Project Field Coordinator- Digital Horizon Project, Tigray

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 are looking for a Project Field Coordinator who will be responsible for the overall leadership, coordination, and successful implementation of the "Digital Horizons" project in the Tigray region. The role entails ensuring effective cooperation and collaboration with local government, partner schools, and other stakeholders to transform learning and bridge the digital gap in post-conflict schools. The coordinator will oversee all field-level activities, including the construction and equipping of digital centres, installation of ICT infrastructure, capacity building for teachers and staff, and community engagement, ensuring adherence to SOS policies, donor requirements, and humanitarian principles.

What we provide?

An amazing work environment that promotes personal growth through providing professional space to grow and advance your career!

Your role?

While working with us, you will be in charge of the following,

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate the day-to-day planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of all "Digital Horizons" project activities in the target schools across Tigray.
• Represents the organization’s digital horizon at Tigray region and ensure a positive collaboration and working relationship with pertinent government offices and a good public image of the organization.
• Actively participate and coordinate in region level education in emergency response clusters/coordination meeting with NGOs, UN agencies and government offices and update the proceedings to national office,
• Responsible for the planning and implementation of digital horizon activities and, closely monitor, evaluate, report their development and flag potential issues on time.
• Responsible for preparing quarterly, interim narrative and financial reports and submit on time to the project signatories at all level
• Provide technical support for field coordinators in planning and implementation of the program
• Support the field officers in community mobilization and management
• Conduct regular Bi-weekly and monthly meeting with field staff and share the minute with the national ERP (HA) team members
• Ensure all HR, logistic, and financial matters of the field office are communicated to national office.
• Approves all the financial and procurement requests from the field staff as per the guideline
• Provides solutions, advices and decisions to problems faced by the project during implementation.
• Conduct situation assessment, develop concept note and share to the national Project coordinator.
• Participate on various need assessment events
• Ensure adherence to SOS CV policies such as the Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding Standards and others as well as the minimum standards of humanitarian relief (ICRC Code of Conduct, Sphere, HAP).
• Holds regular reviews and performance appraisal with the staff of the project to assess performance and identify areas for development.
• Participates in the recruitment, training and development of the project staff
• Responsible for Gathering woreda level security information from woreda security office and keep on updating the project staff
• Oversee construction and furnishing of the digital center and renovation of classrooms for technology-enhanced learning and equip classrooms with modern digital tools and technologies to support interactive learning
• Ensure timely procurement and installation of ICT equipment, including laptops, smart screens, and VR lab component
• Conduct site surveys and maintain the Local Area Network (LAN) for stable and secure connectivity.
• Assess and upgrade internet services and implement backup power solutions (solar panels/generator).
• Supervise installation of physical security systems (CCTV cameras)
• Coordinate subscription and rollout of the School Information Management System (SIMS).
• Set up and maintain a functional digital center providing access to digital library resources and remedial learning services.
• Liaise with contractors, vendors, and school administration to ensure smooth implementation of activities.
• Prepare progress reports, maintain documentation, and ensure compliance with organizational and donor standards.

• The project coordinator shall take any additional responsibilities as requested by his supervisor

Safeguarding:

• Responsible to ensure that all beneficiaries are receiving ongoing, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages about SOS Children’s Villages Protection Policy and Code of Conduct.
• Ensure that all support is provided on the best interest of the child.
• Responsible to take part in raise awareness raising sessions and capacity building trainings in relation to Safeguarding and Code of Conduct and to prevent and protect children, young and adult people from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination
• Support children, young and adult people to make them understand the Safeguarding risks and protection mechanisms
• Responsible to report any Safeguarding suspicion, concern, allegation or incident immediately, following Safeguarding reporting procedures.

Job Requirements 

Up for the challenge?

Then check out our criteria’s:

Must-Have Criteria

• Education: Bachelor’s/master’s degree in ICT, Computer Science, Education Technology, or Project Management, Business Administration, Educational Leadership/Planning.
• Experience: Minimum 3- 5 years coordinating ICT/education projects, preferably in humanitarian or post-conflict settings.
• Project Management: Proven ability to plan, budget, monitor, and report on multi-stakeholder projects.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Strong skills in coordinating with schools, teachers, parents, local education bureaus, and NGOs.
• Safeguarding & Compliance: Understanding of child protection, digital safeguarding, and data privacy regulations.
• Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills; fluency in English and local languages (Tigrigna/Amharic).
• Adaptability: Ability to deliver results in resource-constrained environments (power outages, limited connectivity).

Desired Criteria 

• Experience:
• Donor-funded project implementation and compliance.
• Capacity-building for teachers and administrators in digital pedagogy.
• Technical Familiarity:
• Awareness of solar-powered ICT solutions and offline-compatible tools (to coordinate with national ICT experts).
• Basic understanding of advanced innovations (VR labs, 3D simulations) to liaise with technical teams.
• Leadership: Ability to mentor staff and coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Monitoring & Evaluation: Skills in tracking digital literacy outcomes and preparing evidence-based reports.
• Values Alignment: Demonstrated commitment to inclusiveness, safeguarding, and SOS Children’s Villages values.

Competencies- Knowledge, Skills, Abilities 

• Local knowledge in terms of its culture, economic and social trends is an asset
• Good understanding of humanitarian issues and sympathy with the aims and objectives of the organization; commitment to humanitarian principles and the Red Cross and INGO’s code of conduct
• Willingness and ability to frequently travel to the field up to 70% of working time 

Value based Competency 

The following set of value-based competencies are behaviours that are expected from everyone who works for or on behalf of SOS Children’s Villages to achieve a culture of safeguarding.

Lead Competencies 

• Role Model: Act as a role model for the organization, living our values and inspiring and learning from others
• Collaboration: Remove barriers to participation, share decision making and build partnerships
• Empowerment: Promote inclusion and equitable sharing of power
• Strategic Thinking: Live the values and mission, setting realistic goals and translating them into actionable plans

 Core Competencies  

• Kindness: Act with empathy towards everyone he/she works with.
• Continuous Learning: Try 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

Excited to take on a new Challenge...

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.