I.  Job Summary

The Humanitarian Program Manager gender and protection is a key staff member of the Humanitarian Unit. The primary responsibilities of the post holder will include the following: input into all humanitarian  gender and protection  projects; high-level managerial oversight of all gender and protection projects in CARE Ethiopia Field Offices (FOs), including oversight of workplans, program quality indicators and budgets to ensure appropriate burn-rates/expenditure; ensure project reports of acceptable quality are submitted in a timely manner; and assist the senior planning and technical manager in ensuring that all donor and government contract conditions are met. In consultation with the senior planning and technical manager and in collaboration with project staff, s/he is responsible for the development of implementation plans and budgets, allocation of appropriate resources to accomplish plans, identification of qualified staff to implement protection projects and ensure that an appropriate monitoring system is in place to track the progress of and deviations from project implementation plans. 

II. Responsibilities   

Job Responsibility #1: Technical Support and Project Management (25%)

• Provide technical and managerial oversight and guidance to Field Office (FO) staff in regards to management of all gender and protection projects

• Assess and identify technical assistance needs in regards to technical skills, supervision support, etc., for new and existing gender and protection projects

• Strengthen capacities of FO staff to mainstream and adopt organizational core values, policies, procedures and program approaches (e.g. RBA, GED, underlying causes of poverty, CI program standards and principles) and esure they are clearly understood and adhered to in the daily functioning of the field offices and that information to monitor program progress and organizational performance, including periodic audits, is collected and used for organizational learning, decision-making and reporting, and for promoting innovations

• Provide input into the design and development of new humanitarian gender and protection project proposals, concept papers, related budgets, and monitoring and evaluation guidelines - referring to appropriate resource materials, protocols and guidance from both national and international sources

• Ensure that gender is integrated into all new humanitarian proposals

• Provide technical support for all gender and protection project needs of CARE Ethiopia (Surveys, Rapid Assessment, Baseline Surveys, etc)

• Participate in the design, review and updating of FO Detailed Implementation Plans and field activities for gender and protection projects

• Coorindate  operational support for timely and quality project implementation

• Support FOs to ensure FO program initiatives progressively include communities and local organizations in participatory planning and implementation of development projects

Job Responsibility #2: Monitoring and Reporting (15%)

•  Ensure that Field Office detailed implementation plans (DIPs) and EPMTs incorporate existing commitments to donors and government,  and address the Country Office’s Humanitarian Unit’s Strategic Plans’s vision and program goals

• Regularly monitor gender and protection project activities against existing workplans and EPMTs to ensure effective and efficient implementation; assess program technical quality and identify any weaknesses and elaborate corrective action plans as needed

• Oversee preparation of consolidated reports for donors and government offices

• Provide technical support to FOs and assist staff in complying with donor regulations in all gender and protection emergency projects

Job Responsibility #3:    Preparation and Monitoring of Budgets (15%)

• Assist Field Office staff with preparation of budgets according to donor fiscal year requirements while taking into account past burn-rate performance to ensure realistic and feasible budgeting

• Ensure that Detailed Implementation Plans (DIPs) accurately reflect the relevant budgets

• Monitor burn-rates and expenditures against approved budgets, and advise the senior planning and technical manager and the senior program and operations manager of any issues requiring attention or follow-up

• Monitor currency fluctuations of donor grants to determine their effect on current emergency gender and protection operational budgets. Inform and advise the senior planning and technical manager immediately if the currency fluctuations are significant and will impact existing budgets

• Coordinate all budget-related activities with the Humanitarian Unit’s Finance Manager and advise the senior planning and technical manager of all critical issues in a timely manner

• Collaborate with the Emergency Unit Finance Manager and other finance staff based in the CO to ensure compliance by all cooperating agencies to sub-grant agreements with CARE Ethiopia

Job Responsibility #4: Networking and representation (10%)

• Attend protection and gender focused cluster or humanitarian focused meetings at the Regional and Federal level in consultation with thematic area advisors.

• Coordinate with protection partners to ensure harmonization of approaches

• Coordinate/network with protection and gender related humanitarian forums to ensure they are informed/updated about all of CARE Ethiopia’s emergency gender and protection activities

Job Responsibility #5:    Learning (10%)

•  Monitor developments related to emergency gender and protection programming, including best practices (both within the country and internationally), and engage in personal development and learning on an ongoing basis

• Ensure that knowledge and learning is documented and shared with all CARE staff as well as partners and other stakeholders

• Provide technical input into Terms of Reference (ToR) for final evaluations of gender and protection projects, rapid gender assessments, etc.. providing feedback and acting appropriately in response to the results of final evaluations

Job Responsibility #6:    Compliance and Audit Follow-up (10%)

• Ensure familiarity with all gender and protection related contracts and agreements with donors, sub-grantees and contractors

• Ensure that FO project managers implementing gender and protection projects follow donor guidelines and CARE policies and procedures

• Coordinate with FO project managers and the senior planning and technical manager to prepare responses to internal and external audit findings within the stipulated time frame

• Notify the senior planning and technical manager of significant audit findings and develop action plans to address findings with the relevant FO in a timely manner

• Monitor implementation of corrective actions to audit findings by FOs, and provide appropriate support to ensure audit recommendations are addressed in a timely and adequate manner. In response to audit findings, recommend actions to be undertaken, as appropriate

Job Responsibility #7:    Staff Management and Supervision (10%)

• Ensure staff APPAs include KPIs which are continuously monitored and measured against progress

• Ensure that APAAs (annual and semiannual) are completed in a timely manner and submitted to HR

• Provides supportive supervision for direct reports

Job Responsibility #8:    Perform other duties as assigned (5%)

GENDER EQUALITY

• The HNTL will be responsible for ensuring that gender equality and diversity values are upheld in the recruitment, orientation, performance assessment and management of staff.

• Provide adequate time to staff to participate in gender sensitivity workshops and related events.

Job Requirements

Qualifications  

Required

• B.A. in Social Science, Social Work, Public Health, Disaster Management or related field

• 6-8 years related work experience with 2-3 years management experience

• Solid experience gained in protection or gender in emergency programming, financial and administrative management

• Experience in writing and budgeting of project proposals preferably for NGOs

• Understanding of the importance of gender, youth and social inclusion

• Demonstrated commitment to principles of gender, equity, diversity, inclusion and PSHEA (safeguarding) through previous positions or programming experience

Desired

• Working knowledge of programming in acutely vulnerable environments

How to Apply

Interested applicants can apply using THIS LINK

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the requirement are strongly encouraged to apply, especially women!

CARE Ethiopia is committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework. CARE Ethiopia has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners.

CARE Ethiopia reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.

By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no objection to CARE Ethiopia requesting the information specified above. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. 

CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.