About TIMRAN

TIMRAN is a non-partisan civil society organization which is established in March, 2020 for the enhancement of women’s participation in Ethiopian politics and public decision-making regardless of their political opinion or party affiliation. TIMRAN is a women-led organization established and legally registered in accordance with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Organizations of Civil Societies Proclamation No. 1113/2019 with registration number 4834 upholding integrity, impartiality, and collaboration as core values. TIMRAN is a membership-based organization where the higher organ of the organization is the general assembly.

TIMRAN is implementing the VOICE+ project, funded under CSIF by AFD (France), the Embassy of Ireland, and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ethiopia. 

Position Summary

The Project Focal Person will serve as TIMRAN's primary field-based representative and implementer for the VOICE+ project in their respective region. S/he will be responsible for the day-to-day planning, facilitation, coordination, and monitoring of project activities at the regional and community level, ensuring that all interventions are contextually appropriate, inclusive, and aligned with the project's Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) framework. The Focal Person will work closely with local communities, government authorities, CSOs, and community structures to implement civic engagement, peace building, legal aid, and social cohesion activities.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

1. Field-Level Project Implementation

• Plan and facilitate all VOICE+ activities at the regional and community level, including civic leadership training, community dialogue sessions, trust-building forums, conflict prevention initiatives, and civic engagement forums.
• Organize and facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue sessions for women, youth, PWDs, community leaders, and duty-bearers, ensuring inclusive and participatory engagement.
• Identify, mobilize, and engage emerging women-, youth-, and PWD-led CSOs/CBOs for capacity building and sub-grant implementation support.
• Coordinate the rollout of digital and community-based peace messaging, storytelling, and civic engagement activities with youth groups.
• Ensure all activities are implemented on schedule and within budget, in compliance with TIMRAN's standards and donor requirements.

2. Community and Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain strong relationships with community leaders, traditional and religious authorities, women's groups, youth associations, OPDs, local government officials, and security actors in the target area.
• Coordinate with woreda and kebele-level authorities, regional bureaus, and local CSOs to ensure alignment, support, and sustainability of project activities.
• Represent TIMRAN at regional and local stakeholder forums, coordination meetings, and government platforms.
• Facilitate community feedback mechanisms, ensure community concerns are documented and escalated appropriately.

3. Context Monitoring and Conflict Sensitivity

• Continuously monitor the local security, social, and political context and inform the Program Officer of emerging tensions, risks, and opportunities affecting project delivery.
• Apply conflict-sensitive programming principles in all field activities, ensuring that project interventions do not inadvertently exacerbate tensions or cause harm.
• Support the establishment and functioning of community-based early warning mechanisms for conflict prevention.

4. Monitoring, Documentation, and Reporting

• Collect and maintain accurate data on project activities, participants and outputs using approved MEAL tools and templates.
• Prepare timely and quality activity reports, field visit reports, case studies, and success stories for submission to the Program Officer.
• Contribute to the documentation of lessons learned, best practices, challenges, and community feedback from the field.
• Support joint monitoring missions, field visits, and evaluation exercises by the Program Officer, donor representatives, or external evaluators.

5. Logistics and Administration

• Manage local logistics for field activities, including participant mobilization, venue arrangements, procurement coordination, and per diem management in line with TIMRAN's financial procedures.
• Maintain organized records of all field activities, participants lists, consent forms, photos, and supporting documents.
• Prepare and submit activity financial requests, liquidations, and supporting documents to the Finance Officer in a timely manner.