Dan Church Aid (DCA) is a Denmark-based international NGO registered under certificate # 1083 by the Authority for Civil Society Organizations and working to improve the wellbeing of particularly the rural and pre-urban people in Ethiopia. DCA’s Programme mainly focus on save live, building resilience and fighting inequality targeting highly disaster-prone areas in Oromia, Amhara, Afar, and Gambella regions.

DCA Ethiopia Office is looking for a competent Program Area Manager.

Provide overall oversight to all field operations within the region coordinating all DCA and partner implementation in the region. The position holder will participate in the design of future projects in collaboration with various stakeholders in the region and DCA country office.

 The overall objective of the post is to play a leading role in refugee and host communities project development, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of DCA Projects under Gambella Coordination office. fully in charge of both the system and the programme staff and represent DCA at various forum at Gambella region level in consultation with Senior Humanitarian Program Manager and HoP

Engagement

• Provides the required technical and management support for successful implementation the projects with the required quality standard.

• Take a lead in proposal development for refugee and host communities Gambella projects and actively take part in write up of proposal.

• Lead the project teams and ensure the implementation of the projects.

• Conduct monthly BVA review with Gambella region project coordinators and Finance and Admin Coordinator and participate on the country office level both review with program team, and finance for all projects implemented in Gambella regional state.

• Engage with project stakeholders to ensure that DCA projects are planned and implemented with full involvement of stakeholders at different level.

• Strictly follow the implementation of the DIP and the procurement plan with reference to the budget verses actual (BVA) analysis. 

• In collaboration with the M&E staff and other technical staff put in place a realistic and actionable M&E plan for each project in Gambella region and ensure the plans are implemented.

• Support the project team to collect lessons learned, best practices and shared with the relevant bodies.

Delivery

• Overall management of DCA activities (program and administrative) at the field level, lead Field level management team and ensure that the team address the project implementation challenges timely. 

• Ensure all project activities in Gambella regional state are implemented in accordance with donor requirements and as per the quality standard and agreed detail implementation plan.

Job Requirements

Required Qualifications / Experience:

• MSC/BA degree in a relevant discipline (Development Studies, DRR Management, food security, Agriculture, and related field) from a recognized university. 

• 6/8 years practical experience in MSC/BA respectively at the field and country office level in designing humanitarian projects proposal and report writing, capacity building and implementation of key donors BPRM, ECHO etc. specifically in the refugee context.

• Technical training qualifications required: relief, disaster management, environmental sciences, and related field. 

• Experience working in refugee context in Gambella, or other refugee set up in Ethiopia with international NGOs, UN agencies like UNHCR is mandatory.

• Understanding of the humanitarian system and refugee crisis in Ethiopia.

• Knowledge of humanitarian standards and principles and cross-cutting issues.

• Experience in management and knowledge of basic accounting methods and procedures.

• Ability to train and supervise a multi-cultural staff.

• Good cross-cultural Communication skills.

• Excellent communication, networking and persuasion skills, particularly good mentoring, and capacity-building experience.

• An openness to learn about and understand the culture, political, social, and economic situation of the country.

• Experience in project design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

• Good public relations and public speaking skills.

• Fluent in spoken and written English, proficient writing skills.

Other Competencies/Attributes

• Elevated level of diplomacy skills for relationship building 

• High degree of negotiation and persuasion skills to seek funding commitments from donors,

• Excellent time management

• Ability to work in high tension and high-security risk situations.

• Ability to work in and contribute to the team-building environment.

• Perform 

How to Apply

• Register using the following link CLICK HERE

• DCA is an equal opportunity employer, and all interested candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of age, race, gender, marital status and religious, political or ethnic affiliation. Please don’t mention your religious or ethnic affiliation in your application.

• Please Submit only an application letter and CV.

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.