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Christian Aid is the development and campaigning agency of 40 sponsoring churches in the UK and Ireland. We have a vision – an end to poverty – and we believe that vision can become a reality. We are striving to bring lasting change to the lives of poor and marginalized communities. In pursuit of this goal, we work in partnership with national NGOs in Ethiopia on Secure Livelihoods, Community Health and HIV/AIDS, and Pro-poor Energy & Climate Change projects.

About the role

The post holder is responsible for supporting Christian Aid’s portfolio of partnerships and projects within a country or group of countries. To support the development of Christian Aid policy and strategy by providing the programme team with partner feedback.   To contribute to the representation of Christian Aid at country/regional/local level. Responsible for the capacity-building of partners. To help ensure that project resources and planned project activities are undertaken within budget and time frame which enable impact and direct benefit to target communities.  Works with the country /thematic programme management team to support delivery of projects to the highest standards and in line with the country, divisional and organizational strategy.  To act proactively to engage in any activities that strengthen the country program and takes up additional assignments given from the organization. To act as the interface between participating partners and Christian Aid and/or donors including coordinating feedback, representation in key stakeholders meetings and contributing to strengthening of partner relationships. More specifically, the role will lead on the implementation of the DEC project and ensures that deliverables of the project are met as per the expectations.  This entails working closely and actively with the implementing partner, Government at Woreda, Zonal and Regional levels, other Government departments, and community organizations. Key components of the role are problem solving, ensure high quality and timely deliverables, monitoring, reporting, communications and provision of technical assistance, risk and security analysis and advice actions appropriately and any other additional assignments given from the organization.

About you

We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate who can work with our partners to build their capacity, working with them to develop and deliver emergency and development related interventions. You will need to be proactive, solution-focused and have strong negotiation and interpersonal skills. You will need to be able to link programmatic work with policies. You will be a team player, able to establish good relationships across the various stakeholders (including local NGOs, INGOs, government, private sector and external partners). If you feel you are competent to help with these, you are invited to apply for the post of programme officer. The position is line managed by the  Programme Manager,has matrix management relationship with Senior Program Officer – Humanitarian and works closely with other Christian Aid  country programs.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, and flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Build partnerships

Tell us about a time when you actively consulted with others to ensure that you understood their needs or goals before taking action

Communicate effectively

Give us an example of a time when you communicated something complex in a way that could be easily understood by others

Deliver results

Tell us about a time when you had to make recommendations or take decisions after analyzing data, information and other evidence