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SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is a national member association to the International Federation of SOS Children’s Villages. It is non- political, not-for-profit, and non-religious social development organization focused on the well-being and development of children. It was founded in 1974 and has been a development partner since then with positive outcomes in the lives of many children, families and communities.
Position summary
The Project Coordinator, Family and Community Development Project leads the planning (including budgeting), implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Family and Community Development programme activities, in accordance with the organisation’s policies, strategies, and available resources.
Duties & responsibilities
Coordinate the implementation of programme activities
Guide and support the development of sustainable community responses to the situation of children at risk of losing parental care:
Ensure that those children who are most at risk of losing parental care participate in the programme:
i) Guide implementation of family development planning (FDP) process, with a view to ‘anchoring’ this process with community-based partners. In doing so, provide capacity-building support to SOS co-workers and community-based partners, as required.
ii) Ensure that the organisation keeps it’s commitments, in terms of support services committed to in the FDPs.
iii) Monitor the implementation of the FDPs, particularly in terms of the achievement of agreed outcomes, and provide ongoing support towards it’s effective implementation.
Financial management and administration of the programme
Build a strong SOS programme team
Establish mechanisms for ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the programme
Contribute to the work of the broader organisation
Education Requirement
Competencies
(Must-have all of the below or show capability to develop within 1-2 years at most)