Major Responsibilities:

• Working with the relevant Tigray program leads (Health & Nutrition, EH, CWI, Education, CP etc.) in Addis and in Tigray and ensure activity plans, recruitment plans, procurement plans, and spending plans are in place and regularly monitored and ensuring that they are revised as needed to ensure a timely closure of assigned grants / activities.
• Ensure all project cycle meetings are organized, coordinated and requirements are ready prior to country wide meetings. Furthermore, assure that action plans agreed on the meetings are completed timely. Effective leadership of the field level meetings will contribute for the smooth implementation of the national level meetings.
• Ensure program leads working on Tigray projects raise PRs in a timely manner, track relevant PR’s and closely follow up to ensure timely delivery / provision.
• Track all Tigray project related recruitments to ensure PRF along with required supporting documents and approvals are submitted in advance and that there is proactive follow up by hiring manager and Recruitment Unit.
• Facilitate field level grant management meetings and ensure Addis team receive notes and actions points within a timely manner.
• Ensure action points in field office are followed up.
• Facilitate field level grant management meetings and ensure Addis team receive notes and actions points within a timely manner.
• Ensure action points in field office are followed up.
• Ensure quarterly operating environment emergency assessment and analysis, as well as identify potential responses and develop concept note and share with the relevant internal stakeholders.
• Lead different multi sectorial and multi-agency assessments and surveys including humanitarian need assessments, KPC/ KAP surveys and PDM surveys in collaboration with program leads and MEAL team in Shire Field Office and Addis.
• Ensure donor compliance on visibility and program management is adhered to in a timely manner.
• Supervise the program managers under Shire Field office, make regular field visit and give technical support/guidance in a timely manner giving high emphasis to short term projects and ensure program quality and achievement of key program deliverables and report key findings of field visits and corrective actions taken/proposed within 5 days after field visit.
• Communicate with Field Coordinator and the concerned in Addis any programmatic challenges to seek a timely solution.
• Minimum Requirements:

  Qualification:

  • MA/MSA or BA/ BSC in project management, hydraulic engineering, water engineering civil engineering, development studies, public health, economics, sociology, disaster risk management, rural development, and other relevant fields.

  Experience:

  • 4 years relevant work experience in field of humanitarian for MA/MSA holders and 6 years for BA/BSc holders.
  • Demonstrated experience in working with large, multi-sectoral grants and projects. Including supervising procurement, activity and spending plans, indicator track and devising timely course-correction strategies when required.
  • Experience in reporting, internal and external to donors and key partners.
  • Experience in and knowledge of the related humanitarian architecture.

  Language Requirement:

  • Strong ability to communicate concisely and with impact in English.