SCOPE OF WORK/ JOB PURPOSE:
The International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Community Wellbeing Initiative (CWI) Coordinator leads the IRC’s gender-based violence prevention and response programs in Ethiopia. The CWI Coordinator is responsible for technical leadership, grant management, staff supervision, fundraising, and representing the IRC at humanitarian and government coordination meetings.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reporting to the IRC’s Deputy Director of Programs, the CWI Coordinator is a senior technical position requiring multiple years of experience in this sector. He or she manages a team of approximately 50 program staff located in the IRC’s HQ in Addis Ababa, four field offices, and multiple refugee camps.
· Oversee the design, implementation, and monitoring of CWI programs in Ethiopia.
· Represent the CWI program at UN, NGO, donor, and government coordination meetings in Addis Ababa and field sites.
· Develop budgets for CWI program activities, staff costs, and operational requirements in collaboration with the IRC’s Grants, Finance, and Supply Chain units.
· Lead CWI proposal development in collaboration with the IRC’s Grants unit, Deputy Director of Programs, and GBV Technical Advisors in Nairobi and New York.
· Recruit, interview, and orient new CWI staff; mentor CWI staff through regular feedback; create, facilitate, and support opportunities for career development; and oversee performance reviews.
· Provide guidance and technical support to other IRC programs on mainstreaming support to women and girls.
· Liaise with IRC operational staff (HR, Supply Chain and Finance) to ensure effective program implementation.
· Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders in Addis Ababa, including the Government of Ethiopia, UNHCR and other UN agencies, international and local NGOs, donors, and other relevant actors.
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