Finn Church Aid (FCA) is Finland’s largest international aid organization, operating across 12 countries. The organization specializes in three thematic priority areas: Right to Peace ($R2P$), Right to Livelihood ($R2L$), and Right to Quality Education ($R2QE$). In Ethiopia, FCA implements both humanitarian and development programs across the education, peace, and livelihood sectors.
FCA Ethiopia is currently seeking qualified national professionals to fill two full-time project management positions based out of the Addis Ababa office.
Open Project Management Positions
1. Project Manager (UNHCR Funded Labour Mobility Project)
- Department: Program
- Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (with frequent travel to field implementation sites in Gondar, Assosa, Jijiga, Gambella, and broader programming areas).
- Duration: 6 months with a possibility of extension.
- Primary Purpose: Manage, coordinate, and ensure quality, timely implementation and reporting of FCA’s UNHCR-funded project focusing on refugee labour mobility and durable solutions.
- Core Responsibilities:
- Track project activities, analyze target outcomes, and ensure efficient, accountable project delivery.
- Review and monitor budget vs. expenditure data on a monthly basis to manage financial variance.
- Provide technical guidance and direct supervision to project staff.
- Author and review narrative project updates and financial reports according to UNHCR standards.
- Ensure alignment with FCA, donor, and Ethiopian Government guidelines regarding education, safeguarding, and child protection.
- Represent FCA at Inter-Agency meetings, cluster groups, donor consultations, and local government briefings.
- Qualifications & Experience:
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Social Sciences, Business, or a related field along with a professional certification.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working in development and humanitarian field operations, specifically within the refugee context in Ethiopia.
- Deep understanding of protection, resettlement, livelihoods, and trajectories along durable solutions or complementary pathways (local integration, labour mobility).
- Experience cooperating with local government frameworks, UN agencies, and international actors.
- Required Core Skills: Time management, analytical skills, and communication.
- Application Link: FCA Project Manager Portal (Job ID: 896)
2. Project Coordinator (BRIGHT Project)
- Contract Type: Fixed-term
- Duty Station: Addis Ababa (with frequent field visits to current and prospective project locations).
- Reporting Line: Directly reports to the Head of Program.
- Primary Purpose: Ensure high-quality planning, implementation, budget tracking, and reporting of FCA’s BRIGHT Project, including direct capacity-building and oversight of local co-implementation partners.
- Core Responsibilities:
- Manage approved project work plans, execute regular data collection, and verify compliance with monitoring and evaluation metrics.
- Work closely with, mentor, and assist local partners in executing allocated project components.
- Maintain proper financial management and ensure compliance with institutional and ministry-level safeguarding policies.
- Document and compile lessons learned, contextual analyses, and challenge reports to guide institutional learning.
- Lead large-scale joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessments across various regions of Ethiopia to shape future country programming.
- Represent the organization externally at Education Cluster Meetings and bilateral donor consultations.
- Qualifications & Experience:
- Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management, Business, or a related field alongside professional certification.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in development and humanitarian program field operations in developing nations.
- Robust knowledge of and experience with Education programs, including teacher training and Accelerated Education/Learning Programmes (AEP/ALP) within development and Education in Emergencies (EiE) settings in Ethiopia.
- Sector experience in livelihoods programming, specifically Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Durable Solutions, is highly advantageous.
- Required Core Skills: Analytical skills and communication.
- Application Link: FCA Project Coordinator Portal (Job ID: 895)
General Recruitment Parameters
- Position Status: Both openings are national positions.
- Environmental Context: Candidates must be flexible and capable of working and living in challenging circumstances within a multicultural environment.
- Application Requirements: Interested applicants must submit an updated CV, academic certificates, and supporting credentials through the designated online forms.
- Application Deadline: June 6, 2026 (In 9 days).
⚠️ Note: Only short-listed candidates who match the formal criteria will be acknowledged and contacted for subsequent interviews.