ETHIOPIAN CENTER FOR DISABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT (ECDD)
EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
INCLUSIVE VSLA PROJECT COORDINATOR
The Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) was established in 2005, and re-registered by the FDRE Charities and Societies Agency as an Ethiopian Resident Charity. ECDD works collaboratively with other organizations to promote, facilitate and build capacity for “disability inclusive development” – the inclusion of disability issues and persons with disabilities in mainstream government and non-governmental service delivery and development projects and programs in Ethiopia. ECDD is presently implementing 10 donor-funded projects in 6 regions of the country and in Addis Ababa and DireDawa city administrations.
ECDD is now launching a new project entitled “Promoting inclusion of persons with disabilities in village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) in Ethiopia” in collaboration with CBM Ethiopia. The project is aimed at promoting, facilitating and building the institutional capacity of selected International NGOs already engaged in supporting VSLAs for the inclusion of youth and adults with disabilities in existing and new VSLAs in 4 Regions (Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and Tigray) and two city administrations (Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa) of the country.
General Description
The Inclusive VSLA Project Coordinator is required to coordinate ECDD VSLA project activities in the four target regions (Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and Tigray) and in the cities administrations of Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. The ECDD VSLA Project Coordinator reports to the ECDD Program Director, and is responsible for planning, organizing, implementing, supervising, monitoring and reporting on all activities of the ECDD VSLA project. Specifically, the Project Coordinator will:
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Inclusive VSLA Project Coordinator directly reports to the ECDD Program Director and is responsible to:
1. Assess, facilitate and strengthen the Capacity of Cooperating organizations (CPOs) in
Disability inclusive VSLA methodology;
2. Identify the capacity gaps of VSLAs, design and implement most feasible capacity building
activities based on identified gaps;
3. Organize disability inclusion awareness training (DIAT) training for management and
program staff of selected CPOs and DPOs;
4. Facilitate short term training in Basic Business Skills (BBS) and Business Development Skills
(BDS) for members of VSLAs;
5. Support and facilitate the establishment of new disability specific VSLAs and ensure the
inclusiveness of mainstream VSLAs;
6. Facilitate field level technical support to VSLA facilitators to assist personnel of CPOs to
mainstream persons with disabilities in existing VSLAs;
7. Coordinate and facilitate national Project Advisory Committee (PAC) meetings to review the
progress of project activities, provide inputs, monitor, and evaluate the proper
implementation of the Program;
8. Contribute to effective program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both
internal and external use in coordination with the other project staff;
9. Regularly support the documentation and review of community level data, including
collection processes through VSLA Management Information System (MIS);
10. Prepare regular and timely updates and reports, including success stories, best practices;
1. Education – minimum MA degree in a relevant social science field, rural development, community development, business management, economics, is preferred
2. Professional experience – minimum 5 years of responsibility for the implementation of donor-funded project(s)
3. Work experience in the area of VSLA approach and have experience working directly with saving groups
4. Previous professional experience working with persons with disabilities desirable
5. Excellent interpersonal relationships and team work
6. Excellent communication skills
7. Able and willing to travel frequently to the target regions/cities
8. Competence in the use of computer applications
9. Fluency in English and Amharic, with knowledge of other Ethiopian languages desirable