Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 06 Jan 2018
Ethiopia Country Manager
Do you want to work for a leading international peacebuilding organisation and help bring peace to the Horn of Africa Region? Do you have the passion and the skills to lead a country programme, foster capacity building and support conflict transformation and reconciliation processes across in Ethiopia? The Life & Peace Institute (LPI) is now looking for a self-motivated and experienced professional to provide overarching leadership and management for our Ethiopia country programme.
About us
LPI has been carrying out peacebuilding work in Ethiopia since the late 1980s, with a focus on supporting locally driven post-conflict initiatives through partnerships with traditional leaders, NGOs and faith-based institutions. Currently, LPI works in Ethiopia primarily by supporting local peacebuilding organizations, academic institutions and key governmental actors. LPI’s approach to conflict transformation in Ethiopia therefore centres on understanding and supporting existing formal and informal capacities for peace and working with its partners to foster new mechanisms which promote a culture of tolerance, non-violent conflict resolution and amicable relationships between diverse groups. In 2017-2020, LPI’s Ethiopia programme focuses on three thematic areas: inter-group dialogue between diverse students on Ethiopian universities, supporting interfaith peacebuilding efforts and strengthening local and national capacities in conflict-sensitive development.
About the role
The Ethiopia Country Manager is responsible for providing the overall leadership and management of LPI’s Ethiopia Programme team. In consultation with the Head of Office, s/he represents LPI with the government, authorities and diplomatic missions in Ethiopia and the wider region, as well as with civil society. Other key responsibilities include:
· Guiding and overseeing the effective and cost-efficient implementation of ongoing programmes and projects, ensuring quality programming
· Keeping the Addis Ababa Head of Office well informed of programme developments and priorities
· Pursuing new funding and partnership opportunities in line with LPI’s Strategic Plan
· Supervising programme staff and strengthening partner organisation capacities.
The position will be supervised by Head of Office, LPI Addis Ababa and will be based in LPI’s Addis Ababa office with frequent travels in Ethiopia. At LPI we strive to make sure our staff have a good life-work balance and we offer competitive benefits to all our staff.
About you
· 7-10 years’ experience in Peacebuilding in Ethiopia and/or the Horn of Africa region
· Experience in managing USAID-funding, with at least Deputy Chief of Party experience
· Experience in design and management of complex peacebuilding programmes, especially focused on the three thematic areas mentioned above for 2017-2020.
· Ability to engage a range of community, non-government and government stakeholders
· Strong training, facilitation, analytical and research/writing skills
· Experience leading and managing teams, including remote management
· Deep understanding of the Ethiopia context and related civil society and policy circles
· Excellent inter-personal communication with strong networking skills
· At least a Masters’ degree in a relevant discipline (peacebuilding, political sciences, international relations etc.)
· Fluent English is a requirement, ability to speak and read Amharic highly preferred and other Ethiopian languages (especially Afaan Oromo) are merited
· Willingness and ability to travel in Ethiopia.
· Preference given to Ethiopian nationals.
How to apply:
Please send your application, including a Cover Letter and CV in English, no later than January 6th, 2018 to applications@life-peace.org, with the subject line “Ethiopia Country Manager”.