Founded in 1961, Project Concern International (PCI) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing health, ending hunger, overcoming hardship, and advance women and girls around the world. PCI has been registered and working in Ethiopia since 2005. PCI has five decades of experience and demonstrated impact in long-term development and community health, and 40 years of experience managing large-scale US Government (USG) grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements.
PCI is partnering with Global Communities (GC), an international development non-profit organization. GC’s mission is to create long-lasting, positive and community-led change that improves the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable people across the globe.
ABOUT THE JOB:
PCI/GC seeks an experienced Chief of Party/Program Manager (COP/PM) for the anticipated Disaster Risk Management Professionalization and Youth Leadership Activity (DRM-PYL), a $7.68M five-year, US Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project in Ethiopia. The project will be designed to build the next generation of young disaster risk management (DRM) professionals by equipping them with the skills that they need to actively engage in disaster risk management, and by creating professional employment opportunities for them to be actively engaged and employed in the DRM system.
The COP/PM will provide regular guidance on program management, facilitate a multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder process to create a consortium and agreement between government partners, universities, TVETCs, and ministry officials to start-up and expand a multi-region Fellowship program (with multiple Fellow cohorts), amongst other strategic oversight.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The COP/PM will have overall responsibility for the activity.
Type: National
Reports to: Country Director
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: