Organizational Overview
The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), re-established by proclamation No. 1133/2011, is the constitutionally mandated body to conduct elections, organize referendum and regulate political parties in Ethiopia. NEBE is working to boost its’ institutional strength with a special focus on enhancement of human resource capacity. Accordingly, NEBE would like to invite applicants for Political Parties Documentation & Analysis Expert position who meet the following requirements
Political Parties Documentation & Analysis Expert is responsible to facilitate the registration of political parties and ensures activities of political parties are compliant with the legal framework.
Duties and responsibilities
- Provides up-to-date information to senior officials regarding substantive political matters and country or regional issues;
- Drafts plans for start-up of operations and participates in the activities of implementation;
- Prepares analytical reports and papers on sensitive and high-profile matters of concern;
- Participates in the development, implementation and evaluation of assigned programs/projects;
- Assist in developing communication material that will assist effective implementation at the local level;
- Provide input on documentation and communication issues to any election guidelines, manuals or other such documents;
- Support to review and refine election information and communication strategy for the central as well as the local level;
- Ensure all political party related documents and paper works (registration document, letters, reports and etc.) are filed properly;
- Receive and check letters and deliver to the responsible offices;
- Sort, organize and maintain documents in secured and designated places;
- Develop an efficient filing system to make updating and retrieving files easier;
- Ensures safety and easy access to the election registration documents;
- Properly store documents into the record system;
- Responsible for handing out files when requested;
- Ensures the safe return of handout files;
- Identify and isolate out dated files;
- Develop and update file handling systems;
Perform any other task as required.
Education and Work Experience:
- 7 years for Bachelor | 5 years for Masters in Law, political Science, Human Rights, International Relations or any related field. Knowledge:
- Proficient typing skills;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel;
- Experience in developing outreach strategies and initiatives;
- Proven communication and presentation skills to large and varying audiences;
- Knowledge of Ethiopia’s political context;
- Excellent computer literacy and fluency in English and Amharic required;
- Excellent working level of English and Amharic languages; in both writing and speaking;
Know-How (Skills) (Technical competencies):
- Excellent knowledge of documentation
- Strong planning, communication and writing skills;
- Data organization and storage knowledge;
- Ability to ensure safety and protection of documents/files
Behavioral competencies:
- Willingness to adhere to all principle of confidentiality;
- Ability to show initiative, good judgment, and resourcefulness;
- Ability to work with senior management;
- Enthusiastic team player;
- Not member of a political party.
- Ability to perform effectively under high pressure, hardship conditions and long working hours;
- Sound analytical judgment;
- Ability to prioritize work, multi-task and meet deadlines;
- Capacity to handle with diplomacy and in a responsible and flexible manner sensitive political issues;
- Ability to show initiative, good judgment, and resourcefulness;
- An energetic self-starter with resilience, pace, interpersonal flexibility and comfort with ambiguity to succeed within the evolving and sometimes demanding context;
- High sense of integrity, have a strong ethical and moral principles,
- Experience in the development and delivery of guidelines, rules and regulations in an election context, or relevant and equivalent experience working with civil society organizations and implementing projects;
- An excellent team player, positive change manager and result orient personality;
- Ability to remain highly organized while handling multiple tasks under tight deadlines;
- Willingness to adhere to all principles of confidentiality;
- Able to work independently and in a team environment;
INTERESTED APPLICANTS ARE INVITED TO SEND NON-RETURNABLE:
Application letter that explains why you fit for the post and updated CV, and Three work related referees;
Application letter & resume should be saved by full name of Applicants.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for further screening.
Those who are interested can only apply through the attached link https://pw.nebe-elections.org/apply within 10 days from this announcement.
Female candidates are encouraged to apply!