Progrram Director

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SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is a national member association to the International Federation of SOS Children’s Villages. It is non- political, not-for-profit, and non-religious social development organization focused on the wellbeing and development of children. It was founded in 1974 and has been a development partner since then with positive outcomes in the lives of many children, families and communities.

SOS Children’s Villages Program Gode is interested in employing a competent and able candidate for the position of SOS Children’s Village Program Director who meet the requirements stated bellow.

 

Position Summery

This position shall report to the National Director and works closely with the National Program Development Director, National Program Advisors, and other National Office Department Heads. The position shall provide overall leadership for the location in both managerial and programme aspects, playing a key role in influencing quality and effectiveness of programmes. This role harmonizes the programmes at the location (family based care, family strengthening programmes, school and medical centre) in order to achieve the highest level of quality in service delivery.  The job incumbent shall lead and supervise  co-workers of the various areas of work within the programme, including the specialized work with different forms of families (families of origin, SOS families and other forms of alternative family-based care), as well as the general support work (administrative, educational and other intervention support).

This position directly supports the strategic goals of the National Association and is a strong member of the National Association Management team. Owing to the strategic nature of the support this position provides to the National Association, to the location and to the National Director in particular, the position holder shall be expected to be a person of integrity, reliable and confidential in his/her approach.

Major Duties and responsibilities:

•  Provides overall leadership and management of the Program location.


•  Coordinates Planning and Budgeting at the location in line with the SOS Children’s Villages strategic     direction.


•  Leads monitoring and evaluation of programme activities/Quality Assurance


•  Manages overall financial operations including budgets, authorization and approval of    expenditures.


•  Build and manage positive relations with the community and/or local authorities, develop  appropriate partnerships and networks


•  Supports and participates in the National Association’s strategies for fundraising and resource  mobilization in cash and in-kind.


• Maintains close working relationship with the National Director and National Program Development Director as well as Program Advisors and Function Heads


•  Coordinates Human Resource Planning, Management and development

Required qualifications and competencies:

•  MA/MSc degree in Sociology, management, Public Administration and other relevant social science streams;


• Seven years  relevant experience in field or related field out of which three years’ experience in staff management and supervision;


• Demonstrable track record of success with program design, performance management, learning systems and monitoring & evaluation;


• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, changing environment, with an emphasis on high-performance, teamwork, accountability and results;


•  Personable and able to work within a customer service framework;


• Refined and well-organized multi-tasking skills;


• Experience in prioritizing and sequencing both programmatic and operational activities;


• Ability to build relationships with partners and stakeholders;


• Highly facilitative and collaborative leadership style;


•  Excellent adaptive problem-solver in challenging environment;


• Excellent analytical skills;


• Exceptional ability to communicate consistently, clearly and effectively with a range of stakeholders;


• Strong set of personal values including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service.


• Fluency in English is essential. Speaking Amharic and/or Somali language is a plus.

Qualified applicants with the mentioned criteria shall submit their applications, CV and other credentials to the following address:

·   SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia Web address: