About the Organization
The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation, and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
Duties and Responsibilities
- To facilitate the planning and implementation of CSR activities in Modjo, focusing on improving social cohesion among tanneries, public sectors, and local community institutions.
- Facilitating the creation of common pool CSR fund and guideline for planning, implementation, and monitoring evaluation of the fund utilisation
- Train project stakeholders (CSR committee members on effective fund and project fund management
- Strengthen the capacities of different community-based committees in project management
- Develop mechanisms for the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of small projects based on the community interest and needs. This involves identifying projects to be financed by the pool fund and creating various formats for project planning (such as panning and MOU formats). Additionally, provide training to community members in project management.
- To facilitate & ensure the implementation of at least 30 CSR projects and ensure the institutional sustainability of the project by building the capacity of project steering committee and establishing the linkage among firms, community representatives and local government.
- To facilitate the implementation of CSR by using programme design and strategy recommended on the CSR research for the IRC Green jobs in the leather sector in Modjo, Ethiopia.
- Create awareness about the importance of integrating long-term economic, environmental, and social aspects in the tanneries’ business strategies while maintaining global competitiveness and brand reputation.
- Identify new areas of engagement will need to follow-up with community consultations
- Develop sustainability strategy for future of CSR engagement
- Support companies to develop well organised CSR policies/plans based on stakeholder inputs and adopt voluntary standards
- work closely with top management of companies and local government/CSR committee to get their buy-in for the development of organised CSR policies/plans.
- Set up or strengthen project committee to ensure the planning and implementation of small community-based projects
- To follow the implementation of the CSR policies and support exchanges between companies and the communities in collaboration with local municipality/government.
- Help the companies, government, and community to develop business case for priority community development projects.
Qualification
- The consultant(s) should have relevant academic qualifications and must be in possession of at least a master’s degree in one of the following: Business administration, social science, or any other relevant qualification
- The consultant(s) should have knowledge of designing and undertaking scientific and applied research.
- Proven experience of successfully undertaking such high-profile assignment
- The consultant(s) should have proven experience of in the sphere of CSR development and implementation
- Knowledge of facilitation approaches and programming required
- Knowledge and experience in institutional development approaches including institutional capacity development as well as community-based projects implementations
- Be conversant with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and Ethiopian Growth and Transformation Plan and other national level development programs and contemporary trends and concepts
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- High proficiency in written and spoken English
- Familiarity with the cultural construction and community set up of the project areas.
- A demonstrated level of professionalism and an ability to work independently and in high-pressure situations under tight deadlines.
How to Apply
Applicants who meet the above requirements listed can Apply on the link below
