Project Officer - Food Security and Livelihoods (GBV, MHPSS)

About the role

Save the Children is recruiting a Project Officer for its Food Security and Livelihoods project in Ethiopia. The officer implements, follows up and monitors project activities in the assigned woreda, coordinates with local partners and stakeholders, and ensures accountability for project results. The role covers GBV prevention and response, MHPSS, livelihood recovery and gender-sensitive livelihoods.

Key responsibilities

• Implement and monitor Save the Children's direct activities in the woreda according to the detailed implementation plan, in close collaboration with implementing partners and local stakeholders.
• Lead GBV and MHPSS assessments, document service gaps, update referral pathways and strengthen coordination and referral mechanisms with protection and GBV actors.
• Support integration of MHPSS services in health facilities and survivor-centred GBV response, and coordinate two Women and Girls Safe Spaces in health centres.
• Organize ToTs on psychosocial resilience, safe families, gender mainstreaming and climate-smart agriculture, and build capacity of staff, extension workers and community structures on safeguarding, PSEA and safe programming.
• Promote gender equality through community awareness campaigns and support women's advocate groups, child and youth-friendly facilities and community dialogue platforms.
• Support livelihood recovery for GBV survivors (poultry, apiculture, small ruminants, crops) and business development and financial literacy training for SHGs and survivors.
• Coordinate with local government, implementing partners, NGOs and UN agencies, and represent the project in technical working groups and cluster forums.
• Take part in joint supportive supervision, quality benchmark monitoring and accountability strengthening, and prepare technical reports, case studies and donor monitoring visits.
• Ensure child rights are incorporated into all project work and organize community sensitization on the project.

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 implementing GBV and MHPSS projects and livelihoods and reintegration programming for survivors.
• Experience in diverse international NGOs is an asset; experience in the Afar region and knowledge of the Afar language is mandatory.
• Willingness to travel and work in rural areas; female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Required skills

• Coordination, facilitation, report writing and English proficiency.
• Knowledge of humanitarian protection principles, including PSEA, safeguarding, gender equality and Do No Harm.
• Desirable: budget management, multi-sectoral coordination, project management certificate, and experience in NGO setup.