Positive Action for Development (PAD) is one of the most vibrant, rapidly expanding, and results-driven civil society organizations in Ethiopia. PAD is currently scaling up its interventions across the humanitarian, NEXUS, and development spectrum—expanding operations throughout the country, including in Addis Ababa, Amhara, Oromia, Harari, Afar, Somali, Tigray, Benishangul-Gumuz, and Ethiopia's southern regional states. As PAD broadens its reach, it remains firmly committed to inclusive, equitable, and conflict-sensitive programming—respecting the diverse realities of communities while fostering peaceful coexistence and sustainable development.

Vision: PAD strives to see a community of hope, humanity, and social justice.

Mission: PAD brings people together to work in partnerships; promotes hope, humanity, and social justice for every human life in all its fullness; and improves the livelihoods of disadvantaged groups for social and inclusive economic growth by actively engaging in positive actions, promoting responsive care and support, and addressing the root causes of poverty in Ethiopia.

Job Summary

The CCCM Project Coordinator provides strategic leadership and technical oversight for Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) interventions across all designated IDP sites. The coordinator is responsible for overall planning, implementation, supervision, coordination, and performance monitoring of CCCM activities, ensuring quality, accountability, and compliance with humanitarian standards and donor requirements.

Under the supervision of the Project Manager and in close coordination with the Humanitarian Department, the Coordinator ensures that site-level CCCM operations including site profiling, service mapping, community engagement, safeguarding, referral mechanisms, advocacy, infrastructure oversight, and information management are effectively delivered and aligned with organizational strategy.

The role requires strong leadership capacity to manage multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with government authorities, clusters, and humanitarian partners to ensure principled, inclusive, and community-centered camp management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership & Project Oversight

· Lead the overall planning, implementation, and monitoring of CCCM activities across all project sites.

· Ensure effective coordination mechanisms are established and maintained at the site and sub-national levels within PAD’s Area of Responsibility (AoR).

· Provide strategic direction to field-based CCCM staff, ensuring harmonized and high-quality implementation across locations.

· Oversee site profiling, service mapping, population tracking, and needs assessments to inform programming and advocacy.

· Ensure strong integration of protection mainstreaming, gender, disability inclusion, and safeguarding principles in all CCCM activities.

· Guide the development and regular review of camp management SOPs, operational guidelines, and strategic plans.

2. Service Coordination & Community Engagement

· Promote accountable, community-owned service delivery systems in IDP sites.

· Ensure displaced populations are informed about available services and access procedures through structured communication strategies.

· Strengthen accountability to affected populations by overseeing Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms (CFM) and ensuring meaningful participation of women, children, elderly persons, and persons with specific needs.

· Clarify roles and responsibilities among stakeholders operating within sites to minimize duplication and service gaps.

· Support community self-governance structures and build the capacity of site committees and local authorities.

3. Information Management & Reporting

· Oversee CCCM information management systems to ensure accurate, timely, and disaggregated data collection and reporting.

· Ensure data protection and confidentiality standards are upheld in all information-sharing processes.

· Provide technical inputs for donor proposals, narrative reports, and resource mobilization efforts.

· Review and validate monthly service monitoring reports, situation updates, and cluster submissions.

4. Operational & Administrative Oversight

· Monitor site planning and development activities, including infrastructure upgrades, fire safety, accessibility, and maintenance standards.

· Coordinate closely with logistics, procurement, finance, and administrative teams to ensure timely implementation and compliance with approved budgets.

· Oversee procurement planning and financial tracking for CCCM-related activities.

· Ensure compliance with donor regulations, organizational policies, and PSEA and data protection standards.

5. Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting & Learning (MERL)

· Conduct regular field visits to monitor quality of implementation and adherence to work plans.

· Track project indicators and ensure progress toward outputs and outcomes.

· Submit timely and high-quality daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to senior management.

· Document best practices, lessons learned, and operational challenges to inform adaptive programming.

6. Stakeholder Engagement & Representation

· Represent the organization in national and sub-national cluster coordination meetings and other relevant forums.

· Maintain strong working relationships with government authorities, humanitarian partners, civil society, and community representatives.

· Advocate for identified service gaps and protection concerns affecting displaced populations.

· Promote effective collaboration, information sharing, and joint planning among site actors.

7. Team Supervision & Capacity Building

· Provide direct supervision and technical guidance to CCCM Officers, Information Management staff, Outreach Social Workers, and other field personnel.

· Conduct regular performance reviews, team meetings, and supportive supervision sessions.

· Organize and facilitate trainings, workshops, and capacity-building initiatives for staff and community structures.

· Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team environment.

Core Competencies

· Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and team management skills.

· Excellent coordination, negotiation, and representation abilities.

· High level of cultural sensitivity and adaptability in complex emergency settings.

· Strong commitment to humanitarian principles, accountability, and inclusion.

· Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform under pressure.

Technical Competencies

· Extensive experience in CCCM programming and site management.

· Strong knowledge of humanitarian standards (Sphere, protection mainstreaming, GBV guiding principles).

· Proven skills in project management, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting.

· Solid understanding of information management systems and data protection in emergencies.

· Experience in coordination with clusters and government stakeholders.

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Experience

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, Management, Humanitarian Studies, Disaster Risk Management (DRM), Community Development, or related field from an accredited institution. A Master’s degree is an asset.

Experience:

· Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience in CCCM or related humanitarian programming, with at least two years in a coordination or supervisory role.

· Demonstrated experience in camp coordination, site management, or return and reintegration support.

· In-depth knowledge of CCCM tools, standards, and best practices.

· Strong experience in disaster response and recovery programming.

· Proven experience managing budgets, procurement processes, and donor reporting.

· Strong understanding of data protection in emergency operations and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

· Experience working in multicultural teams and complex emergency environments.

· Fluency in English (oral and written) required.

· Working knowledge of the local language is an advantage

How To Apply

Application Process

Interested candidates must send the following application documents with the subject line, CCCM Project Coordinator

Motivation/Cover letter (not more than one page);

It is highly recommended to include your salary expectations and current salary in the application letter.

CV (not more than 4 pages) and relevant documents (education certificates, experience, and others) (Please note that the certificates and CV should be in one single file.) If you are passionate about the above and have the skills and experience to contribute effectively, we encourage you to apply for this position.

                              Note:

                              Only selected candidates will be contacted.

                             Applicant(s) who don’t follow the procedures will be disqualified immediately.

This job description provides a general overview of the position and may be amended based on organizational needs. PAD reserves the right to cancel, modify, or discontinue the recruitment process at any stage and to select candidates using alternative selection methods as deemed appropriate.

E-mail: job@padethiopia.org

Website: www.padethiopia.org

Telephone:  0948787677 / 0936280820

PAD is an organization committed to upholding a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of abuse and exploitation while actively working to protect and defend the rights and well-being of individuals.

 

Job Requirements Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology, Management, Humanitarian Studies, Disaster Risk Management (DRM), Community Development, or related field from an accredited institution. A Master’s degree is an asset. How to Apply This job description provides a general overview of the position and may be amended based on organizational needs. PAD reserves the right to cancel, modify, or discontinue the recruitment process at any stage and to select candidates using alternative selection methods as deemed appropriate.E-mail: job@padethiopia.org