Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki is due to visit Addis Ababa on Sunday, in a return gesture to Ethiopia’s delegation tour to Eritrea last week,  according to a report published by Addis Fortune, the Addis Ababa- based weekly English newspaper. However, there is no official confirmation of the said visit by the government of Eritrea or Ethiopia. If […]

Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki is due to visit Addis Ababa on Sunday, in a return gesture to Ethiopia’s delegation tour to Eritrea last week,  according to a report published by Addis Fortune, the Addis Ababa- based weekly English newspaper. However, there is no official confirmation of the said visit by the government of Eritrea or Ethiopia. If […]

West Guji, Oromia
Danish Refugee Council
Title: Protection Officer Location: West Guji, Oromia region Reports to: Protection team leader Required: 3 Start of Contract & Duration: 6 months   Posting date: July 13, 2018   INTRODUCTION   The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009.  With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.   PURPOSE OF THE JOB   Under the supervision of the Protection Team leader, the Protection Officer will coordinate and implement DRC’s protection activities in West Guji, Oromia region.  Specifically, she or he will plan, implement, monitor and document protection activities targeting DRC’s beneficiaries, including staff from governmental and humanitarian service providers. The position will, furthermore, be tasked to develop and adapt training and monitoring tools, to conduct trainings and awareness raising sessions and provide direct assistance and support to people with specific needs. She or he will also provide technical assistance and guidance to other stakeholders on protection mainstreaming.   RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS Technical Responsibilities: Implement assigned protection activities in line with international standards and best practices.Plan, implement and monitor day-to-day protection activities as part of DRC’s Protection Team. Conduct protection needs and vulnerability assessments.Lead the prioritization of the most vulnerable individuals for service using agreed vulnerability criteria.Ensure the provision of effective protection services and referrals.Identify individuals with special needs and provide specialized assistance.Collaborate with relevant partners to develop and maintain protection referral mechanisms.Develop and contribute to the development of training materials on protection issues.Contribute in the development of guidelines on DRC’s specific activitiesUndertake analysis and assessments of protection issues Ensure protection mainstreaming in all of DRC’s interventions.Support in the capacity building of staff, beneficiaries, duty-bearers and other stakeholders in basic protection concepts, PFA as well as protection mainstreaming. Project Monitoring and Evaluation: Monitor protection trends and needs in DRC’s areas of intervention and recommend activities and responses for DRC and other agencies.Analyse disaggregated protection related data as a means to inform programming and response activities. Regularly monitor the project’s protection activities and provide feedback for ensuring activities are responsive, and contextually and culturally appropriate.Assisting in developing and conducting assessments, mid-term and end of project reports and evaluations. Ensure DRC’s accountability commitments are mainstreamed into all protection activities.   Report Writing and Documentation Support in the development of daily, weekly and monthly reports.Ensure proper documentation of all project activities including means of verification, assessments and case studies.Contribute to the development of project proposal and concept notes   In this position, you will also be expected to demonstrate DRC’s five core competencies: Striving for Excellence: Focusing on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process. Collaborating: Involving relevant parties and encouraging feedback. Taking the Lead: Taking ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation. Communicating: Listening and speaking effectively and honestly. Demonstrating Integrity: Acting in line with DRC’s vision and values.

በአዲስ አበባ የሚገኘው የኤርትራ ኤምባሲ ፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ጉብኝት በሚያደርጉበት ወቅት ክፍት እንደሚደረግ የመንግስት ኮሙዩኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ጽህፈት ቤት አስታወቀ። የኤርትራው ፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ጉብኝትን አስመልክተው የመንግስት ኮምዩኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ጽህፈት ቤት ኃላፊ ሚንስትር አቶ አህመድ ሽዴ መግለጫ በሰጡበት ወቅት ነው ይህንን ያስታወቁት። አቶ አህመድ በመግለጫቸውም በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ስያዲየም ፊት ለፊት የሚገኘው የቀድሞ የኤርትራ ኤምባሲ እድሳት [...]

