About Ayuda en Acción:
Ayuda en Acción Foundation is a secular, non-partisan international non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1981 with a global commitment to fight against poverty, inequality, and exclusion. Its headquarters is in Madrid, Spain. The organization operates in 20 countries within Africa, South and Central America and Europe (Spain, Portugal).
In Ethiopia, Ayuda en Acción has supported a range of humanitarian and development interventions through local and international partners between 2002 and 2017; an independent country program was established in 2018. Ayuda en Acción Ethiopia aspires to tackle poverty, inequalities and exclusion that perpetuate poverty. The organization perceives women, men, girls, and boys as the center of its efforts in the country, giving it an impetus to strengthen people’s and institutions’ capacities to meaningfully contribute to development and dignified life of all in Ethiopia. To achieve its mission, Ayuda en Acción Ethiopia has been working in Afar, Oromia and South Ethiopia Regional States in close cooperation with local and international partners, international research institutes, Government, and private sector actors.
Ayuda en Acción Ethiopia, as part of the institutional strategy, manages a range of projects: Food security and resilient food system, employment, entrepreneurship and economic empowerment, value chain using market system, inclusive education and gender, humanitarian and resilience building within three program priorities: sustainable livelihoods and resilient food systems; inclusive education; and emergency response and resilience building. Ayuda en Acción are part of Alliance 2015, a strategic network of seven European NGOs engaged in humanitarian aid and development projects.
Purpose of the Role:
Ayuda en Acción Ethiopia seeks a Gender and M&E Officer to lead gender equality efforts and coordinate the M&E framework for the AICS/EU-funded consortium project: Recovery and Advancement of Inclusive Skills and Employment for Afar’s Displaced and Host Communities (RAISE Afar). Implemented by Ayuda en Acción (lead) with partners COOPI and AISDA, the project covers Semera (Bureau of Labor and Skill), Asayta, Aba’ala City Administration, Afambo, Chifera, Telalak, and adjacent woredas.
The Officer will ensure gender sensitivity across all project cycles, develop monitoring tools, support accountability mechanisms, analyze data, and promote learning to enhance program quality and impact. This role involves implementing gender/protection activities, guiding teams to apply gender lens, and mainstreaming gender integration. The position serves as AeA’s gender focal point for all Afar programs.
Key priorities include embedding gender and social inclusion in project design/implementation, ensuring MEAL systems deliver high-quality data for reporting/learning, guaranteeing compliance with donor/AeA policies, and addressing barriers to women’s participation in TVET/employment/entrepreneurship. The Officer will foster consortium collaboration for sustainability.
Reporting line and Interdependencies with Other Functions:
The Gender and M&E Officer will report directly to the Area Program Manager. S/he will closely work with MEAL Manager, Consortium project Manager, EU funded EMPOWER project coordinator. S/he will coordinate with field program/project staff in Afar.
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Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
In all selection processes we will take into account the criteria of NO discrimination based on sex, race, skin colour, religion, political ideas, social origin, sexual orientation, age, etc., providing a transparent and equal opportunity process for all candidates, as stated in our Code of Conduct. "Treating all people with respect and rejecting any kind of harassment, discrimination, intimidation, exploitation or any other action against Human Rights".
At Ayuda en Acción we have zero tolerance for behaviour related to sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment, which is why, in accordance with our Child Protection Policy, we are committed to carrying out a series of checks prior to hiring by requesting information from previous employers through the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (The Misconduct Disclosure Scheme misconduct-disclosure-scheme.org) no the event that said employers are members of this platform. Therefore, by submitting this application, the job applicant accepts and authorises these checks to be carried out in order to continue in the selection process.
In addition, it will be compulsory to present the "Negative Certification of the Central Registry of Sex Offenders" prior to the incorporation.