Economic Empowerment coordinator (Senior project officer)

Ethiopian National Association of the Blind (ENAB) is the first Organization for Peoples with disabilities in Ethiopia. Since its establishment, ENAB works 65 years for the realization of the right for people with Visual impairments. ENAB is collaborating and networking with many local and international organizations towards this objective.

The ENAB wants to hire competent applicant on the following vacant position.

Job title: Economic Empowerment coordinator (Senior project officer)

Number: 1(one)

Salary: salary 34,476.00, communication 2,000.00 and transport 2,000.00

Description

• Compiling and analyzing policies, laws and manuals on employment rights of persons with disabilities
• Identifying the gaps in the implementation of employment laws for persons with disabilities
• Advocating based on the identified gaps
• Transforming the employability of persons with visual impairment
• Organizing and supporting persons with disabilities to engage in self-employment activities
• Identifying areas where persons with disabilities could potentially engage to ensure their employability
• Collaboration with partners in Ethiopia (including active participating in Economic Empowerment (EE) Technical Working group)
• Collaboration and communication with EE program manager in NABP in the development and reporting on implementation of EE program in Ethiopia
• Responsibility to identify beneficiaries of all disabilities to participate as beneficiaries of the EE program
• Monitor and follow-up of beneficiaries in the EE program
• Support organizational capacity building in ENAB on EE programming and document learning and methods from NGO and DPO partners
• Support development and participating in EE network
• Doing any other related activity.

Job Requirements

Required educational and work experience

• Minimum of master degree (economics, management, social work, sociology, business administration, business management, law)
• At least 7 years of experience in the fields related to those mentioned educational backgrounds
• Informed in disability-related concepts
• Good skills in communications, English language, technologies etc.
• Experience working effectively with governments, civil society, multilateral, and the private sector
• Experience project management and planning program design
• Experience in reporting and monitoring using quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Experience in developing and conducting trainings, campaigns and community work
• Co-operates well with others; shares knowledge, experience and information; supports others in the pursuit of team goals
• Builds a useful network of contacts and relationships and utilizes it to achieve objectives
• Those with work experience on disability are encouraged,
• Those who have NGO experience are encouraged.