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Field Coordinator / Gender Based Violence at International Solidarity Foundation (ISF), Ethiopia

Location: Jigijiga, Ethiopia

Organization: International Solidarity Foundation (ISF)

Deadline: March 18, 2025

Job Description

The International Solidarity Foundation is recruiting a Field Coordinator/Gender-Based Violence to be based in the Somali region, Ethiopia.

This position is a maternity cover for 6 months period. Thematic Field Coordinator supports the planning, implementation and monitoring of the ISF programme in her/his area of responsibility (prevention of harmful practices and violence against women and girls), as outlined below.

Background

The International Solidarity Foundation (ISF) is a Finnish development organization, founded in 1970. ISF development programme 2022-25 aims to prevent harmful practices and violence against women and girls (VAWG) and improve women’s livelihood resilience in Kenya, Somaliland, Puntland, and the Somali region in Ethiopia. The programme has five expected outcomes:

  • Judicial and moral duty bearers take action to mitigate violence against women and girls
  • Women and girls collectively claim their rights
  • Women’s sphere of influence has expanded
  • Women benefit from services and networks that support livelihood reform
  • Improved capacity of farm systems to mitigate and adapt to climate change

The programme consists of long-term development projects that are implemented by local partners, such as NGOs, community-based organizations, and women’s own businesses. ISF works closely with partners to find solutions to local problems in a systemic way.

Job Purpose

This position is a maternity cover for 6 months period. Thematic Field Coordinator supports the planning, implementation and monitoring of the ISF programme in her/his area of responsibility (prevention of harmful practices and violence against women and girls), as outlined below.

Core Functions:

  • Support partners in project planning, budgeting and implementation, including preparation of project documents, problem solving, testing of new ideas, capacity development and networking.
  • Monitor project implementation, including analysis of project reports, activities and results.
Main Duties/Programme management

Planning:

  • Support project planning at the country level, including preparation of project agreements, project plans, and annual and quarterly country/project plans and budgets
  • Support ISF programme planning at the country level, including preparation of country programme documents and participation in selecting local implementing partners
  • Do regular follow-up with partners and field visits to monitor and analyze project activities and project results, and report to Country Director any problems in the project performance
  • Support partners in using monitoring data in learning and development

Monitoring and evaluation

  • Support financial monitoring
  • Support project and programme internal and external evaluations
  • Support reporting at the country level, including the preparation of country and donor reports.
  • Prepare monthly reports about the general achievement and challenge in the areas of intervention; these will include changes and challenges.
  • Review and analyze quarterly project reports and ensure that narrative and finance reports are coherent. Provide feedback to partners and ISF staff.
  • Support reporting to Government
  • Support testing of new ideas in collaboration with partners and other stakeholders.
  • Identify best practices and lessons learned locally.
  • Support ISF partners’ networking with relevant actors in their respective projects
  • Support capacity development of partners, including facilitation of the assessment of capacity development needs, contacts to trainers and in organizing trainings
  • Participate in the due diligence assessment to the potential partners and play a vital role in identifying the potential risk that might face on the project implementation
  • Collect and conduct initial review of partner narrative and financial reports

Reporting

Main Duties/Programme development

Other Duties

  • Support ISF HQ Communications and fundraising initiatives, including organizing media visits, arranging interviews and photo/video opportunities, and identifying interesting stories.
  • Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor

About You

Required Skills and Experience

Education:

  • Appropriate master’s degree

Professional experience:

  • At least 5 years’ experience in prevention of harmful practices and violence against women and girls, preferably from NGOs
  • At least 5 years’ experience in project management including planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting
  • Experience in community mobilization and working with communities
  • Knowledge of relevant national and local policies, actors and networks in the country of employment
  • Ability to facilitate discussion, learning, and innovation
  • Ability to work independently and work well in a team
  • Good planning and organizational skills
  • Good skills in Office software packages, especially Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams etc.)

Language Requirements:

  • Excellent written and oral English and working language of the country of employment
  • Proficiency in Somali Language is mandatory

Travel:

  • The selected person is expected to regularly travel inside the country of employment.
Requirement Skill
  • Time management
  • Adaptability
  • Innovation
  • Microsoft Office Pack: Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Outlook, Powerpoint
  • Attention to detail

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit their application at the latest on March 18th, 2025.

Apply using the following link: Ethiopia: Field Coordinator / Gender Based Violence In the application form, section ‘Tell about yourself’, field ‘Your message to us’, pls provide your expected monthly gross salary in euros. CV is a mandatory attachment.

Questions regarding the job can be sent to: isfethiopia@solidaarisuus.fi.

For phone enquiry 13th of March on the following number: +251992276222

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as we will start processing the applications already during the application period.

Female candidates will be prioritized.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.