REPORTING TO: Country Director, Ethiopia
LOCATION: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
JOBS SUPERVISED: Girls’ Education Project, Ethiopia
ASSIGNMENT LENGTH: Two year contract, renewable
POSITION SUMMARY: The Population Council seeks a Project Director for a girls’ education project. The Project Director will lead the girls’ education project, scaling up a safe spaces program for out-of-school girls in four cities of Ethiopia. He/she will oversee all aspects of the program, ensuring timely implementation of activities and successful implementation of the project.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Lead the consortium of project partners, ensuring coordination between different governmental and nongovernmental agencies, in the course of project planning, implementation and evaluation.
2. Represent the project to the donor agency and other stakeholders, reporting progress of the project, authoring donor reports that are comprehensive, timely and accurate, accompanying donors and other stakeholders to the field and representing the project to the outside audience.
3. Oversee sub-grants to partners and the timely implementation of project activities, ensuring fidelity to the model and cost effective use of project resources.
4. Supervise project staff and field activities, ensuring compliance with timelines and targets. Work with partners to attain targets and address bottlenecks, where encountered.
5. Supervise project staff in the development of management information systems, project curricula and other project related materials.
6. Oversee the production of project briefs and reports related to the project.
7. Ensure compliance to local regulations and standards in Ethiopia.
8. Other tasks as may be requested by your supervisor.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Master degree and ten years experience or PhD and 5 years experience in public health, social sciences or related discipline.
2. Extensive experience and proven track record in management of large project as well as working with a range of governmental and nongovernmental partners.
3. Experience in Ethiopia and knowledge of Amharic language is a distinct advantage.
4. Willingness to travel extensively in Ethiopia.