Development and Project Management

About the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) We are a global communion of churches in the Lutheran tradition, living and working together for a just, peaceful, and reconciled world.&nbsp;LWF World Service is the humanitarian and development arm of the Lutheran World Federation. We are a widely recognized, international, faith-based organization working in over 20 countries. We seek to bring people of all backgrounds together in the common quest for justice, peace, and reconciliation in an increasingly complex and fragmented world.Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Ethiopia&nbsp;&nbsp;LWF World Service Ethiopia is a registered foreign charity, which has been operating in Ethiopia since 1973 implementing various development and humanitarian projects in different parts of Ethiopia.&nbsp;LWF World Service Ethiopia works closely with the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY), the Ethiopian Government, UN organizations and other funding partners. Its thematic areas include the promotion of food security and sustainable livelihood, sustainable natural resources management, emergency preparedness, response and rehabilitation, and capacity building.&nbsp;A commitment to the human rights of every individual, regardless of their status, guides our work, actions, and operations. We are particularly known for our timely, compassionate, and professional humanitarian work, and our field presence in hard-to-reach areas. Our work is people-centered and community-based. Above all, we work with the most vulnerable, and in order to claim and uphold their rights, we engage proactively with local government and community structures.LWF Safeguarding Commitment LWF World Service is committed to creating and maintaining a safe organization where people we come in contact with are protected from harm and abuse. Harm and abuse may include but are not limited to physical, psychological, and sexual violence and abuse, financial and material abuse, all forms of modern slavery, and all forms of maltreatment and exploitation.

The Lutheran World Federation World Service - Ethiopia

Job Purpose&nbsp; &nbsp;The position is responsible to oversee implementation of gender-sensitive livelihoods, and capacity building activities.&nbsp;Facilitate exchange of information compilation data and reports, provision of technical training to beneficiaries and local government staffs. In consultation with the project coordinator and other officer’s review project work plans and activity budget for better response for the need of the project.Duties and Responsibilities of the Position Holder<ul><li>He/she is responsible for gender mainstreaming and proactive technical support of the&nbsp;Building Climate Resilient Community project</li><li>&nbsp;Ensure gender integration and marginalize groups addressed in the day-to-day activities of the project;</li><li>In collaboration with the project officers, support the target beneficiaries with different food seccurity livelihoods options and climate change adaptation (NRM) initiatives;&nbsp;</li><li>Attend inter-agency meetings, gender-related events (meeting, workshops, conferences) and network within the Somali Regional Coordination in-order to stay updated about gender related development;</li><li>Organize and mobilize women to involve with self-help group system and follow-up gender activities;</li><li>Organize and deliver gender based training in the project and ensure marginalized groups included;</li><li>Assist and capacitating women to participate and use of fuel saving system, land right, access resources and in decision-making matters at household and community levels;</li><li>Plan, implement and follow up on gender-related activities and provide support to beneficiaries and grantees on mainstreaming gender in project activities;</li><li>Survey and identify food security and livelihood development and climate change adaptation constraints and suggest the possible recommendations to the project office;</li><li>Conduct GBA+, baseline survey and data collection on gender issues for gender strategy development of the project;</li><li>Work with all officers and partners to ensure that gender equity principles are incorporated into all policies and activities in the project;&nbsp;</li><li>Follow, observe and collaborate on work of training beneficiaries on climate smart agriculture with gender aspects;</li><li>Prepare and submit reports directly to the Project Team Leader regularly;</li><li>Develop bi-weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on gender activities.</li><li>Ensure mainstreaming of LWF Ethiopia’s cross-cutting issues of gender equity, HIV&amp;AIDS, Environmental Protection, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, Child Protection throughout the project and strengthen gender sensitivity in all activities;</li><li>Ensure compliance with LWF’s policies in child rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities;</li><li>Perform any other duties as assigned to him/her by the project Team Leader or his designate.</li></ul>

