About the
Firm:
JaRco
Consulting offers high quality consulting services in the areas of qualitative
and quantitative research; design of monitoring and evaluation systems; and
provision of training and capacity building and technical assistance and
implementation support across a wide range of sectors to leading international
donors and partner agencies. The firm has four offices (three in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia and one in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia) and over 50 staff. For more
information, please visit www.jarrco.info.
We are now
seeking to fill the position of Program Coordinator with a candidate who is
competent, motivated, and passionate in international development issues. This
position is an ideal opportunity for a candidate with three to five years of
managerial experience who is eager to be involved in all aspects of monitoring
and evaluation and who would thrive in a collaborative, diverse, diligent
working environment in Ethiopia.
Employment
Type
Full time
Start Date:
TBD
Duration:
Two years
Reporting
to:
Director
Position
Summary:
The Program
Coordinator will be responsible for coordination of all program-related aspects
of firm activities including project planning and implementation, ensuring high
quality of deliverables and smooth communications with clients. The Program
Coordinator also provides leadership in other aspects of the firm including
business development, staff recruitment and evaluation and ensuring that all
firm activities are in line with its strategic plan. The role entails close and
smooth communication with clients and involved stakeholders, all JaRco staff
and when necessary, senior government officials.
Essential
Job Functions:
All aspects
of the Program Coordinator’s role must be conducted in line with the firm’s
strategic plan, mission, vision and core values.
Project
Implementation
• Manage all
aspects of project implementation including liaising with clients, coordinating
the work of multiple (internal and external) parties and ensuring that
deadlines are met efficiently, effectively, with high quality deliverables and
within budget.
• Keep
Director informed and involved in all pertinent aspects of project
implementation.
• Coordinate
multiple projects to ensure that all resources are utilized within requisite
timeframe and budgets.
•
Participate in drafting, reviewing, editing and finalizing reports.
•
Trouble-shoot programmatic issues quickly and efficiently.
• Ensure
that when and where possible, work is allocated evenly and efficiently amongst
staff.
• Keep
client abreast of progress of project, particularly with regards to field
research.
• Oversee
all aspects of fieldwork implementation including tools development, training
preparation and testing, team formation, budgeting, deployment monitoring and
follow-up. Ensure that field deployment of research teams is executed and
implemented efficiently and that the research/surveys are conducted to the
standards of the firm; conduct field visits (possibly joint-missions with the
client) where necessary and appropriate.
• Oversee
all aspects of data entry and analysis including data cleaning, entry and
report-writing, ensuring that all tasks are conducted with high data quality
and within schedule.
Human
Resources
•
Participate in staff recruitment, evaluation, capacity-building, promotion and
termination; finalize policy with Director and set implementation.
• Finalize
position descriptions and interview and evaluation criteria.
• Interview
and negotiate salaries for all external consultants.
• Conduct
regular progress meetings amongst senior staff to ensure adequate and clear
communication, and to pre-empt issues of resource allocation and timing as much
as possible.
• Manage
responsibilities of all direct reports, providing assistance where needed and
ensuring that the necessary resources are made available for tasks to be
completed efficiently and with high quality.
Qualifications
of the Ideal Candidate:
• Three to
five years of managerial experience, preferably over staff sized 20 to 50.
• Strong
knowledge in monitoring and evaluation, international development issues,
public health, economics, sociology or related field.
• Masters
degree in Development Studies, Public Health, Economics, Sociology or related
field.
• Ability to
manage multiple tasks simultaneously and diplomatically, and to work
independently as well as part of a fast-paced team.
• Fluency in
written and spoken English.
• Strong
computer and data processing/analysis skills.
Compensation:
• The
Program Coordinator will be provided with a competitive salary.
The firm will assist with visa and work permit application.
How to
apply:
To apply,
please send your cover letter; resume and two letters of recommendation from
previous employers to hresources@jarrco.info by July 25th, 2013. Incomplete
applications will not be considered
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