Project Coordinator -Internal/External

• Duration of the contract Until 6 May 2027
• Reports to AWA’ Regional plan, program and Project Coordinator and Directors
• Project Donor UN-OCHA/EHF

Background

Amhara women’s Association /AWA/ is a nonprofit, nonpolitical and non-religious civic organization established in 1998 to empower women and girls socially and economically in Amhara regional state including Addis Ababa city administration.

AWA is launching twelve /12 -month project with funding secured from UN-OCHA to support internally displaced people and vulnerable households in North Shoa Zone, Merhabite woreda and Shoa robit town. This initiative aims to provide humanitarian assistance that strengthens protection outcomes, focusing on Protection and CP-GBV interventions. The project reduces protection risks for conflict-affected women, girls, children, and other vulnerable groups through survivor-centered case management, MHPSS, safe referrals, dignity kits and targeted cash for protection, ensuring safe and dignified access to life-saving services and, ultimately safeguarding their dignity and rights. The project will be carried out in North Shoa Zone, Merhabetie worda and Shoa robit town. In relation to this, AWA wants to recruit a full time Project Coordinator.

Purpose and Job Summary:

The CP-GBV & CP Project Coordinator is responsible for the leadership and technical support of CP-GBV & CP project interventions, including strategic planning, technical leadership,
capacity building, support and supervision of staff, internal and external coordination and representation, proposal development, and reporting of the overall of the project implementation.

Major roles and responsibilities of the position

Technical Support

• Under the supervision of the AWA’s program and project coordinator takes the lead on implementation of the CP-GBV/CP response project, related activities and initiatives.
• Facilitates the development of work plans with AWA regional office and zonal offices to provide technical support in the CP-GBV& CP prevention and response project; assesses progress and follows up to ensure timely implementation, and review project progress in annual review meetings.
• Reviews district work plans and ensures the relevant components are consistent with the project results and the regional project results and resources framework
• Provides technical support to Zonal and woreda level government entities/departments and local bodies and agencies to plan and implement CP, CP-GBV prevention and response projects.
• Liaises closely with the AWA team on CP & CP-GBV Prevention and Response to ensure timely and high-quality implementation of project activities, sharing of knowledge and information, proper monitoring, and adjustments to project strategies based on learning as the project proceeds
• Shares knowledge products with AWA zonal and district level officers and provides technical support upon request of the CP-GBV project officer and Community Mobilization Officer based in the districts.
• Provides technical input within AWA as well as for Zonal and district government departments and local bodies and line agencies on integration of gender, CP-GBV prevention and response
• Provides technical input during conduction of assessments in line with protection concerns, and closely monitor survey with the partner for the delivery of quality service.
Communication, Advocacy, and Knowledge Management
• Contributes to the design and implementation of behavioral change communication campaigns by providing inputs to and implementing specific and targeted IEC/BCC interventions on gender equality and women’s empowerment issues for the prevention and response to CP-CP-GBV.
• Attends/engages with zonal and district coordination mechanisms to ensure effective coordination of partners
on CP-CP-GBV prevention and response.
Contributes to knowledge creation by continually documenting lessons learned, good practices, and replicable strategies, and actively shares this knowledge

• Maintains productive and professional relation with other humanitarian agencies at project intervention area.
• Oversees awareness raising activities through outreach and awareness campaigns on CP & CP-GBV, Mental health, PSEA and SRH.
• Coordinates and supports Child protection & Women and girls at risk of CP-GBV to receive different CP & CP-GBV services and support in all project intervention woredas.
• Facilitates and coordinates different skill development activities, recreation activities for women and girls as well as children at WGSS and CFS.

Leading the Project Team

• Oversees the project team under his responsibility and ensure regular planning and reporting on regular basis
• Provide the necessary technical and administrative support for the field team in North Shoa Zone, Merhabetie woreda and Shoa Robit town.
• Ensures the smooth communion among the team and with AWA staffs at regional, Zonal and kebele level
• Executes any additional responsibility given by AWA that might be deemed appropriate for the implementation of CP-CP-GBV project and other related activities.

Monitoring and Evaluation

• Prepares and implement a joint facilitative supervision and monitoring plan with central level implementing partners, in line with project objectives.
• Supports staff in the development of a monitoring checklist and tools and its implementation;
• Assists project team in preparing monthly, quarterly, biannual and final monitoring reports
• Analyzes trends and recommend appropriate actions for improved effectiveness of the programs.

Qualifications:

Education/Knowledge/Technical Skills and Experience

• Master’s or BA degree in social work, sociology, psychology, Gender and development, child protection, public health and relevant fields of social sciences and health.
• Knowledge and skills of and ability to implement integrated CP-CP-GBV prevention and responses,
• Typically, 5+ years of coordinator experience in related to CP-GBV and CP program design and management
  • At least three year of international, humanitarian experience
• Awareness of or interest in community based protection mechanisms.
• Proven experience in designing and implementing child protection and CP-GBV trainings to a variety of stakeholders.
• Direct case management and experience working with children, women and adolescents is an asset
• Knowledge and experience on child protection & Gender Based Violence programming including prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA) is an asset
• Extensive training in the fields of CP-CP-GBV, psycho-social wellbeing, case management and application of
• international technical guidelines and standards in Child Protection and CP-GBV

Core Competencies:

• Achieving results
• Being accountable
• Developing and applying professional expertise
• Thinking analytically and strategically
• Working in teams

Functional Skill Set:

• Advocacy/ Advancing a policy-oriented agenda
• Leveraging the resources of regional and zonal governments and partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships
• Delivering results-based programs
• Internal and external communication and advocacy for results mobilization
• Gender aware and gender sensitive
• Ethical Integrity, Problem solving and decision making, Planning and Organizing, applying technical and professional expertise, Working effectively with others, Networking and partnership, strong interpersonal and communication skill.

Reporting and others

• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarter, biannual and annual reports and submit to donor and supervisors.
• Prepare checklist and regularly support MHPSS counselor, CP-CP-GBV case workers and social workers.
• Provide regular updates and reports on the outcomes of psychosocial services to program management.
• Maintain accurate and confidential records of counseling sessions, case management services, and follow-up care.
• Lead development of success story, best practice and human-interest story.
• Lead and participate in need assessment, supportive supervision, and different short surveys.

Misconduct Disclosure Theme

• All offers of the employment at AWA are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Language requirement:

• Fluency in English and Amharic both written and spoken.