Gender Officer

Main duties and responsibilities of the Position Holder:A. Leadership<ul><li>Provides leadership and coordination of project activities at the zonal level in coordination with the Regional Coordinator (RC) based in Jigjiga.</li><li>Responsible for the overall management, financial, administration, personnel, supervision and implementation assigned project in accordance with the relevant project agreements and policies of LWF Ethiopia.</li><li>Promote and facilitate the establishment of networks relevant to the LWF activities in the Zone;</li><li>Represents LWF Ethiopia &nbsp;at the zonal level.&nbsp;</li></ul>B. Program management<ul><li>Provide technical support in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of food security and livelihood, climate change adaptation (natural resource management) NRM activities of the project;</li><li>Design and coordinate baseline surveys, market assessments, conduct feasibility studies for Project;&nbsp;</li><li>Provide technical direction, leadership and capacity building training to the right-holders on project activities to enhance their self-reliance and resilience;</li><li>Participate in proposal development and budgeting for new projects in accordance with the provided LWF guidelines and standards;</li><li>Select&nbsp; target communities and project priority groups jointly with project staff, local government representatives and communities and other relevant stakeholders;</li><li>Lead the development of procurement, activity and budget plans for the Projects;</li><li>Lead the regular data collection process on project progress, and compile monthly, quarterly, and annual report on the projects;</li><li>Analyze budget versus expenditure in monthly financial reports;</li><li>Regularly document significant success and human-interest stories, best practices and photos;</li><li>Responsible for overseeing implementation of livelihood project activities in accordance with approved work plan time schedules and budgets;</li><li>Conduct training on relevant thematic areas and other project interventions;</li><li>Provide technical backstopping and facilitation, work closely with partners, field staff, and cluster-based stakeholders, networks, and community members to ensure achievement of objectives in timely and cost-effective manner;</li><li>Identify livelihoods and environmental constraints/concerns and suggest possible recommendations to the Regional Coordinator;</li><li>Represent LWF in relevant coordination platforms;</li></ul>C. Human Resource<ul><li>Ensure that regular meetings are conducted by the project staffs and reports are prepared and submitted to the Regional Office.</li><li>Monitor staff performance at the project level and provide constructive feedback in line with LWF performance appraisal process.</li><li>Identify the key skills required by all Project staff to effectively fulfill their designated roles and where necessary suggest training needs.</li><li>Ensure core humanitarian standards (CHS) are adhered to in the implementation of all project activities on the project;</li><li>Promote accountability to affected populations using the LWF accountability framework;</li><li>Perform any other duties and responsibilities assigned by the supervisor or designate.</li></ul>

Project Team Leader

The position is responsible to oversee implementation of climate smart agriculture, climate adaptation and mitigation, livelihood diversification and related capacity building activities. Facilitate exchange of information compilation data and reports, provision of technical training to beneficiaries and local government staffs. In consultation with the Team Leader and other officer’s review project work plans and activity budget for better response for the need of the project.Duties and Responsibilities of the Position Holder&nbsp;<ul><li>Lead the Food Security and Livelihoods interventions planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting;</li><li>Contribute in the strategic planning, scheduling, assessments, monitoring and evaluation of the projects activities;</li><li>Continuously strive to improve the quality of the Food Security and Livelihoods projects ;</li><li>Promote partnership and collaboration with people of concern and primary focus groups throughout the project cycle;</li><li>Provide inputs to the design &amp; utilization of project information gathering tools &amp; project activity manuals;</li><li>Represent LWF in community meetings, food security or emergency response meetings in coordination with Project Team Leader;&nbsp;</li><li>Monitor, evaluate and suggest changes and improvements in the project and materials based on observations and discussions with the Project&nbsp;Team Leader;</li><li>Prepare timely Verification/Completion Certificates for all properly completed works to facilitate proper and prompt payment to Partners/contractors;</li><li>Keep track of the stock levels of Food Security related materials and items and follow up on project supplies;</li><li>Maintain a proper Food Security Project documents filing, retrieval and archiving system</li><li>Collect, analyze, document and share learning and best practices in the areas of Food security and livelihoods&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare quarterly, semiannual and annual performance reports for the activities under his/her responsibility,&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure mainstreaming of LWF Ethiopia’s cross-cutting issues of gender equity, HIV&amp;AIDS and environmental protection, Child Protection throughout the emergency response and strengthen gender sensitivity in all activities;</li><li>Ensure compliance with LWF’s policies in child rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities;&nbsp;</li><li>Perform any other duties as assigned to him by the project&nbsp;Team Leader&nbsp;or his designate.</li></ul>

