social science Jobs in Ethiopia August 2024

Social Science Jobs in Ethiopia August 2024

The Project Officer is in charge of the planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation of the emergency project titled "SAFE Tigray" in Adwa, Tigray region, Ethiopia.

 The Ethiopian Centre for Disability and Development (ECDD)

In 2005, a group of Ethiopians met to examine ways to better fulfill the needs of people with disabilities in Ethiopia and ensure their access to mainstream service delivery and development activities. They resolved to establish a new form of Ethiopian organization that would advocate and encourage disability inclusion without offering disability or rehabilitation services to people. They resolved to establish an organization whose structure and operations reflected certain key values: majority governance by people with disabilities and their families, gender equality, and positive bias (affirmative action) in staff hiring. Finally, rather than forming a membership club for people with disabilities, they chose to form an association made up of notable individuals, both professionals with and without impairments, half of whom were women, and who represented many areas of society.

 

About the Ethiopian Centre for Disability 

Thus, the Ethiopian Center for Disability and Development (ECDD) was established and registered with the Ministry of Justice in December 2005. Following the Charities and Societies Proclamation of 2009, the Charities and Societies Agency re-registered ECDD on December 6, 2012, as an Ethiopian Residents Charity (Registration No. 0321). By 2012, the ECDD Association had over 60 members and 18 full-time workers, more than half of whom were disabled. Today, ECDD employs over 100 people, with branch offices in Mekele, Tigray Region, and Hawassa in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Regional States, as well as Local Disability Advisors in Afar, Somali, and Oromo Regional States.

Core Functions and Responsibilities

 

Support the coordination and execution of all assigned project activities as defined in the full implementation plan, by ECDD program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and best practices.

 

Work closely with and give technical advice on disability mainstreaming to cooperating government entities, project consortium partners, and CSO partners delivering humanitarian aid in the target region.

 

Create or build strong networks with important partners involved in humanitarian aid at the national level and in the impacted areas.

 

Design and conduct workshops and capacity-building trainings on disability-inclusive humanitarian action, as well as provide training materials and checklists for disability-inclusive humanitarian support, with a focus on IDP and refugee camps and local populations.

 

Create speedy assessment tools and new activities to enable disability-inclusive humanitarian and disaster assistance efforts.

 

Organize disability-inclusive awareness training and activities in partnership with OPDs for personnel working on humanitarian assistance programs in IDP and refugee camps.

 

Represent ECDD and the inclusive humanitarian relief and emergency response initiative in the target area's government and non-governmental organizations.

 

Prepare and submit performance reports on time to the Project Coordinator, funding partners, and key government signatories, including but not limited to the Bureaus of Women and Social Affairs.

 

Ensure the quality and efficacy of the emergency response to ECDD.

 

Lessons learned are collected and analyzed, and they help to shape best practices and standards for long-term emergency interventions.

 

Perform frequent post-distribution monitoring and cash movement tracking.

 

Ensure that project workers and partners follow the ECDD Child and Adults-at-Risk Policy, in cooperation with the ECDD Safeguarding Focal Person.

 

 Monitor and assess progress toward project outcomes, and give data and information to the ECDD M&E Coordinator.

 

 Keep adequate documentation of the project's implementation and outcomes, including case studies and best practices.

 

Undertake any other responsibilities given by the Project Coordinator, Program Director, Deputy Program Director, and/or Executive Director.

 

Education: a minimum BA degree in Social Studies, Development Studies, Economics, or any similar social scientific discipline.

 

At least two years of professional experience in humanitarian and emergency aid programs.

 

Previous experience giving humanitarian assistance to people with disabilities and other vulnerable populations is extremely advantageous.

 

Strong grasp of protection challenges in conflict and long-term emergency contexts, as well as knowledge of and commitment to basic humanitarian norms, principles, instruments, frameworks, protocols, and codes of conduct that regulate humanitarian operations.

 

Prior experience directing quick assessment, proposal creation, and project management.

 

Previous professional experience collaborating with people with disabilities and their organizations is preferred.

 Languages

 

Fluency in both written and spoken English, as well as Tigrigna, is necessary.

Knowledge of Amharic is a benefit.

Skills

 

• Good awareness of donor and local legislation, and compliance management.
• Excellent interpersonal interactions and teamwork. 
• Excellent communication abilities.
• Competence in using computer applications 
• Ability to implement important protection principles and frameworks.

 

How to apply.

 

Qualified people with impairments, particularly women, are urged to apply.  ECDD prioritizes employment for qualified people with impairments.  ECDD shall cover the necessary reasonable accommodation expenditures to ensure that employees with disabilities can satisfy the requirements of the post.

 

Disclaimer:

 

The ECDD is a disability-based organization dedicated to protecting all children and adults with and without disabilities. ECDD has a zero-tolerance policy for acts of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, perpetrated by employees, volunteers, consultants, or contractors who cooperate with us to undertake development and humanitarian initiatives. ECDD also has a zero-tolerance policy for corruption. Thus, ECDD requires all of its employees to adhere to the Children and Adults at Risk Safeguarding Policy, Anti-Corruption Policy, and other regulatory frameworks. Violations of the specified policies will result in disciplinary action, including termination of employment.