Deputy Program Director (National Position)
Country Office: Ethiopia
Work Base: Addis Ababa with frequent travels to intervention areas
Availability: As Soon As Possible
Salary Scale: EMS10
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position.
About Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger-USA is a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger. We save the lives of malnourished children and we enable entire communities to be free from hunger. With more than 8,000 staff in over 50 countries, our programs reached 17 million people in 2019.
About the Country Program in Ethiopia
Action Against Hunger has been operational in Ethiopia since 1984 responding to both chronic and acute needs through a multi-sectoral strategy where nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support activities are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience. Action Against Hunger currently operates in 5 different regions (Oromia, Somali, Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, and Gambella) with a portfolio of 20m USD/year of emergency, resilience building, research, and innovation programs. We have a country team of around 600 staff in 17 regional and satellite offices. Our main donors in Ethiopia in 2020/2021 are BHA, ECHO, Europaid, UNHCR, UNICEF, GFFO, BPRM, SIDA, EHF, WFP, CIAA, and others.
Summary of position
The Deputy Program Director will coordinate the Action Against Hunger programming in Ethiopia, across all regions. This will be done through the daily management of the emergency team, grants management & reporting team, and collaboration with the head of departments for FSL, MEAL, WASH, Health, and Nutrition on a daily basis. The Deputy program director, under the direction of the Programme Director, will also support the development and implementation of country-wide programming through coordination of proposal inputs and providing technical support in the implementation of the AAH country strategy. The person closely works with the field team and MEAL in the follow-up and monitoring of spending and activity implementation.
Engagement
Delivery
Essential job duties
Support for the project development process of emergency, development, research, and innovation projects (20%)
Coordinate emergency and resilience project, startup, implementation, and closeout including budget management, MEAL, and donor reporting (50%)
Human resources management and coaching of field and capital program teams (15%)
Supervisory Responsibilities
Gender Equality Commitments
Fiscal Responsibility
Physical Demands
Working Conditions, Travel, and Environment
Required Qualifications and Professional Experience
Required Skills & Competencies