About the Job
Background
Fikir Ethiopia National Association of Intellectual Disabilities (FENAID) secured a grant on the project entitled “Enhancing access to Inclusive Education for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities at Primary School” for a period of one year (November 2024- October 2025) with a possibility of extension. The overall objectives of the project are:
- Strengthening civic actors’ capacity to address challenges with access to education for persons with intellectual disabilities in Addis Ababa
- Fostering multi-stakeholders’ partnership and engagement to address challenges with access to education
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide support to the technical implementation of the project
- Provide technical advice; ensure synergies with other team.
- Participate on project meetings, project review and/or evaluation meetings.
- Ensure that the terms of the project and the donor’s rules are followed.
- Ensure that FENAID policies and other internal standards are properly implemented and followed
- Steer the project’s intervention strategy and propose changes if the objectives change or if they are unlikely to be met.
- Ensure that activities and the associated resources are planned and implement the action plan.
- Ensure that activities are carried out in accordance with the project activity plan and the budget.
- Maintain project monitoring, particularly activity progress indicators and expected outcomes.
Coordinate implement the monitoring and reporting of the project inclusive education part
- Manage the process of monitoring the project implementation of activities
- Prepare monthly reports, focusing on results, output, and outcomes.
- Write internal and external progress reports.
Manage inter-organization coordination to achieve a coherent and aligned presence in the area of inclusive education
- Provide substantive technical support to the Office Management related activities by attending meetings, events, and participating in groups and committees.
- Coordinate with implementing partners, cluster members, government offices, to ensure the project’s success and harmonized and aligned with other FENIAD efforts;
Lead advocacy, knowledge building and communication efforts
- Represent FENAID in meetings and policy dialogues on issues related to persons with intellectual disabilities inclusive education contributions and programs
- Manage advocacy strategies and their implementation.
- Identify best practices and lessons learned to guide project improvement
- Participate and lead in cluster and civic actors meetings to increase FENAID’s external influence.
- Communicate about the project to partners, authorities, and stakeholders when relevant
About You
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in social science, inclusive/special needs education, or education.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of progressively responsible experience in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation as project officer.
- A minimum of two years of experience working in education, preferably in inclusive education or education that supports children and youth.
- Experience working on USAID projects and/or NGOs in implementing inclusive education and children and youth support projects.
- Experience working with vulnerable children, children with disabilities, specifically children with intellectual disabilities, and rehabilitation
- Experience facilitating and delivering trainings, preferably in inclusive education.
- Experience in the preparation of educational materials, i.e., easy read materials
- Previous experience working with civic actors and clusters in the field of inclusive education is desirable.
- proficiency with Microsoft Office packages
- Fluent in both spoken and written English and Amharic languages.
Core Competencies:
- Awareness regarding disabilities Issues.
- Accountability.
- Creative problem solving.
- Effective communication.
- Inclusive collaboration.
- Stakeholder engagement.
- Leading by example.
Functional Competencies:
- Excellent project formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills
- Ability to develop detailed operational plans, budgets, and deliver on them
- Excellent knowledge and technical expertise in inclusive education
- Strong networking skills
Required Skills
- Networking
- Microsoft Office Pack: Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, Outlook, Powerpoint
- Communication
- Problem solving
Written applications including Cover Letter and Curriculum Vitae indicating position applied for with day-time contact phone number(s) and emails of three references.
The application should be sent to FENAID by email at [email protected] with a copy of [email protected], no later than November 19, 2024.
More Information
- Address Ethiopia
- Experience Level Junior
- Total Years Experience 0-5
