Who we are
SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. We started our humanitarian work in Ethiopia with the opening of our first Village in Mekelle, Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. Since then, we have expanded our programs to different regions where there are significant needs for intervention and where we believe we can work in partnership with all relevant actors to bring sustainable positive outcomes for children’s and young people.
Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those that are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community based organizations across seven program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.
Why we need you?
We’re building a pool of great candidates for upcoming roles- come join the roster!
Your application will only be considered if you complete these MANDATORY SCREENING QUESTIONS and submit your resume through this portal. Incomplete applications will be automatically rejected.
What we provide?
An amazing work environment that promotes personal growth through providing professional space to grow and advance your career!
Your role?
Under the supervision of the Family & Community Strengthening Project Coordinator, FCSP Health Officer will be responsible for the planning, implementation, and monitoring of integrated health, nutrition, WASH, child protection, and education interventions to enhance the well-being and development of children, youth, and their families.
The position holder will be responsible for the developing detailed implementation plan, coordinate with other intervention areas, partner with local health centres, schools, community and CBO to ensure timely delivery of services. In addition, the incumbent will facilitate awareness session food production, promote hygiene, sanitation practices and strengthen family resilience through MHPSS initiatives and coping mechanisms.
The incumbent is required to carry out his/her duties following the SOS CV Safeguarding policies and regulations, the Code of Conduct, the values-based competency frame “Living our Values” and any further international and local regulation that influences safeguarding at SOS CV.’
PRIORITY TASK AND RESPONSIBILITY
PROJECT PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
- Support the development of detailed implementation plans and budgets for education interventions, ensuring alignment with program goals and timelines.
- Implement all education projects according to objectives, indicators, and timelines outlined in program documents.
- Prepare timely monthly, quarterly, and annual progress reports.,
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
- Collaborate with public health centers in wordeas to safeguard children and youth from infectious diseases through prevention and timely treatment.
- Conduct regular awareness sessions for targeted families on infectious disease prevention, reducing reliance on costly curative health services.
- Support comprehensive health services including growth monitoring, child immunization, nutrition education, and infection prevention initiatives.
- Partner with health centers to raise awareness among families on the preparation of nutritious meals using locally available ingredients.
- Provide technical and practical support to selected families on sustainable food production techniques, including kitchen gardening, drip irrigation, and vertical gardening.
- Deliver short-term food support to vulnerable families while building caregivers’ long-term capacity to prepare balanced meals and improve household nutrition.
- Assist targeted families in constructing pit latrines with appropriate sanitary infrastructure and distribute essential hygiene supplies.
- Promote improved hygiene practices, including regular handwashing at critical times, through targeted family sessions and mass community health campaigns.
- Conduct caregiver training on Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and fuel-efficient stove production to promote sustainable household hygiene and environmental health.
- Oversee the renovation of dilapidated houses to ensure safe, well-ventilated living environments with gender-appropriate spaces for children.
- Strengthening family resilience by training children, youth, caregivers, community leaders, volunteers, teachers, and health workers on trauma awareness, self-care, and MHPSS practices.
- Organize sports, arts, and cultural activities to foster positive coping mechanisms, reduce stress, and build social cohesion.
- Establish linkages with professional health facilities to ensure children, youth, and caregivers can access specialized mental health services.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- Mobilize parents, caregivers, and community leaders to actively participate in health, nutrition, and child protection activities.
- Facilitate community dialogues, forums, and campaigns to raise awareness on child protection, inclusive education, and healthy living.
- Engage youth and children in voluntary activities and recognize their contributions (e.g., school traffic patrols, environmental cleaning, peer tutoring, charity initiatives).
- Strengthen community-based structures (CBOs, youth groups, SACCOs, and school clubs) to promote ownership, accountability, and sustainability of interventions.
- Leverage local knowledge, resources, and cultural practices to enhance program relevance and long-term impact.
Partnership Management
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with local government offices, health facilities, schools, and civil society organizations to coordinate interventions.
- Facilitate joint planning and review meetings with partners to harmonize efforts, share learning, and monitor progress.
- Collaborate with private sector actors and NGOs to expand opportunities for youth empowerment, livelihoods, and community development.
- Represent the organization in relevant government and partner forums to advocate for child protection, health, and inclusive education priorities.
- Support resource mobilization efforts through joint initiatives with partners, including advocacy for government co-financing of education and health services.
CAPACITY BUILDING
- Work closely with local health offices, schools, CBOs, and other partners to strengthen health, nutrition, and sanitation interventions.
- Build the capacity of caregivers, community volunteers, and local leaders to sustain health, nutrition, and hygiene practices.
- Ensure interventions are inclusive, gender-sensitive, and child-focused, addressing the specific needs of girls, children with disabilities, and vulnerable households.
MONITORING, EVALUATION, AND LEARNING
- Facilitate and participate in data collection for assessments, baseline studies, midline and endline evaluations, ensuring data quality and ethical standards are upheld.
- Conduct regular monitoring visits to target community and program sites to assess progress, identify challenges, and verify the accuracy of reported data.
- Track and evaluate the effectiveness of capacity-building activities such as teacher trainings, school clubs, and learning sessions, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.
- Analyze learning outcomes and participation data to inform adaptive programming and improve education quality and relevance.
- Collaborate with MEAL and program teams to develop tools and methods for collecting feedback from learners, teachers, and caregivers, ensuring inclusivity and accessibility.
