Vacancy Announcement – Country Director, ActionAid Ethiopia Qualified Women are highly encouraged to apply
JOB TITLE : COUNTRY DIRECTOR
JOB LOCATION : ADDIS ABEBA, ETHIOPIA
CONTRACT TYPE : FIXED-TERM
CLOSING DATE : 31 OCTOBER 2025
ABOUT ACTIONAID
ActionAid Ethiopia (AAE) is a Gender justice and poverty eradication organization. In Ethiopia, ActionAid works to challenge gender inequalities and the structural causes of poverty through empowering communities to create critical mass of communities especially Women and Girls living in poverty and exclusion.
ActionAid Ethiopia believes that Gender justice and poverty eradication are achieved through purposeful individual and collective action to bring socio-economic changes from household level to local, national and international levels. Empowerment of people living in poverty and women leadership with the support of their allies is crucial to drive change that will ensure equality and poverty eradication.
THE ROLE
ActionAid Ethiopia is currently seeking a visionary and dynamic Country Director (CD) to provide strategic leadership, high-level representation, and overall management of ActionAid Ethiopia. The CD will inspire staff, strengthen partnerships, influence policies, and ensure effective delivery of our Country Strategy Paper (CSP) in alignment with ActionAid International’s global Strategy Implementation Framework (SIF).
The CD is expected to champion feminist leadership principles, safeguarding policies, and ActionAid’s values, while driving innovation, sustainability, and accountability across programs, fundraising, advocacy, operations, and people management.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership & Representation:
Program Development & Delivery:
Policy, Advocacy & Research:
Fundraising & External Engagement:
People Leadership & Culture:
Finance, Operations & Risk Management:
Governance & Federation Engagement:
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQURED
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HOW TO APPLY:
Interested applicants should submit an application letter (clearly stating salary expectations) together with a recent CV no later than 31 October 2025 through one of the following channels:
Via Ethiojobs portal, or
Important Notes:
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