Addis Ababa,
International Rescue Committee - IRC
  Position- Grants Officer-Temporary Location- Addis Ababa Length of Employment- 45 Days Proposed Starting Date:-July 25, 2018 Posting Date- July 13, 2018 Closing Date- July 18, 2018   The Grants officer will contribute to the grants management of IRC Ethiopia reporting to the Grants Coordinator. This position is based in Addis Ababa. The Grants officer will work collaboratively with all of the 14 members of the Grants and Partnership Unit, the technical coordinators, operations team, and the finance team. Responsibilities: Proposals Participate in proposal development working with program staff and ensuring proper review at the HQ level, gathering input from technical coordinators, technical advisors, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation staff, and the Regional Unit. Write budget narratives, edit proposals, and ensure proper proposal and grant management procedures are followed. Act as focal point with donors’ in-country for the proposal development process, as needed. Monitor and support the use of management tools such as Budget vs. Actual (BVA) for the proper monitoring and the successful implementation of programs and early warning in case of obstacles or challenges. Liaise with NY and UK grant units in order to ensure proposals meet internal standards, apply IRC’s Outcomes Evidence Framework (OEF), are in line with IRC Ethiopia’s Strategic Action Plan (SAP) and are donor compliant. Reporting Support the Grants and Partnership Unit’s members in the reporting process with in-country staff for updates and HQ for approvals before submission to the donor. Ensure that reports to donors are submitted on time; that reports are coherent and accurate (quarterly, interim or final reports); and that the internal reporting tracker and OTIS reporting info is up to date. Lead Grant Opening, Mid-review and Closing meetings, as well as monthly/regular grants management meetings (BVA meetings) which include representation from each unit (finance, programs, logistics) and ensure proper follow up of issues raised. Donor Compliance Research donor compliance issues for new opportunities or existing grants, as needed. Review donor agreements and coordinate their review with the relevant IRC HQ office. Ensure that grants are implemented in compliance with IRC and relevant donor regulations. Maintain and update grant files related to proposals. Communication and Information Management Communicate with donors and attend donor meetings in order to share IRC’s accomplishments as well as to stay up to date on the latest donor developments and requirements. Distribute to IRC staff all documentation (grant proposals, reports, budget, etc.) related to their specific programs. Keep an updated inventory of all communications related to programs/donors and ensure communication and visibility requirements are met. Administrative/Other Ensure OTIS data is up to date for all assigned new proposals. Secure all OTIS approvals for the assigned new proposals prior to submission to the donor.

Semera, Afar
Save The Children
  Internal/ External Vacancy Announcement INTRODUCTION Save the Children is an exciting and dynamic organization that follows a holistic approach to achieve more for children and use its resources in an efficient and sustainable way. In every programming we aim to achieve results at scale, build partnership to influence others and increase our impact; look for innovate solutions to the problems children faces, campaign for better practice and ensure that Children’s voices are heard.   Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behavior towards children both in their private and professional lives.   Save the Children offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development. If you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic change for the most vulnerable children, we encourage you to look through the job profile below.   Job Title Regional Programme Manager - Afar Code 0302 Place of Work Semera, with extensive travel within Operational woredas Program/Unit POTENTIAL Monthly Salary in ETB As per the organization scale No. of Positions One Length of Contract One Year     ROLE PURPOSE:   Save the Children works in all regions in Ethiopia, with over 40 field offices, a current staff of approximately 1,800 and current expenditure of approximately 90 million. POTENTIAL is a 5 year USAID funded youth Livelihoods programme being implemented in 5 regions of Ethiopia – Afar, Tigray, Amhara, SNNPR and Somali region. POTENTIAL will work in 3 woredas of Afar, Dubti, Assayita and Chifra.   The job holder will be primary responsible for ensuring the high quality of program implementation, budget monitoring and overseeing the overall program activities, and effectively communicating and escalating issues in a timely and appropriate manner. Responsible for overall program management and implementation; support the program staff in general and in particular at Regional, Woreda and Kebele level in planning, coordination, implementation and supervision of community based activities and ensure active involvement of and communication with communities and partners for smooth and successful implementation of program activities as per the approved program document; interact with relevant governmental offices and bureaus for adoption of new curriculum on skill training; organizes curriculum review session either at the Regional or Federal level; and ensure the program implementation is in line with government and donor requirements and Save the Children standards.     