- Document and disseminate lessons learned, success stories, and good practices from education activities to support evidence-based decision making and advocacy.
REPORTING
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for project management, partners, and donors.
- Document success stories, case studies, and lessons learned from school-based activities, trainings, and community engagement.
- Maintain organized and secure records of training sessions, school club activities, attendance, and assessment results following data protection guidelines.
- Support donor reporting by providing technical and contextual inputs related to education interventions.
- Coordinate with partners, schools, and community volunteers to consolidate data and updates for comprehensive program reporting.
- Contribute to internal learning and review processes by providing relevant documentation and insights from education activities.
SAFEGUARDING
- Ensure adherence to SOS CV policies such as the Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Standards and others as well as the minimum standards of development program
- Ensure that all support is provided in the best interest of the child.
- Responsible for taking part in awareness-raising sessions and capacity building training in relation to Safeguarding and Code of Conduct and to protect children and young people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
- Support children, young people and program participants to make them understand the Safeguarding risks and protection mechanisms
- Ensure proper safeguarding procedures and policies are in place to protect programme participant children, young persons, adults and other stakeholders.
- Responsible for reporting any safeguarding suspicion, concern, allegation, or incident immediately, following the safeguarding reporting procedures.
- Responsible for ensuring behaviours and all relationships are based on safeguarding and in line with the Code of Conduct and adhering to it in every situation
- Be vigilant about any possible form of abuse/harm, neglect, harassment, or exploitation against, children, youth and adults in personal and professional lives;
- Report any Incident Management Team or concern within 24 hours to the Incident Management Team, focal person or concerned party through the defined channels for reporting the allegation
Job Requirements
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Then check out our criteria’s:
Must Criteria
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in public health, Nutrition, Community Health, Environmental Health, or related field.
- Experience: Minimum 3–5 years of experience in health promotion, nutrition programming, WASH, or related community development interventions.
- Proven experience in monitoring and evaluation of health, nutrition, and WASH activities, including data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct supportive supervision and ensure compliance with quality standards and organizational policies.
- Knowledge of community-based feedback mechanisms and inclusive approaches to improve service relevance.
- Familiarity with health, nutrition, and WASH technical standards, guidelines, and best practices.
- Strong report writing and documentation skills, including experience preparing technical reports, case studies, and learning briefs.
- Ability to work collaboratively with local communities, schools, and government partners.
- Proficiency in local languages for field engagement and community interaction.
Desired Criteria
- Master’s degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Development Studies, or related field.
- Experience in multi-sectoral programs integrating health, nutrition, WASH, education, and child protection.
- Familiarity with digital data collection tools (e.g., KoboToolbox,)for M&E purposes.
- Previous experience working with NGOs, CBOs, or government health departments on community-based interventions.
- Knowledge of inclusive practices for vulnerable groups, including children, women, and persons with disabilities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to inform adaptive program management.
- Experience in capacity building and training of staff, volunteers, or community members.
- Knowledge of child safeguarding, gender, and protection standards.
Competencies – Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Understanding the organization and commitment to its vision and mission: able to clearly communicate SOS Children’s Villages Who We Are (Vision, Mission & Values), “Living our Values” policies and strategies in all areas.
- Child rights & child development: Working knowledge in all areas of child rights, child protection, child development, family & community development, and rights-based programming in a developing country.
- Health, Nutrition and MHPSS Expertise: Solid knowledge or health promotion, nutrition, WASH practices , MHPSS and preventive care principle.
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting: experience in preparing structured report and using evidence to support the program.
- Community Engagement and Capacity Building: ability to build and maintain partnership with stakeholders such as schools, community and government stakeholders.
- Networking and Relationships Building: ability to build, maintain and leverage networks with local government, NGO communities’ leaders and other relevant stakeholders.
- Accountability and Result Orientation: ensure the ownership of task and meets deadlines effectively and monitor progress and communicate concerns proactively.
- Collaboration: driven to work with others, able to build partnerships and teamwork internally and externally.
- Advocacy– Ability to influence community norms around education and child protection.
- Inclusive Education – experience in ensuring gender, disability, and crisis-sensitive approaches in education programming.
- Integrity: able to state views openly and act in line with beliefs, maintain the organization’s values, maintain deadlines and commitments; have ethical standards, ability to gain the trust of co-workers, and desire to be of service.
- Communication: high-level written and verbal communication/presentation skills; ability to interact effectively with partners and staff at all levels; ability to represent the organization externally; exceptional ability to communicate consistently, clearly, and effectively with a range of stakeholders.
- Software: - Computer literacy (MS Office and MS Project, and other statistical softer wares such as STATA, and SPSS)
Core Competencies (these competencies are relevant for every co-worker):
- Kindness: Act with empathy towards everyone he/she works with.
- Continuous Learning: Make an effort to learn, understand and grow as a person, admitting your own mistakes.
- Inclusiveness: In any actions show respect and care for others.
- Initiative: speak up when things are not right, do not hesitate to act, and adapt to change when necessary.
- Results Orientation: look for solutions and focus on desired results.
How to Apply
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Then send us your application (application letter, detailed CV containing contact details of their references) electronically through SOS Children Villages Application portal (ICIMS)
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Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
SOS Children’s Villages in Ethiopia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conduct of sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered. Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection, and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, and police clearance reference check processes.
SOS Children's Villages in Ethiopia provides equal employment opportunities to all co-workers & qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class.
