IRI Resident Program Director Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.
IRI Ethiopia looking for “Resident Program Director”.
Applicants with a degree in Bachelors Degree may apply on or before 23rd May 2023.
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IRI Resident Program Director Jobs 2023
The IRI has published a job vacancy announcement on 8th May 2023 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Resident Program Director to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | International Republican Institute (IRI) |
| Position | Resident Program Director |
| Location | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | Bachelors Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Eight years |
| Application Deadline | 23rd May 2023 |
IRI Job Vacancy 2023
Responsibilities:
- Monitors, analyzes, and reports on political and related developments in Ethiopia to provide country analysis.
- Serves as the official senior IRI representative in Ethiopia, developing credibility with and maintaining good relationships with all relevant stakeholders, including U.S. and foreign diplomats and donor agencies, host-country government representatives, and program partners.
- Participates in the substantive design of new programs and contributes to the development of new program ideas.
- Oversees the implementation of all program activities and oversees ensuring consistency with grant work plans and objectives.
- Establishes, maintains, and develops a productive working relationship with relevant stakeholders, consultants, and field and HQ staff.
- Oversees all operations related to the IRI field presence and ensures IRI is in compliance with local laws regarding IRI’s legal status in the country and employment of field staff.
- Supervises field staff, including participating in the hiring, professional development, and evaluation process for these staff. Sets specific goals and provides ongoing performance feedback.
- Mentors field staff in program development, finance, work plan development and presentation, reporting, monitoring and evaluation, business development, and knowledge management.
- Maintains an understanding of donor and IRI policies and procedures related to grant compliance and oversight.
- Understands a grant’s substantive, financial, and compliance requirements.
- Oversees the implementation of all program activities in Ethiopia ensuring consistency with grant work plans and objectives, reporting weekly to HQ.
- Monitors and approves field office budgets and expenses, in collaboration with HQ program staff and the Regional Project Accountant, to ensure that expenditures remain within budget allocations.
- Monitors, analyzes, and reports to HQ staff on political and economic developments, and media responses.
- Ensures adherence to monitoring and evaluation plans, including the monitoring of programs and evaluation/analysis of program results.
- Provides information and contributes to sections of quarterly, semi-annual, final, and other relevant reports for funders. The Ethiopia team should draft initial drafts of all donor deliverables.
- Anticipates potential problems and troubleshoots project problems and offers solutions and actively takes part to lead the resolution of them with creative and immediate solutions.
- Leads business development efforts, including identifying and seeking out potential new or additional sources of funding with real-time cost estimates for proposal budgets, and/or the development of new program ideas, coordinating with HQ staff.
- Actively supports IRI’s communication strategy including IRI’s branding and outreach plans on projects assigned, including drafts and updates program summaries and other outreach materials, drafts of web stories, tweets, etc.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Position in Organization:
- Posting Details
- Posted: May 5, 2023
- Full-Time
- Salary Range: $101,729 USD to $162,767 USD
- Locations: Addis Ababa, ETH
Qualification & Experience:
- Bachelors or better in Political Science or related field.
- 8-10 years Experience managing and implementing complex development programs in politically closed and/or closing spaces.
- Record of political party capacity strengthening programming, including improving party structure, organization, platform and policy development, and constituency outreach.
- Experience implementing activities that encourage competitive, representative, inclusive, and transparent political and electoral processes, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution.
How to Apply IRI Resident Program Director Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://recruiting.ultipro.com/INT1048/JobBoard/201c19d1-4b06-d159-bba4-6a102267f555/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=22b849b1-70d8-4fea-93c6-ce6b8c1b9fd4
The Closing Date: 23rd May 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Click To View |
| Official Website | www.iri.org |
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