Job Title: Assistant Project Director
Place of Assignment: Melkadida (Dollo Ado), Liben Zone, Somali Regional State
Starting date: As soon as possible
Job description:
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic Church based non-governmental organization with a mission to accompany, serve and protect refugees and internally displaced persons–regardless of faith, race, ethnicity or nationality. The main areas of work are in the field of education, emergency assistance, livelihood and social services. JRS is a non - profit venture of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits’) that was established in 1980. JRS works in more than 50 countries worldwide. It has committed itself in Ethiopia for more than a couple of decades helping refugees from all over Africa. JRS is now recruiting a dynamic Assistant Project Director who is responsible for the direction of a project and its staff. The responsibilities of this position include developing new initiatives and project proposals; implementation and evaluation of the approved proposal; administration of the project’s finances; and care for the JRS team and its relations with the local refugee population and with local authorities. The Assistant project Director reports directly to the Project Director.
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