Summary of Duties

The Project Coordinator is Reporting to the Country Director, CACH Country Office in Addis Ababa. The person selected will be the reference and the representative of the Project in the field, monitor and supervise the respective activities in order to guarantee that the objectives are met in line with the policies and strategies of CACH. The PC will also be a point of contact for project coordination with implementing partners at field and national level. At the same time, the Coordinator constantly monitor the context of the project area in order to propose adaptations in the project, propose new interventions, and react to emergencies. The PC must be ready to undertake frequent field trips to project sites.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Represent CACH in the project area in relation to all project matters  

• Present, explain and defend CACH project to secure the agreement of regional, Zonal and woreda level government offices; and secure the collaboration of woreda sector offices during the implementation of the project;
• Point of contact for national level project coordination, represent CACH in Project Implementation Team (PIT) and the Project Implementation Unit  (PIU).
• Represent CACH and the project at national and international level platforms and meetings.
• Liaise with other potential local and national actors, private sector, community institutions for collaboration and attainment of project goal; Actively attend and contribute to Zone and woreda level NGO forums;

Periodic project planning activities at the project level

• Lead coordinated planning process of the project with the project managers of co-implementing partners;
• Prepare annual, quarterly and monthly detail implementation plan (DIP) based on government and donor formats

Project implementation, Monitoring and Reporting 

• Facilitate disbursement of funds for timely procurement, labor mobilization, transportation and supervision of project activities;
• Translate DIPs into daily and weekly activity plan that can be clearly understood and followed by the project team;
• Compile an overall bi-annual and annual report for CACH internally the GoE and for (back) donors;
• Revise reports as per the comments of CACH Country Director;

Provide Leadership and Resource management

• Supervise, coach and motivate staffs assigned in the project and required involve in hiring and firing of project staffs with the consultation of CD/ DCD;
• Resolve routine problems as per the staff regulation and refer to difficult ones to the next superior as deemed necessary;
• Facilitate the different missions and follow-up visits from partners within the consortium, consultants and other actors involved.
• Actively participate in the development, documentation and sharing of knowledge regarding the activities carried out.
• Ensure regular communication with project managers at the international level.
• Asses the security situation of the project area and ensure adherence to local security guidelines of CACH by all project staff;
• Be responsible for overall project finance management and management of the bank accounts together with Project accountant;
• Make period transfer requests based on expenditure forecast;
• Approve local payments in consultation with Country Director;
• In collaboration with the Finance Director ensure compliance with internal regulations and financial regulations of the country;
• Supervise the project cashier.

Duty stations will be Addis Ababa. The candidate must be ready to undertake frequent field trips to projects and partner organizations.