Reports to: Senior Program Manager, Semera   Staff directly reporting to this post:  3 x woreda Project Officers and 1 MEAL officer.   KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: ·          Represent the program and overall management of the implementation of the program action plans under respective Regions. ·         Coordinate the activities of POTENTIAL in respective operational Woredas. ·         Recruit Woreda Program officers and Youth facilitators ·         Ensure staffs are deployed on respective Woreda and Kebele level training centres ·         Establish and organize regional business development service centre and support centre facilitators on activity design and Implementation ·         Ensure Youth facilitators activity involved in community mobilization, need identification, planning and effective implementation of program activities. ·         Ensure feedbacks are gathered from participant and Youth facilitators on the curriculum and program activities for further improvement and possible action. ·         Lead the regional team to prioritize key project outputs and outcomes. ·         Establish regional and Woreda level linkages and partnerships with private sectors, MFIs, GOs, NGOs, TVETs etc. and maintain existing partnerships. ·         Maintain and create good relationship and collaboration with government ministry offices in regional and Woreda level ·         Ensure that the YES centres equipped business development services and well informed to provide the necessary services and information to business starters and unemployed youth to find jobs. ·         Develop regional annual, quarter and monthly activity plan and budget ·         Conduct and facilitate research activities in areas of entrepreneurship, value chain analysis and business and youth employment opportunities. ·         Facilitate the involvement of volunteers from different Sectors to support the program ·         Ensure that regional plans, budgets and reports are good quality, regularly updated and timely produced and communicated to all stakeholders. ·         Establish and maintain a usable program schedule for all phases of the project for staff, and partners. ·         Communicates effectively with staffs and partners to identify needs and develop alternatives business solutions. ·         Identify, track, manage and mitigate risks that may affect project implementation or staff engagements with stakeholders. ·         Ensure timely production and quality of periodic reports to relevant recipients. ·         Develop team spirit among staff. ·         Appraise staff performances. ·         Ensure staffs have internalized the values of the Organization. ·         Work with HR Unit regarding HR and other general service related issues. ·         Organize periodic meetings with other program staffs in Regional and Woreda level. ·         Maintain program file and related documents. ·         Carry out other duties as requested by the regional Directors. 

Bahirdar,
Save The Children
  Internal/ External Vacancy Announcement   INTRODUCTION   Save the Children is an exciting and dynamic organization that follows a holistic approach to achieve more for children and use its resources in an efficient and sustainable way. In every programming we aim to achieve results at scale, build partnership to influence others and increase our impact; look for innovate solutions to the problems children faces, campaign for better practice and ensure that Children’s voices are heard.   Save the Children is an organization for talented people with different backgrounds and perspectives. We are proud that our people are representative of the children we work with and we thrive on our diversity. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity. Our culture is embedded in these values, along with a strong commitment to our Child Safeguarding Protocol, ensuring that all representatives of Save the Children demonstrate the highest standards of behavior towards children both in their private and professional lives.   Save the Children offers sound employment conditions with opportunities for personal growth and development. If you are interested to work in an organization that is determined to achieve dramatic change for the most vulnerable children, we encourage you to look through the job profile below.     