Food Security and Livelihoods Officer

Main duties and responsibilities of the Position Holder:He/She shall:<ul><li>Lead the planning, implementation and monitoring of the climate change and resilience building interventions ,</li><li>Support implementing partner in the implementation of the climate change adaptation and (Natural Resource Management) NRM activities,</li><li>Facilitateneed assessment, baseline study and mapping of stakeholders in climate change and resilience building innitiatives, &nbsp;</li><li>Identify/design IEC/BCC materials and facilitate their use with the community and other stakeholders for awareness raising and mobilization activities on the issues of climate change adaptation and NRM,&nbsp;</li><li>Support local level partners such as CBOs to engage men, women and children to promote the issue of climate change and climate justice,&nbsp;</li><li>Initiate and work with networks on climate change and resilience building issues to advance the issue of climate change,&nbsp;</li><li>Facilitate capacity building initiatives to improve understanding among the target community and local level actors on climate change and NRM for collective positive actions,&nbsp;</li><li>Work closely with local level government bodies, CBOs, NGOs and other stakeholders for common goal of resilience building among the target community,&nbsp;</li><li>Plan that follows an action cycle of completing inventories, establishing emission reduction targets, formulating a plan to achieve those targets, implementing abatement actions and measuring the success of mitigation initiatives by completing inventories;&nbsp;</li><li>Developing grant and funding applications on carbon finance schemes, managing and implementing consistent with project emissions reductions and adaptation plans;&nbsp;</li><li>Adaptation Policy and plans; responding to emerging climate change risks across the project areas; assisting community to establish and implement Greenhouse Emissions Reductions and Climate Change Adaptation programs;&nbsp;</li><li>Promoting relevant community climate change programs and events in consultation with stakeholders, undertaking reviews of existing action plans and strategies;&nbsp;</li><li>Collect, analyze, document and share learning and best practices in the areas of climate change, NRM, disaster risk reduction (DRR) and resilience building,&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare quarterly, semiannual and annual performance reports for the activities under his/her responsibility,</li><li>&nbsp;Ensure mainstreaming of LWF Ethiopia’s cross-cutting issues of gender equity, HIV&amp;AIDS and environmental protection, Child Protection throughout the emergency response and strengthen gender sensitivity in all activities;</li><li>Ensure compliance with LWF’s policies in child rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities;&nbsp;</li><li>Follow procedure as outlined in LWF’s policies, staff rules, and other operation manuals,</li><li>Perform any other duties as assigned to him by the project coordinator or his designate.</li></ul>

Climate Change Adaptation (NRM) Officer

<h3>About the company</h3>Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organization dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world&rsquo;s poorest countries. Concern Worldwide was founded by John and Kay O&rsquo;Loughlin-Kennedy in 1968, in response to the famine in the breakaway province of Biafra in Nigeria. The widespread conflict that followed Biafra&rsquo;s attempt to secede from Nigeria caused the displacement of millions and a blockade of food, medicine, and basic necessities by the Nigerian authorities. At the height of the crisis in the summer of 1968, it was estimated that 6,000 children were dying every week. &nbsp;<h3>Our Mission</h3>To help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives which last and spread without ongoing support from Concern.
Our VisionIs of a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression. All have access to a decent standard of living and the opportunities and choices essential to a long, healthy, and creative life. Everyone is treated with dignity and respect.<h3>Our Values</h3>Built on our history and the voluntary, compassionate commitment of Concern&rsquo;s founders:
<ul><li>Focus on extreme poverty</li><li>Equality</li><li>We listen</li><li>Rapid Response</li><li>Courage</li><li>Commitment</li><li>Innovation</li><li>Accountability and Transparency</li></ul>
&nbsp;<h3>Why work for us</h3>Concern Worldwide is an international humanitarian organization that strives for a world free from poverty, fear, and oppression. We deliver life-saving and life-changing interventions to the world&#39;s poorest and most vulnerable people. From rapid emergency response to innovative development programming, we go to the hardest to reach places to make sure that no-one is left behind. Our vision, our mission, and our work are all defined by one goal &ndash; ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear that they won&#39;t have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children. For over 50 years we have been working with the world&#39;s poorest people to transform their lives. Today we are a team of over 3,500 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. &nbsp;<h3>Team Benefits</h3>We believe in working directly with local people, in partnership with local bodies and other international agencies. We aim to develop people&#39;s potential in the countries that we operate. In as far as possible, we try to recruit local people to fulfill our staffing needs. At present, 87% of our personnel working overseas are local people, living and working in their own country. Core Humanitarian Standard Concern is committed to the highest standards of good governance and accountability. In recognition of this, are certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability (CHS). Anyone working for Concern must agree to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with Concern&#39;s Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies. Each of which is intended to ensure the appropriate behavior of Concern staff and ensure the maximum protection of program participants. Additionally, in response to donors funding requirements and our determination to ensure that funds are used in an exclusively humanitarian manner, it is our policy that all job offers are conditional on our ensuring that potential employees&rsquo; names do not appear on counter-terrorism lists generated by the United Nations, European Union or the United States. &nbsp;

