Background:
The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery, and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
Position Overview
The Senior Consortium Project Manager will be responsible for the overall coordination and management of the EUTF funded project and serve as the consortium focal point. The Senior Consortium Project Manager will ensure quality program implementation, including providing strategic guidance to consortium staff and being responsible for budget management, M&E, partnership management, and relationships with external actors including government authorities, humanitarian working groups, and project partners. S/he will be responsible for maintaining regular contact with all consortium partners and the donor and will be acting a lead focal point for the project’s governance various bodies (steering committee, technical working group and others) and supervising programming quality and accountability to beneficiaries and taking the lead on all external partners' engagement.
The position holder will report to the IRC’s Gambella Field Coordinator (FC) and will receive technical guidance from an in-country Assistant health Coordinator/Health Coordinator and other Addis based IRC’s Health Technical Unit.
Major key Responsibilities:
A. Coordinate consortium partners for implementation of the project
B. Provide overall leadership and coordination for the Consortium partners and project
C. Complete and coordinate external representation and advocacy
D. Ensure quality of programming and accountabilities
E. Other tasks as required