Position: Project Associate I
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration of Employment: 6 months, with possibility of extension
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with occasional domestic travel
Application Deadline: September 24, 2026
Start date: October 01, 2026
Position Summary: The Project Associate will provide essential administrative, logistical, and technical support to the Project Manager and the wider project team for the successful implementation of the project The Associate will play a key role in the day-to-day operations of the project, ensuring all activities are carried out smoothly.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support project planning, implementation, and coordination in collaboration with the Project Manager.
- Facilitate the implementation and tracking of activities and targets outlined in the project action plan and workplan.
- Organize and coordinate project meetings, workshops, trainings, stakeholder meetings, and other events.
- Prepare meeting agendas, minutes, action points, correspondence, and other project-related documents.
- Coordinate travel, accommodation, transportation, field movements, and event logistics for project staff and participants.
- Support project procurement processes, including preparation of ToRs, collection of quotations, bid evaluation, and related documentation.
- Maintain organized project files, databases, contracts, official records, resources, and digital archives.
- Support project budgeting, field advances, payment documentation, and expense settlement processes.
- Support M&E activities through collection, compilation, and verification of project indicator and field data.
- Assist in preparing project progress reports, donor updates, and other reporting and documentation requirements.
- Coordinate communication with partner organizations, civil society organizations, government offices, community stakeholders, and other relevant actors.
- Support other project-related activities as needed.