Program Officer Job at Christian Children's Fund of Canada (CCFC) - 2015

Program Officer– Ethiopia

Location: Addis Ababa

Christian Children’s Fund of Canada (CCFC) creates a future of hope for children, families, and communities by helping them develop the skills and resources to overcome poverty and pursue justice. Headquartered in Markham, Canada. CCFC currently has thousands of children receiving sponsorship and we are involved in child centered community programs. For more information about CCFC, visit our website www.ccfcanada.ca

We have a vacancy for a Program Officer (PO) in Addis Ababa. The Program Officer will work under the supervision of the Program Manager to direct and support programs to implement monitor and evaluate their activities. This involves focusing on supporting program partners in the assigned geographic areas to plan, implement, train, evaluate and report on projects activities supported by CCFC.  The Program Officer under the direction of the Program Manager is responsible for the following:

Visiting programs and projects regularly for the purpose of ensuring plan implementation, and to monitor program implementation, sponsorship and financial activities. Ensure compliance with CCFC and donor policies, procedures and guidelines to support the quality assurance and quality control initiatives. Undertake constructive intervention when necessary.Direct and provide guidance to partners in participatory planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes for program/project related activities to ensure performance & reporting requirements are met.Lead the facilitation of community mobilization and capacity building efforts of CCFC Country Office partners and the communities served through networking, advocacy and awareness rising. Under supervision of program manager provide oversight to ensure successful execution and streamlining  of internally funded projects; Program oversight to ensure CCFC complies to requirements for non-grant projects including ChildFund Alliance supported projectsConduct analysis and provide relevant reports on global and country priorities in a timely manner.Engage in other assignments as assigned including emergency response, ad-hoc projects in communities of operation.

Requirements /Qualifications:

Degree in a relevant development field; post-graduate degree an assetMinimum four  years work experience in the development field and demonstrated ability to work independentlyExperience building relationships with development agencies, funding agencies and writing successful concept papers, grant proposals and donor reports is an assetProgram/project planning, management, monitoring and evaluation experience, including budgeting and reportingProfessional experience in one or more of CCFC’s key sectors: micro-enterprise development (MED), education, health, and/or water and sanitation; advocacy an assetExperience in practicing Results Based Management (RBM) and or use of Participatory Development Approach (PDA) tools. Experience in Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) is an assetSkills in group facilitation, training, capacity-building and community mobilizationGood interpersonal communications, relationship-building, conflict management and networking skills, especially when developing / maintaining contacts and influencing development and funding agencies. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including public speaking, networking and presentation skills; ability to speak and write in English and relevant local language(s)Strong computer skills including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and internet; intermediate MS ProjectAbility to travel nationally Commitment to CCFC’s Vision, Mission and Values

Applications are welcome from qualified applicants and will be received until May 13, 2015. 

Applications must be sent as soon as possible and must be written in English language. Consistent with our Child Protection Policy the successful candidate must receive clearance by a criminal record check.

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