Job Opportunity: Project Manager - F4B Project position available at Plan International Ethiopia in Addis Ababa. Management, Development and Project Management, Social Sciences and Community Service jobs in Ethiopia are in high demand. Apply now through GeezJobs - Ethiopia's leading job portal.

The Opportunity 

The Project Manager will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Countering Harmful Practices  F4B Project (2026–2030), funded by the Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA). This project aims to strengthen local civil society organizations to prevent and respond to harmful practices including Child, Early and Forced Marriage (CEFM), Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), teenage pregnancy, and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) across Ethiopia’s Amhara, Oromia, Somali, and Afar regions.

The Project Manager will be responsible for ensuring efficient and high-quality delivery of project objectives, advancing the agency and protection of children, adolescent girls, and women. This includes leading planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting in compliance with donor requirements and organizational policies. The role involves facilitating partnerships with regional government bureaus, Amref Health Africa, and local implementing partners to strengthen coordination and collaboration.

In addition, the Project Manager will oversee financial planning, budget management, staffing, and timely work planning, while driving capacity building, learning, and documentation. A key aspect of the role is promoting gender equality, disability inclusion, and climate-sensitive approaches throughout the project. The position will champion innovative strategies such as Champions of Change, survivor-centered interventions, peer education, intergenerational dialogue, policy advocacy, and community engagement on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The Project Manager will also play a pivotal role in enabling CSOs to deliver essential services and foster dialogue within local contexts, contributing to transformative, inclusive, and sustainable change.

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Safeguarding Children and Program Participants (Safeguarding) and Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI)

• Understands and puts into practice the responsibilities under Safeguarding and GEI policies and Plan International’s Code of Conduct (CoC), ensuring that concerns are reported and managed per the appropriate procedures.
• Ensures that all staff in the unit/function/department are properly inducted on and understand their role in upholding Plan International’s safeguarding and GEI policies;
• Ensures that Plan International’s global policies for Safeguarding Children and Program Participants and Gender Equality and Inclusion are fully embedded in day-to-day work.
• Ensures that Plan Ethiopia contributes to Plan International’s global efforts to ensure safeguarding and GEI, including making sure that relevant reporting and data are submitted.

• Master’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Gender Studies, Project Management, Reproductive Health, Sociology, Development studies, or related  field.  
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in project management, grant management, in an NGO setting, with 3 years on a senior level experience or demonstrated equivalent combination
• Sound analytical and problem-solving capability and team work ability;
• Experience of working on complex projects that involves consortium and local partners 
• Ability to influence others’ behaviour through effective relationship building; thorough current knowledge and understanding of relevant SRH and GBV strategies/policy frameworks, teenage pregnancy roadmap, child marriage, FGM.
• Strong knowledge of planning, budget management, policies, and procedures,
• Knowledge and experience of donor grants of diverse institutional donors  like Dutch MFA,
• Excellent communication skills

How To Apply

The closing date for the application is January 16, 2026. Qualified candidates should submit their application with the links provided below.

• Internal Applicants:Link
• External Applicants:Link

This position is only open to Ethiopian Nationals, who must be eligible to live and work in Ethiopia.

Please note that: 

• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• We are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated links.
• Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

Female candidates are highly encouraged to Apply

More information about Plan International can be found on http://plan-international.org 

References will be taken and background and anti-terrorism checks will be carried out in conformity with Plans Child Protection Policy. Plan operates an equal opportunities policy and actively encourages diversity, welcoming applications from all persons meeting the skills and experience required. As an international child centered community development organisation, Plan International is fully committed to promoting the realization of children's rights including their right to protection from violence and abuse. That means we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with. Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. We must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.