Provide overall technical leadership for the project’s OVC activities, including for very young children and adolescents, ensuring coordinated programmatic inputs.
Ensure program adherence to international best practices and standards.
Facilitate continuous quality assessment and improvement and ensure that program best practices are documented and disseminated throughout the program cycle.
Coordinate with national and sub-national OVC and HIV/AIDS working groups and other stakeholders.
Ensure effective coordination and communication and standards of practice among partner organizations.
Ensure provision of management support and technical assistance to grantees on program design, budget/work plan development, and M&E planning.
Build the capacity of local NGOs implementing care and support for OVC.
Ensure that the most up-to-date information regarding the programs or initiatives shared via a range of mechanisms: including reports, newsletters, and the Internet.
Provide input into all donor reporting requirements on program impact.
Advanced Degree in international development, social sciences, public health, or a closely related field.
Demonstrated experience in addressing the challenges faced by children affected by HIV or otherwise living in adverse circumstances, as demonstrated by at least five years of experience designing, implementing and managing large, complex projects involving multiple partners, in/for developing countries.
Experience with child welfare and protection programs, systems strengthening, capacity building, economic strengthening, service delivery, quality improvement or policy development.
Experience with programming to address gender concerns and programming for very young children and adolescents/youth.
Strong interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills, as well as fluency in English.
Preferred qualification
Master’s Degree preferred.
Experience living and working in Ethiopia is desirable. Ethiopian nationals preferred.
Experience working on USAID/PEPFAR funded health or OVC programming within the last three years is preferred.