Job Title: Projects Coordinator
Job Category: Program and Operation
Length of contract: Fixed term for two years
Location: Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA
Salary: As per the organizational scale
The Organization
SOSSIF is an African-born INGO founded in Senegal in 1976, with more than 40 years of experience and expertise in improving nutritional and food security, empowerment of women, and access to economic opportunities of the rural communities in 11 countries within the Sahel region.
SOSSIF has opened its East Africa Regional Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia pursuant to signing of MoU with FDRE Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 2nd of August 2016. Being part of the global SOS SAHEL, the East Africa Regional office will contribute in achieving nutritional and food security as well as sustainable development in the dry land areas of the region.
The Regional office is currently looking for a responsible Projects Coordinator to administer and organize development projects. We prefer a candidate who is committed and enjoys making a difference, being part of the East Africa Regional and International team and takes pride in their career to work in our fast-paced office.
Position Description
Main Job tasks and Responsibilities:
Education, Language & Qualifications:
Essential Knowledge, skills and Experience
Desirable Knowledge, skills and Experience
Competencies:
Strategic competences: Understands the viewpoint of higher management and effectively analyses complex problems; critical thinking and problem-solving skills; expectation management, stress tolerance; attention to detail, sense of urgency;
Technical Competencies: Having essential skills specifically related to the job; including but not limited to scope, time, quality, resource, risk and cost management skills of development projects;
Personal Competencies: Having ability to successfully interact with a project team, beneficiaries, and stakeholders; ability to relate to other people, and the ability to understand and respect them;
Managerial Competencies: Having proven capacity of applying the skills and knowledge of project management processes, tools and techniques in project activities;
Leadership Competencies: proven experience in people management, performance management; having proven capacity to guide and inspire the team to accomplish the projects’ goals; competencies to influence, motivate and challenge others, and able to adapt leadership styles to a variety of situations.