Job Description

The Inter-Religious Council of Ethiopia (IRCE) was established in 2010 with the goal of bringing together all religious leaders by joining hands and hearts around common interests at the national and sovereign level. It has a membership of seven major religious denominations in Ethiopia and is certified by the Ministry of Federal Affairs of Ethiopia, and is represented at the federal, regional and district levels. IRCE’s vision in Ethiopia is to develop religious freedom and equality based on peace, love and tolerance, which will be mutually beneficial to all. IRCE is a nonprofit faith based organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions.

IRCE currently implements peace building and conflict resolution and harm full traditional practice prevention projects through support of various donor organizations. Its staffs have expertise in in Health, Education, Nutrition, Environment, Economic Development, Civil Society, Gender, Youth, Research and Technology; creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today’s interrelated development challenges.

Our organization has been awarded a grant by USAID Ethiopia to implement PEPFAR’s Faith-based Retention and Adherence Initiative for one year. The grant intends to strengthen organizational capacity by the recipient and, concurrently, deliver strategic HIV advocacy, communication and social mobilization (ACSM) to faith-based audiences in close collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia in PEPFAR geographic areas of focus.

IRCE seeks to recruit qualified experts for the implementation of this USAID funded project.

Responsibilities and Tasks

• Lead the design, development, planning, and coordination of project activities at provincial and district levels, including activities to be performed by private sector and community partners.
• Support planning and activities of technical team, implement, monitor and evaluate intervention, analyze data reported, provide feedback on project performance and develop = strategies for program improvement
• Provide overall supervision and guidance to the MoH, regional and district teams in line with the project goals
• Create a planning schedule.
• Assign tasks to team members.
• Supervise team members and ensure that deadlines are met.
• Manage project budgets.
• Prepare progress reports for senior managers.
• Suggest methods to improve efficiency.

Job Requirements

Program Director Requirements:

• A degree in business management, project management , health care or a related field.
• 10 experience as a program director.

Skills

• Ability to create and manage budgets.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.

How to Apply

Qualified individuals can apply for the relevant post directly through ethiojobs.net or by sending their CVs and motivation letter to the email address niwayirce@yahoo.com with in 10 days of advertisement. Please note that any supporting documents are to be provided by applicants only upon request by the selection panel. Due to the urgency of the positions, please note that review of applications will be done on a rolling basis and decisions could be made before the closing date of the advertisement.