Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC)/Children Believe is a child-centered, community based international development organization devoted to addressing the needs of children in developing countries. CCFC is a Canada based registered charity, which is a member of ChildFund Alliance – a coalition of international organizations who create significant changes in the lives of impoverished children, families, and communities in over 50 countries throughout Asia, Latin America and Africa. CCFC envisions a world where every child has a voice and the ability to achieve their full potential and it works to realize its mission to create a future of hope for children, families, and communities by helping them develop the skills and resources to overcome poverty and injustice. CCFC-Ethiopia implements programs that focus on education, health & nutrition, sustainable livelihood development, WASH, child protection, disaster risk reduction and gender equality in Oromia, Amhara, Southern NNPR and Addis Ababa City Administration in Ethiopia through six local partners (NGOs). Currently CCFC has the following vacancy for its program in Ethiopia.
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The Program Manager is responsible for spearheading and coordinating the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of core programs (sponsorship funded programs) and small grants including education, health, nutrition, WASH, child protection, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and emergency response interventions. He/she closely supervises sponsorship activities, child protection and DRR intervention of the organization and provides guidance to Program Officers and program partner staff to ensure effective and timely implementation of programs and small grants and compliance with donor and government’s requirements. The Program Manager also directs and facilitates training of trainers to program staff in the Country Office and at the program level. She/he acts as the primary communication link between the Country Office and Canada Office and concerned Government Offices for coordination and submission of program operational and strategic plans as well as progress and annual reports. She/he collaborates closely with New Business Development Manager/Director of Programs in identification of funding opportunities, acquiring and managing grants and related projects from both local and international development funding agencies.
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