Project Manager

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The job holder is responsible to facilitate integrated programming in joint areas of operation with a focus on cross-learning, downward accountability for smooth and effective management of the project, monitoring integration aspects and producing consolidated narrative reports, and facilitating effective working relationships amongst project partners, and representing PIE primarily in woreda, Zonal and regional level as per the need at the different coordination forums of the partners and stakeholders meetings, workshops and events as necessary and delegated. In such a way, her/his work directly contributes to the realization of the Plan’s purpose and provides effective and efficient technical guidance and support toward the successful implementation of the BRAVE Humanitarian Program funded project in the Amhara Region as an integral part of the Plan’s emergency response within the framework of Plan Ethiopia’s Country Strategic Plan.

Furthermore, the Project Manager will be responsible to coordinate with the Consortium partners, CO based Consortium Manager, and Emergency Program Implementation Manager (EPIM) and Program Area Manager based at Bahir Dar in Amhara Region. The project is implemented in partnership with government institutions, community structures and UN agencies. Moreover, the project demands coordination with technical persons at the Plan International Ethiopia and National Offices level. The Project Manager will have an overview of a significant budget for the share in Ethiopia and will support a consistent field team and synergy with other emergency response projects currently under implementation in Northern Ethiopia.

The Project Manager is also responsible to produce quality reporting for the implemented project activities and communicating closely with Thematic Sector Leads and specialists as well as the MEAL manager on the quality control of reporting.

The Individual 

•  MA/MSc University degree in the following fields– Food Security and Development Studies, Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation, Development Studies, Sociology/social work, Health, Nutrition, WASH, Child Protection, DRM, Economics, Agricultural Economics, Project Management or any related Social Science fields.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in management and coordination of humanitarian and development programs/projects with International NGOs in Ethiopia.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Integrated WASH and Food Security and Livelihoods, Economic Resilience programs/projects implemented in the Amhara Region.
• Experience in Development/Humanitarian/Nexus programs/projects in a senior position (coordinator, manager, etc.).
• Experience in programs/projects dedicated to both IDPs and host communities in a senior position (Coordinator, Manager, etc.).
• Experience in programs/projects having social cohesion or peaceful coexistence components in a senior position (Coordinator, Manager, etc.).

Qualifications/ experience desirable:

• Experience in budget management and monitoring
• Understanding of advocacy and representation skill
• Demonstrable experience in M&E
• Good presentation and facilitation skills
• Proven conceptual skills and an ability to think and plan strategically
• Good communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to train and mentor staff
• Proven ability to manage a complex and demanding workload
• Good computer skills (particularly Excel, Word and databases)

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Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Young People and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

Location: Lalibela

Type of Role: BRAVE Project- untill December 31, 2026

Reports to: Emergency Program Implementation Manager 

Closing Date: February 10, 2026

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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