Job Title Finance and Donor Compliance Coordinator Code SCI/BD/008/18 Place of Work Bahir Dar Monthly Salary in ETB As per the organization scale No. of Positions 1 Length of Contract One Year with possible application   Job Summary:   Under the direction of the Growth through Nutrition Sr. Regional Program Manager, the Finance and Donor Compliance Coordinator performs regional level technical accounting, financial duties and internal controls including ensuring accurate accounting; and plans, organizes, and controls the financial operation of the USAID funded Growth through Nutrition project. S/he ensures the proper administration/management of Grant under Grant (GUG), sub award agreement, and partner implementation at regional level. S/he also ensures the regional level financial regulations and controls are in place at all times by ensuring the award is administered according to USAID regulations and policies for both Save the Children and partners, and financial reports meet the required standards. H/she also develops and maintains timely and accurate reports, provides technical support to Growth through Nutrition personnel at regional level, supports local and government partners, and facilitates any project and organizational audit and close out.     This post should collaborate closely with the Finance and Donor Compliance Specialist (Country Office), to ensure high quality management through the award cycle, including close out and proper management of provision of grants to GOE entities to increase ownership and involvement of government at woreda, kebele, and community level to deliver quality nutrition services to households.   Job specific roles and responsibilities   Financial System & Contract Management at Regional Level ·         Propose ideas for improving award financial and administrative procedures, guidelines, and systems to meet SCI, SCUS, and donor requirements with good internal controls. - Finance ·         Ensure adequate support documents, proper approval process, and compliance to cooperative agreement and other donor requirements for all financial transactions. - Finance ·         Conduct training to build capacity of the finance and non-finance staff working on the project, including partners, in financial systems, policy, procedures and compliance requirements. - Finance ·         Prepare documents for audit and donor monitoring visits and maintain finance records and documents in an orderly and secure manner. – Finance and Awards ·         Support the delegated Growth through Nutrition budget holder and regional project team in coordinating monthly grants meetings, and complete allocated action points arising from the meeting and share regularly. - Awards ·         Collaborate with the Finance and Donor Compliance Specialist to ensure implementation of all donor compliance requirements in coordination with other departments. - Awards ·         Collaborate with the Sr. Regional Program Manager to ensure that queries arising from partners as well as project management team in the field are dealt with in an accurate and timely manner. – Awards ·         Review regularly the transactions list of the project and identifies wrong charging and coding. Prepare the appropriate correction reversal and submits to the relevant finance unit for adjustment. ·         Participate in BVA (Budget vs. Actual) meetings, take notes, and follow up on the implementation of action points. ·         Ensure that all project expenditures are made within available budget, after proper approval and appropriate coding and posting of data to the Agresso system within the month.   Award Implementation and Budget Management at Regional Level ·         Work with regional team and the Finance and Donor Compliance Specialist to consolidate phased budgets and review programme expenditure. - Finance.  ·         Properly administer/manage the Grant under Grant (GUG) sub-agreements/partner implementation at regional level. ·         Monitor budgets and sub-grant activities at regional level to ensure that spending occurs as planned and that variances are anticipated, noted, and corrected.  Ensure that key programme personnel are aware of their budgetary resources, and are able to monitor their budgets respectively - Awards ·         Maintain an adequate cash flow to ensure that there is sufficient cash to cover project activities and plans. – Finance ·         Work with the delegated budget holder to prepare annual budget plan and prepare budget revisions and projections and respond to any questions. – Awards ·         Support the delegated budget holder in confirming availability of funds for all requests for payment or charges to awards. – Awards ·         Provide monthly management information on awards performance to sub-grantees for regional performance and Growth through Nutrition regional management team as required. - Awards ·         Actively supports budget holders in the award closure process and activities and coordinates with the Finance and Donor Compliance Specialist to ensure complete documentation and systems accuracy including Agresso at final close out. – Awards & Finance ·         Ensure compliance of Cost Share reporting, proper review, accurate documentation, and coordination with the regional team to provide contribution reports to the Finance and Donor Compliance Specialist on a quarterly basis.  ·         Confirm compliance to time sheets, ensuring proper time is charged to the project according to level of effort of staff working on and supporting Growth through Nutrition. ·         Ensure compliance to standard SCI templates.    