Location:
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (regular national travel expected)
Contract Type:
Full-time (37.5h per week) 12-month fixed term
Reporting To:
Country Director
Key Responsibilities:
Programme Management
- Overall responsibility for the management of THET Ethiopia’s projects, ensuring they are on track and to budget, and complying with internal procedures and donor regulations, with support from the Programmes Quality Unit.
- Facilitate coordination of programme activities, planning and dissemination between internal and external stakeholders.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of an overall advocacy strategy related to the programme’s goals and outcomes.
- Support the validation of training materials for health workers, in collaboration with the Country Director.
- Work closely with the logistics team to ensure training arrangements and project procurement is done in a timely manner.
- Attend and support coordination of training sessions
- Establish and maintain effective communication with relevant partners in local government, including health facilities, training institutions, NGOs and donor organisations.
- Arrange and contribute to relevant meetings and workshops to further the goals of the programme, with administrative support from colleagues.
- Ensure a community-led approach is applied across all THET work.
Human Resources & Operations Management
- Support the Country Director with country office oversight, such as staff planning, INGO compliance, office requirements, and line management.
- In consultation with the Country Director, coordinate project staff recruitment, induction/orientation, professional development and performance planning.
Finance & Risk Management
- Maintain overall budget authority for THET Ethiopia projects, ensuring funds are managed effectively in line with donor and country requirements.
- Responsible for the project budget and project related expenses.
- Ensure project activities are undertaken according to budget allocation
- Undertake regular expenditure against project budgets reviews. This includes attending finance meetings to understand budget variations and timely budget reprofiling to minimize under/over-spend.
- Ensure THET financial controls and administrative systems are in place to safeguard the project’s assets, and updated documents are available and are strictly followed by the team.
- Ensure the team are aware off and apply THET Safeguarding Policy and processes.
- Ensure GESI and climate resilience is consider and applied as appropriate.
- Ensure project risk registers are reviewed and updated regularly.
Monitoring and Evaluation
- Lead the development of monitoring and evaluation tools with project partners, with support from the Evidence and Impact Team.
- Lead the coordination of monitoring and evaluation activities with project partners.
- Quality assurance of data collection.
- Support the timely and accurate reporting to donors and stakeholders on programme activities, outcomes and impact.
- Ensure all THET programme management tools are reviewed and updated on a monthly basis, with support from the Programme Quality Unit.
General Support
- Provide further support to the Country Director as necessary and relevant.
- Represent THET externally as necessary and relevant.
- Occasional support in the information gathering and drafting of the proposals, with support from the New Business Development team.
Apply for this role
To apply please submit your CV (no longer than 3 pages) and Cover letter (no longer than 1 page) via email to jobs@thet.org using the subject ‘Ethiopia SPM’ . The application deadline is midnight the 7th February 2025.
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