RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Key Areas of Accountability / Duties of the South Oromia Area Manager
- Programme Management and Quality
- Provide overall leadership and oversight of programme planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting.
- Ensure programmes are delivered on time, within budget, and in accordance with GOAL Global and GOAL Ethiopia strategies, donor agreements and quality standards.
- Ensure effective integration of humanitarian response, resilience building, livelihoods, health, nutrition and market systems development, as relevant to the area portfolio.
- Monitor programme performance, identify implementation challenges and ensure timely corrective actions.
- Financial and Resource Management
- Oversee area budgets, expenditure, forecasting and financial reporting to ensure effective and accountable use of resources.
- Ensure compliance with financial policies, donor regulations, procurement procedures and internal controls.
- Monitor budget utilisation, identify variances and implement corrective measures.
- Ensure appropriate management of assets, vehicles, supplies and other operational resources.
- Leadership and People Management
- Provide strategic direction, supervision and support to programme managers, project teams and operational staff.
- Promote staff performance, professional development, teamwork and accountability.
- Ensure effective workforce planning, recruitment, performance management and succession planning.
- Foster a positive, inclusive and respectful working environment in line with GOAL's organisational values.
- Security, Access and Risk Management
- Monitor the security and humanitarian context across South Oromia and provide timely analysis to inform operational decisions.
- Ensure compliance with GOAL's security protocols, access procedures and duty-of-care responsibilities.
- Develop and implement contingency plans to maintain programme continuity during conflict, drought, displacement or other emergencies.
- Identify and mitigate operational, financial, reputational and programme delivery risks.
- Coordination, Representation and Partnerships
- Represent GOAL in relevant regional, zonal and woreda-level coordination forums and stakeholder engagements.
- Maintain constructive relationships with government authorities, donors, local organisations, community representatives and humanitarian actors.
- Strengthen coordination and collaboration to avoid duplication and maximise programme impact.
- Support localisation, partnership development and capacity strengthening of local organisations.
6. Business Development and Resource Mobilisation
- Identify emerging humanitarian and development needs and opportunities for programme expansion.
- Contribute to the development of concept notes, proposals, budgets and donor submissions.
- Maintain an overview of funding gaps, donor priorities and programme sustainability opportunities.
- Support donor engagement, field visits and timely, evidence-based reporting.
7. Compliance, Accountability and Safeguarding
- Ensure adherence to GOAL Global policies, donor requirements, applicable laws and government regulations.
- Promote safeguarding, prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (PSEAH), child protection and staff conduct standards.
- Ensure effective complaints and feedback mechanisms and accountability to affected populations.
- Follow up on audit findings, investigations, compliance concerns and agreed management actions.
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)
- Ensure regular review of programme indicators, results, expenditure and implementation progress.
- Promote evidence-based decision-making and the use of monitoring data to improve programme quality.
- Ensure timely and accurate internal, donor and government reporting.
- Capture lessons learned, good practices and innovations to inform programme adaptation and organisational learning.
- Emergency Preparedness and Response
- Ensure area-level preparedness for drought, conflict, disease outbreaks, displacement and other humanitarian emergencies.
- Lead rapid needs assessments and support timely mobilisation of human, financial and logistical resources.
- Coordinate emergency response with relevant government bodies, partners and humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
- Ensure that emergency interventions are timely, needs-based, accountable and aligned with humanitarian principles.
- Operational and Administrative Oversight
- Oversee the effective functioning of area operations, including logistics, procurement, human resources, administration, fleet and supply chain management.
- Ensure timely procurement and delivery of programme supplies in compliance with organisational and donor procedures.
- Maintain effective internal coordination between programme and support departments.
- Ensure appropriate documentation, record management and implementation of internal control systems.