Grant under Grant and WASH contract management ·         Review documents during payment requests. ·         Provide GUG management orientation and training to government and project team. ·         Ensure adherence to local laws, project and USAID standards, policies and regulations. ·         Support project team and government entities if there is a need for capacity building. ·         Provide technical support to woredas during development of GUG applications. ·         Conduct preliminary evaluation of application and present to Regional   Grant Management Committee (RGMC). ·         Monitor and provide technical support for the effective implementation of GUG activities in the respective woredas. ·         Review deliverables of milestones and inform the regional manager. ·         In collaboration with Awards team, provide GUG management orientation and training to government and project team. ·         Report compliance issues to project regional manager and field office senior management. ·         Represent SC and GTN in RGMC. ·          Ensure that all construction related procurement plans (PP) are carefully developed and submitted to the procurement unit and procurement requests (PR) are submitted in time as per the procurement plan. ·         Assist the procurement team in outsourcing and contract administration for Growth through Nutrition construction related activities in the area office. ·         Work closely with requestors to ensure that contract values are within the available budget limit, and also keep record of payables (retentions) and receivables (advances) and inform all concerned timely for release and/or recovery. ·         Identify and organise procurement of locally available construction materials in close collaboration with the area office procurement team. ·         Ensure effective and efficient use of all SC’s financial and material resources in order to keep costs minimal while still maintaining quality. ·         Develop time table and timely process payment requests for construction works in the field office in line with contractual agreement. ·         Ensure that construction activities are branded and formally/officially transferred/handed over to communities for sustainable use.   Award Reporting ·         Prepare and review monthly financial reports and ensure that they are consolidated for monthly distribution to the Sr. Regional Program Manager. – Awards ·         Provide monthly internal financial reports to BH on actual v budget spend and analysis of grant financial performance. – Awards & Finance ·         Provide quarterly accrual and biannual projected pipeline reports to the delegated budget holder. ·         Work with the Finance and Donor Compliance Specialist to follow up on any questions or issues raised by the country office, ensuring input from Sr. Regional Program Manager and other support functions as required – Awards. ·         Prepare a consolidated annual financial report, including a cumulative life of project report. – Awards and Finance ·         Ensure documentation, updating, reconciliation, and   reporting of   supplies, equipment, and project staff related data on a regular basis.   Country Budget Management ·         Support delegated Budget Holders and work with the Finance and Donor Compliance Specialist to ensure that project budget is regularly updated and accurately reflected within SCI accounting systems and award management systems.   Audit Function ·         Provide information and support to donor and annual external audits as required.     Admin and logistics function ·         Ensure purchasing procedures are respected, and that expenditures and purchase requisition made are correctly coded with account codes, funding source, and program code. ·         Assist logistic matters of the field office, ensuring proper vehicle usage and follow up of regionally assigned drivers in support of the Sr. Regional Program Manager and regional logistics teams. ·         Ensure that project assets and stocks are tracked on a regular basis. ·         Coordinate all material distribution with beneficiaries, partners, and government offices in a smooth and timely manner.   SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice) Accountability:   ·         Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values ·         Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved   Ambition: ·         Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same ·         Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others ·         Future orientated, thinks strategically   Collaboration: ·         Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters ·         Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength ·         Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to   Creativity: ·         Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions ·         Willing to take disciplined risks   Integrity: ·         Honest, encourages openness and transparency    

የኤርትራው ፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ በኢትዮጵያ ይፋዊ የስራ ጉብኝት ለማድረግ ነገ አዲስ አበባ ይገባሉ። ፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂ ወደ አዲስ አበባ የሚመጡት በጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዶክተር አብይ አህመድ ግብዣ መሆኑን የጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ጽህፈት አስታውቋል። ፕሬዚዳንት ኢሳያስ በኢትዮጵያ የሶስት ቀናት ቆይታ እንደሚያደርጉ የገለጸው ጽህፈት ቤቱ፥ ህዝቡ በደማቅ ኢትዮጵያዊ አቀባበል የኤርትራውን ፕሬዝዳንት እንዲቀበል ጥሪ አቅርቧል። በቆይታቸውም ከጠቅላይ ሚኒስትር ዶክተር አበይ [...]