Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 25 Jul 2018
Opportunity
As Ethiopia makes progress towards becoming a middle-income country, it needs a system capable of meeting acute needs that is less reliant on large humanitarian appeals. The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has a clear strategic direction and strong policies for managing humanitarian crises. The upcoming DFID funded Building Resilience in Ethiopia (BRE) Programme will provide demand-led interventions, including targeted technical support and advice, and independent monitoring and evaluation to support the GoE.
The Technical Lead for MoFEC will provide technical leadership to the BRE Programme Management Unit (PMU) based in Addis Ababa. The role will require working closely with MoFEC, BRE programme partners and other key stakeholders across the humanitarian sector to provide technical support as needed by the GoE. The Technical Lead must be mission driven and committed to making a distinctive impact in serving the BRE programme and Abt Associates.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
• Build demand within the MoFEC for technical assistance to be provided through packages of work
• Provide technical assistance to the MoFEC by working collaboratively with MoFEC stakeholders, DFID, any other GoE stakeholders and partners
• Manage the MoFEC workstream’s performance including the performance of any other partners and sub-contractors
• Strong relationship built and maintained with MoFEC, DFID, GoE and other partners
• Oversight on all technical deliverables, including: Building capacity of the MoFEC to ensure effective humanitarian financial planning for humanitarian need through packages of work; Support to ensure effective integration of acute need in national development plans in particular the upcoming five year plan for 2020-2025; Supporting the effective management of Green Climate Fund; Supporting the flow of climate finance to the poorest people and aid effective delivery of climate finance in Ethiopia; Coordinating with and lending support to any other technical workstream and Ministries to achieve overall programme objectives as one BRE team
Preferred Skills / Prerequisites
• Proven management expertise, in particular in building systems to deliver technical assistance through small- to large-scale projects within a larger programme
• Expertise of managing team performance, particularly with proven track record of developing high performance within project teams
• Proven capability to collaborate, partner and influence wide ranging stakeholders at senior level, including governments, UN agencies, NGOs and other private sector partners (including other delivery agents of technical assistance)
• Knowledge and expertise of financing public spending especially involving shock responsive government systems, capacity building of systems, individuals and organisations
• Experience in Ethiopia or a similar country context required
• Experience working with and building strong relationships with MoFEC in Ethiopia desirable
• Experience working with DFID and/or other donors desirable
• Experience managing adaptive and flexible donor-funded programmes desirable
• Relevant education is required.
• English is required and Amharic is highly preferred
How to apply:
This offer is contingent upon award. Interested candidates should send their CV to EthiopiaJobs@abtassoc.com; put "BRE-Technical Team Lead MoFEC" in the subject line.