Project Officer – Early Childhood Development (ECD)

About the role

PATH is implementing a project on workforce capacity building for early childhood development (ECD) in Ethiopia, integrating parental coaching into the Health Extension Program. The Project Officer supports planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring, documentation and reporting of project activities in prioritized regions, working closely with Regional Health Bureaus, PATH teams, the African Centre for Early Childhood Development and local stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Support the design, planning and implementation of ECD activities, develop detailed workplans and track progress against approved workplans, timelines and budgets
• Serve as a key contact between PATH, Regional Health Bureaus and ACfECD, and represent the project in technical meetings and workshops
• Support adaptation of ECD training materials and job aids, and facilitate or co-facilitate training, orientation and workshops for health extension workers, supervisors and trainers
• Coordinate training logistics, including printing, distribution and availability of materials
• Monitor project activities, collect and document implementation data, lessons learned and case studies, and contribute to knowledge management
• Prepare project reports, meeting minutes, presentations and donor reports, and communicate progress and risks to the Project Manager
• Work with PATH technical, M&E, finance, operations and communications teams

Required profile

• Master's degree in Public Health, Health Sciences, Early Childhood Development, Child Development, Social Sciences, Education or a related field
• Demonstrated experience in ECD, child health, maternal and child health, health systems or related programs
• Experience with government health systems (Federal Ministry of Health and/or Regional Health Bureaus) strongly preferred
• Experience planning, coordinating, implementing and reporting on health or development projects, and facilitating training and workshops
• Willingness to travel frequently to project areas
• Fluency in English required; fluency in local languages of the project regions highly desirable

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Strong writing, documentation, reporting and knowledge-management skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple activities and competing priorities