Concern Worldwide

Employment Type: Definite PeriodGrade: GB4Salary: USD 830 (Eight hundred thirty)Role PurposeThe PO plan and implement the project activities in coordination with the woreda team leader. The PO will liaise and coordinate with Zonal and Woreda level local authorities, such as health, agriculture, and water offices. The PO support Senior technical assistants (Health &amp; Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture, MPCA), which includes technical support, training, and supportive supervision. The PO will also work closely with the relevant Zonal and Woreda local Gov’t staff, which include integrated supportive supervision and review meeting.Key responsibilities summaryProject Management<ul><li>Conduct needs assessment and share needs assessment report with the respective Woreda team leader.</li><li>Participate in developing specific activities to address priority gaps identified.</li><li>Participate in preparing detail implementation plan (DIP) of activities based on priority gaps identified.</li><li>Participate in regular data collection, compilation, analysis and interpretation at Woreda level and submission to area office and head office.</li><li>Prepare work plan based on the project agreement for the Woreda and ensure the implementation of each planned activities.</li><li>Make regular follow up of multisectoral project activities (Health, Nutrition, Agriculture and WASH) at Woreda level.</li><li>Prepare and submit biweekly, monthly, and quarterly donor and government reports timely to Woreda team leader.</li><li>Support senior technical assistants (Health &amp; Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture, MPCA), which includes technical support, training, and supportive supervision.</li><li>Work closely with the relevant Zonal and Woreda local Gov’t staff, which include integrated supportive supervision and review meeting.</li><li>Collaborate with local partners to improve Concern’s effectiveness and efficiency in the respective Woreda.</li></ul>Human Resources<ul><li>Manage Woreda level Health &amp; Nutrition, WASH, Agriculture, Cash, and etc. senior technical assistants.</li><li>Identify technical capacity gaps and training needs among Woreda level project staff, partners, and government counterparts.</li><li>Identify HR related issues if any and report in a timely and appropriate manner.</li><li>Provide technical support (coach Woreda level technical staff in order to build their capacity and to perform their assigned roles and responsibilities.</li></ul>Financial ManagementTogether with the Woreda Team leader:<ul><li>Prepare detailed budget plans and implement the approved budget in line with Concern finance and grant management policies and procedures.</li><li>Ensure the proper, efficient and timely utilization of allocated program/project budget, including purchasing of materials, and monthly review of the budget monitoring tool.</li><li>Prepare a project procurement plan and ensure its timely implementation</li><li>Implement activities as per direction from Woreda Team leader.</li></ul>Monitoring and Reporting<ul><li>Contribute to the drafting of learning papers/ case studies based on the project implementation and share with partners and stakeholders, to be incorporated into future preparedness and responses.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure that the crosscutting issues and in particular GENDER considerations and Conflict sensitivity are prioritized while implementing project action plans.</li><li>Ensure the work plans are on track and report any amendment or significant changes to your line manager.</li><li>Ensure appropriate reporting tools are in place, if not already in place to ensure reporting formats are understood and used by staff and provide the information required for high quality donor reporting purposes. Provide regular feedback on reports.</li><li>Carry out regular visits to the project sites, monitoring the activities and making technical recommendations, identifying challenges and proposing solutions.&nbsp;</li><li>Support woreda team leader in prepare internal reports and donor reports and ensure that they are developed to a high standard and that all deadlines for the receipt of these reports are met.&nbsp;</li><li>Organizing/supporting joint supportive supervision by involving the key health partners at woreda level.</li><li>Contribute to ensuring that strong complaints response mechanisms are in place across the project</li><li>Ensure that Core Humanitarian Standards are met and that any concerns are raised to the Health and Nutrition Program Manager.&nbsp;</li></ul>Liaison and Coordination<ul><li>In consultation with the Woreda team leader, liaise with other NGOs/INGOs, and relevant government agencies at zone and woreda level to ensure coordination and learning across partners.</li><li>In consultation with the Woreda team leader, organizing and facilitating review meetings to discuss best practices, lessons learned and challenges related to project activities progress in the targeted woreda.</li><li>Support /replace the woreda team leader in representing Concern Worldwide in relevant local and emergency response planning and implementation technical meetings and discussions.</li></ul>Gender<ul><li>Demonstrate an understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy.</li><li>Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect.&nbsp;</li><li>Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.</li></ul>Emergency Response<ul><li>Concern is committed to responding to emergencies&nbsp;efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity.&nbsp;To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.</li><li>Participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern’s Emergency response as and when necessary.</li><li>Comply with Concern’s health, safety and security guidelines during emergencies.</li></ul>AccountabilityIn line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):&nbsp;<ul><li>actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&amp;E);&nbsp;</li><li>Establish/strengthen the implementation of complaint response mechanism (CRM) at community level and ensure its functionality by closely working with the project team.</li><li>work with&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;colleagues&nbsp;&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional&nbsp;and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;&nbsp;</li><li>Work with&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;colleagues&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure that&nbsp;information about&nbsp;CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behavior&nbsp;is disseminated&nbsp;among programme participants and communities.</li></ul>Safeguarding<ul><li>Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.</li><li>Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.</li><li>Practices in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.</li><li>Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.</li><li>Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record-keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.</li></ul>

Programme Officer

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