Position – Communication & Reporting Specialist
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Grade: TBD
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 2: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff
ROLE PURPOSE:
The Learning and Research Specialist supports the overall coordination and management of the operational research studies and learning activities, aimed at providing rigorous data/ information to make the Growth through Nutrition program implementation more effective and provide the project with important program and policy information
Reports to: COP
Dimensions: Growth Through Nutrition operates nationally and in five regions of Ethiopia and with six international and five local partners to improve the nutritional status of Children and women. It has more than 40 staff in Addis project office. It is a six year 78 million USD project funded by Feed the Future through USAID.
The Communications and Reporting Specialists works across GTN staff, including partners, to ensure the work of the project is effectively communicated to stakeholders. The specialist will work closely with the SCI Communication Team to plan and deliver high level events and activities and provide guidance to all project staff to ensure compliant and effective communication. The role-holder also supports content management and uploads for the project website.
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
A.KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Facilitate and organize learning events (20%)
Ensure effective external project communication
Generate communication content
Gather successes from field and showcasing stories through various media including stories, photographs, and videos by working closely with the Communications team
Project donor reporting and documentation
Provide program coordination support to COP and Senior Leadership Team
· Supporting the weekly SLT and monthly ESLT meetings, developing the agenda and materials as needed and ensuring that action plans are tracked, followed up and reported back to the following meetings
Other responsibilities
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Ambition:
Collaboration:
Creativity:
Integrity:
QUALIFICATION
Desirable
Experience with multi-sectoral nutrition projects such as USAID ENGINE or USAID Growth through Nutrition
KEY COMPETENCIES
Generic Competencies
· Child Rights: Promotes an enabling environment for participation, and accountability to children
· Be the Innovator: Promotes innovation to find new and better approaches to driving progress for children
Deliver Results at Scale: Promotes a clear focus on impact in a project and programme design, management, and oversight
Generic Competencies
Child Rights: Promotes the rights of children in own work and in work with colleagues and peers
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Gender Equality Policies, supported by relevant procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SC Health and Safety policies and procedures.
We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. The duty station of the position holder will be in Addis Ababa This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions only.
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