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Job Description
Overview of HELVETAS and the Project
HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation is an independent development organization based in Switzerland and it has been operating for the last 65 years worldwide. HELVETAS is registered in Ethiopia as foreign organization with the Agency for Civil Society Organization to operate in the areas of Rural Infrastructure, Natural Resource Management, Support to CSO and Local Governments, Skill Development & Education and Emergency Response. See also. www.helvetas.org.
Under its Rural Infrastructure thematic area Enabling the Environment for Transformative Connectivity in Rural Ethiopia project (hereinafter called the project) aims to start building the enabling environment to meet the full need for rural transport connectivity and in that process, provide transformative access to critical services in the coming three years in Amhara, Oromia, Sidma, SNNPR, Somali and south west Ethiopia regions. The project plan is to attain its objective through designing and testing the construction ecosystem by building trail bridges and improving feeder trails, create long-term capacity for national scale in government roads authorities, private sector, and supply chain & capture impact through focused evaluation and disseminate learnings to build global awareness.
The position holder and her/his team will be based in Bahr-Dar and all teams are provided guidance and strategic direction by the National Program Team in Addis Ababa.
Job Purposes
The position holder provides leadership with regards to programmatic, operational, administrative, and financial implementation of the project in selected regions. S/he provides leadership to the PMU (project management unity). S/he would lead the preparation the Annual Plan of Operation and ensure its implementation and reporting along the principles of project cycle management, gender transformation and market system development. The position holder would facilitate and coordinate with stakeholders and partners (government, universities, privet actors and others) and advocate for upscaling of strategies and approaches of the project. In particular, S/He would work closely with the Regions, Universities and TVET, Privet construction consulting and designing firms and other stakeholder to building the enabling environment to meet the full need for rural transport connectivity and provide transformative access to critical services. The post holder has an overall responsibility to ensure the proper execution of the project and achieve concrete progress on the attainment of its goal and objectives, outcomes and outputs and assumes all responsibility for all programmatic progress and HR related matters of the project team as well as partnership issues, including providing technical and methodological support is provided to partners and continuous monitoring, learning and reporting takes place in the project.
Duties and Responsibilities
Head of Project Management team for assigned regions
Coordination and Technical assistance to partners
Budget Management
Knowledge management
Job Requirements
Education
Experience
Skills Required
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by sending their application and updated CV throughHumanResources.ETH@helvetas.org or through ethiojobs website.
Qualified Female are highly encouraged to apply.
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