Visiting project Offices and operational areas periodically to meet staff and making sure that all staff members are aware of the safety and security procedures;
⮚ Explains to staff the reasoning behind the organization’s safety and security policies and procedures
⮚ Organizing local training sessions, such as First Aid, Fire Safety, and Defensive Driving for staff members. If possible, he/she should conduct briefing and training sessions himself/herself;
⮚ Ensures that safety and security objectives are added to performance reviews and evaluations of all staff members;
⮚ Encourages staff to adopt safe and secure practices. Ensuring that updated personnel information related to safety (Record of Emergency Data) and security management are kept in Human resources.
Job Level Specifications
⮚ Full agreement with FH’s Christian foundation and beliefs as expressed in The Heartbeat: our Values, Vision, and Purpose.
⮚ Ability to communicate with organization members.
⮚ Physical fitness to operate in a different weather environment.
⮚ Shows a positive attitude that contributes to a good working atmosphere in the office
⮚ Maintain or retain confidential internal information of the organization.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in similar intervention activities, and experience managing complex international donor-funded development. Prior experience in an International NGO setting is preferred.
Education/Certifications
⮚ Advanced degree (master’s or doctorate) from an accredited university in Social Science or Community Development or a related discipline, international development, or related field;
Distinguishing Competencies
⮚ Proactive personality & and self-initiative.
⮚ Computer literacy
Language
⮚ Proficiency in both spoken and written English. Knowledge of the local language of the intervention area is preferred.
