SBC Officer – Development Expertise Center (DEC) Vacancy Announcement

DEC is a local CSO established in 2007 and re-registered in May 2019 as per the new Authority for CSO Proclamation by the Ethiopian government bearing a registration number of 0009. The organization has five major programs; Child Well-being and Education Development Program, Gender and Life Skill Development, Employable Skills Development Program, Advocacy, and Humanitarian Emergency Program. DEC actively works in six National Regional States and one city administration of Ethiopia namely Amhara, Afar, Oromia, Tigray, Gambela, Benishangul Gumuz, and Addis Ababa City Administration.

Job Summary

The SRH Officer is responsible for the effective, qualitative, and efficient implementation of sexual and reproductive health activities. Providing technical support on job training for the target group in the implementation area. Under the direct supervision of the program coordinator /supervisor, the SRH officer plans, supervises, and ensures the execution of the SRH activities

Roles and responsibilities of

Relevance knowledge and experience with regard to Ethiopian young people’s sexual reproductive health.

Experience in Gender equality, management of GBV, Social norms on Sexual reproductive health of Young peoples

Identify youth-friendly service setups, working conditions, and responsible groups and organize experience-sharing workshops, technical support, agreements, supervision, networking and facilitate the learning process;

Plans and Coordinates one or more projects of the organization, including fundraising, budgeting, work planning, and community outreach.

Support the identification of barriers to youth-friendly services in each intervention city and design a strategy;

Support the development of context-specific youth-friendly service packages with full youth participation;

Ensure to timely update the supervisor on progress Reports about the project

Ensure close consultation of the consortium and good communication with SRH supervisors

Facilitate the identification of needs to provide capacity building for both Health professionals and government stakeholders on institutionalizing youth-friendly service;

Accountable for coordinating and providing necessary technical support to all programmatic activities of the organization related to the program he/she leads.

Provide technical support and participate in needs assessment, supervision, M&E, and performance reporting

Update, enrich and upload current and dynamic information and data related to the project.

Facilitate experience-sharing programs among partner organizations focusing on enhancing the linking and learning strategies of the program.

Sex Female and male, Female applicants encouraged

Duty station; Jimma Area Office

Additional Skill

• Fluent in English languages, Writing, and speaking skills in additional local languages are a plus.
• Good communication skills in team works and team mobilizations and partnership management;
• Experience in facilitating assessments, best practice capturing, and working with communities
• Good report writing, use of technology application skills

Academic Qualification & Experience

•   BSc in Clinical Nurse, Public Health, and related fields with a minimum of 3 years of CSO experience.