Project Officer - Food Security and Livelihoods (GBV Protection)

About the role

Save the Children is hiring a Project Officer for its Food Security and Livelihoods project in Ethiopia, focusing on GBV prevention and response, MHPSS and livelihoods. The officer implements, follows up and monitors project activities in the woreda, coordinates with local partners and ensures accountability for project results.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and monitor Save the Children's direct activities in the woreda, in line with the detailed implementation plan
• Lead GBV and MHPSS assessments, service mapping, referral pathway updates and monthly coordination meetings
• Integrate MHPSS into health facilities and support survivor-centred GBV response
• Coordinate two Women and Girls Safe Spaces in health centres
• Organise ToTs on psychosocial resilience, gender mainstreaming and climate-smart agriculture, and build capacity on safeguarding and PSEA
• Run livelihood recovery activities for GBV survivors (poultry, apiculture, livestock restocking, crops) and support SHGs with business and financial literacy training
• Engage local government, partners, NGOs and UN agencies, and represent the project in technical working groups
• Take part in joint supportive supervision, prepare reports, plans and monitoring visits, and share lessons learned
• Ensure child rights are embedded in all project work and select beneficiaries fairly

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Gender Studies, Social Work, Sociology, Food Security and Livelihoods, Health, Development Studies or a related field (Master's an advantage)
• At least 3 years of experience in food security and livelihoods, GBV prevention and response, protection or women's empowerment projects, preferably in humanitarian or conflict-affected settings
• Proven experience in GBV and MHPSS programming and livelihoods reintegration
• Experience in pastoral contexts, preferably the Afar region; knowledge of Afar is mandatory
• Willingness to travel to rural areas and work in them

Required skills

• Coordination, facilitation and report writing
• Knowledge of humanitarian protection principles, including PSEA, safeguarding, gender equality and Do No Harm
• English proficiency; Afar language knowledge is mandatory
• Advocacy, communication and presentation skills, and ability to train and mentor staff

Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Applications include a CV, cover letter, current remuneration and salary expectations, submitted through the Save the Children careers site.