About This Role
This is a field-based coordination role with a national NGO working at the intersection of humanitarian relief, development, and peacebuilding in one of Ethiopia's most operationally challenging regions. The coordinator serves as the operational backbone of a drought, flood, and displacement response project — translating plans made at the regional level into daily action across Afambo and Amibara woredas. It suits someone who has already cut their teeth in field coordination and now wants deeper responsibility in a locally led organization rather than a large international NGO bureaucracy.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The five-to-eight-year seniority band signals that Nexus is not looking for someone to train into the role — they need a coordinator who has already managed field teams, juggled donor timelines, and made judgment calls when headquarters is hours away. The emphasis on the HDP Nexus approach implies they want someone comfortable operating across what are traditionally separate silos: emergency response, livelihood recovery, and community dialogue. Candidates whose experience is purely emergency-focused or purely development-focused may find the integrated framing unfamiliar. The posting's specificity about travel to the regional capital suggests the employer values someone who can represent the project credibly in coordination meetings, not just manage a field office.
How to Approach This Application
Lead with concrete examples of field coordination in pastoralist or agro-pastoralist contexts — Afar's operating environment is not generic rural Ethiopia, and demonstrating that you understand its seasonal, clan, and access dynamics will separate you immediately. Since Nexus Ethiopia frames itself as a localization-focused national organization, emphasize instances where you strengthened local partner capacity or worked through community structures rather than around them. Your application should make clear you can handle the logistical isolation of Amibara/Afambo while still reporting upward and representing the project externally when needed.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to an Ethiopian professional with prior humanitarian or resilience programming experience in lowland regions who is genuinely willing to live and work in Afar, not just visit. Given the location, the integrated programming model, and the one-year contract, the applicant pool is likely modest — strong field credentials plus demonstrated comfort with hardship postings will put a candidate well ahead.
PROJECT COORDINATOR
Duty Station: Afar Region – Afambo/Amibara, with regular travel to Regional capital
Reports to: Project Manager
Employment Type: Full-time
No of vacant post: One
Contract Duration: One year, subject to project requirements and satisfactory
Deadline: October 18, 2026
Organizational Overview
Nexus Ethiopia is a national Ethiopian Civil Society Organization committed to strengthening the resilience of vulnerable and crisis-affected communities through integrated Humanitarian–Development–Peace (HDP) Nexus programming, localization, partnership, and locally led humanitarian action.
Nexus Ethiopia, in partnership with other humanitarian actors, is implementing project entitled Integrated Lifesaving Humanitarian Response for Drought, Flood and Displacement-Affected Communities in Afambo and Amibara Woredas, Afar Region.
Project Background
The project is a multisectoral humanitarian response designed to provide lifesaving assistance and protection to drought-, flood- and displacement-affected communities in Afar Region. Nexus Ethiopia is responsible for implementing the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) and Multi-Purpose Cash (MPC) components, while two sub-implementing partners under Nexus Ethiopia are responsible for other thematic sectors of the response.
To strengthen the project team and ensure effective, accountable and timely implementation, Nexus Ethiopia invites qualified, experienced and committed Ethiopian professionals to apply for this position.
Key Responsibilities
The Project Coordinator will provide overall technical and operational coordination for the project and ensure that implementation across the different sectors and partners is integrated, timely, accountable and aligned with the approved project.
Key responsibilities include:
- Provide overall coordination and oversight of project implementation across Afambo and Amibara woredas.
- Ensure effective integration and coordination of WaSH, MPC and other sector interventions implemented through sub-partners.
- Develop and monitor detailed implementation plans, activity schedules and project deliverables.
- Coordinate closely with government authorities, humanitarian coordination structures, cluster/sector actors, donor and other relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure effective coordination between Nexus Ethiopia and sub-implementing partners.
- Monitor project progress against targets, indicators, budget and work plans.
- Ensure quality, accountability, protection mainstreaming, gender, inclusion and conflict sensitivity across project activities.
- Facilitate regular project coordination meetings and follow up agreed actions.
- Contribute to donor reporting, situation updates, project reviews and lessons-learning processes.
- Identify implementation challenges and facilitate timely corrective actions.
- Ensure effective communication and coordination between field and Addis Ababa offices.
- Conduct periodic risk assessment
- Conduct regular meeting with Sub Implementing partners
- Ensure strong team sprite and harmonization with key stakeholders
- Engage in joint assessments and periodic reviews among humanitarian actors in the region
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Humanitarian Studies, Development Studies, Project Management, Social Sciences, Disaster Risk Management, Public Health, or a related field.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, including significant experience in humanitarian project coordination.
- Demonstrated experience managing or coordinating multisectoral humanitarian projects.
- Experience working on project funded by UN agencies, EHF/OCHA, international NGOs, national NGOs and government counterparts is highly desirable.
- Experience managing sub-partners or consortium/multi-partner projects is an advantage.
- Strong knowledge of humanitarian principles, accountability, protection mainstreaming and the humanitarian programme cycle.
- Strong reporting, coordination, communication and leadership skills.
- Experience working in Afar or other pastoralist/remote humanitarian contexts is an advantage.
- Fluency in English is required; knowledge of local language is highly desirable.
How To Apply
Interested and qualified applicants are invited to complete the application form using the following link https://forms.gle/GqprbxrEZRmHrKks7 and upload their CV and cover letter as instructed in the application form. Applications submitted through any other method will not be considered.
Please note:
Upload your CV and cover letter using the following file naming convention:
CV: (e.g., [First Name] [Last Name] – CV)
Cover Letter: (e.g., [First Name] [Last Name] – Application Letter)
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a written examination and/or interview.
Applicants must clearly indicate the job title in their cover letter.
Female candidates and individuals from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
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