CVDA has been re-registered and licensed by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice, Charities and Societies Agency, on November 30, 2009 as an Ethiopian Residents charity in accordance with the Charities and Societies proclamation No. 621/2009 with registration No. 0588. As per 1113/2019 proclamation also re-registered on July 30, 2019. 

CVDA has permission to work at the national level however so far operates marginal parts of Benshangule Gumuz Region, Sidama region, South Ethiopia Region, Central Ethiopia region, South west Ethiopia region, Oromiya region, Afar region and Addis Ababa City administration.

It is member of Consortium of Reproductive Health Association (CORHA), Union of Ethiopian Women Charitable Association (UEWCA), Ethiopian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative/EEITI/, Ethiopia Civil Society Coalition for Scaling up Nutrition/ECSC-SUN/ and Afar Region Health Partner Forum. 

The following are CVDA’s vision, mission, goals, principles and values: 

Vision

 CVDA envisions a poverty-free Ethiopia where equity and equality are ensured.

Mission:

CVDA’s mission is to enhance socioeconomic development in health, education, agriculture, environment, livelihood, and WaSH, humanitarian responses, community-based peace-building, and good governance through holistic approaches and working with the community to contribute towards sustainable development and an improved standard of living in Ethiopia.

Overall goal: 

CVDA’s goal is to contribute to poverty alleviation through community-based approaches by implementing programs for development, good governance, and humanitarian responses in different regions of the country.

CORE VALUES

CVDA and its operations enshrine the following values.

• Integrity: Upholding the principles of honesty and responsibility and maintaining the highest ethical standards possible.

• Courage of conviction: CVDA’s pledge is to fight against poverty and hunger and always take sides with the poorest and most disadvantaged groups and help them bring about positive changes in their lives.

• Accountability: This espouses CVDA’s ongoing commitment to be accountable for its actions and to respond periodically to questions concerning its activities or answer to those who will be affected by our decisions or actions.

• Transparency: CVDA takes decisions and implements them in a manner that follows the rules and regulations. Moreover, CVDA shall provide key stakeholders with reliable, relevant, and timely information on matters that concern them.

• Sensitivity: CVDA is sensitive to conflict, gender, resources, culture, and social values in all of its program design, implementation, monitoring, and reporting and hence it wishes to be impartial and equitable in all its actions and activities

PRINCIPLES  

CVDA adheres to the following principles:

• Real-time and change-oriented performance

• Belief that results can be achieved if the process is sound and suitable

• Trustworthiness

• Team spirit

• Ownership 

• Volunteerism

• Compliance and commitment

• Do no harm

• Value for money

• Sustainability

PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES

1, Reproductive and Primary Health Program 

2. Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Program 

3. Food Security, Livelihood Diversification and Natural Resource Conservation Program 

4, Education Program 

5, Emergency and Relief Program 

Reports to: BDS specialist

Duty Station: Gursum – refugee, Babile, Owbare,  Shebeley, Harawo, Harorays, Kebribayah woedas Fafan zone somali region

Required Number : 07

Duration of employment: one year with high possibility of extension based on performance and availability of fund. 

Salary:  As per the scale of the organization 

Main duty and Responsibility

Woreda level SA Officer  will have the following duty and responsibility but not limted to listed below:

• She/He will directly manage activity of the project at woreda level in consultation with Regional team and other Project lead

• She/He will provide support to VSLA groups and Enterprizes to be successful using her/his skill and expriences

• Supervises kebele level ES community facilitators performance regularly and gives direction

• Provide training and technical support to Community facilitators and DAs

• Mobilize stakeholders and private sectors to identify business and employment opportunity for targeted young women

• Facilitate smart young and adolescent women in program received soft skills using smaert steps cirruculum

• Organize regular meeting and JSS with government stakeholders at woreda level and youth advisory group

• Organize monthly meeting community facilitators  

• Ensure program reports submitted to CVDA Regional office and head office

Job Requirements

Required qualification

• At least two (2) years with master’s degree or five (5) years of experience with first degree in Administration, Marketing, Economics or other relevant disciplines.

• Demonstrated experience in relevant areas such as general business management, private sector engagement, sales and marketing, supply chain strengthening, social entrepreneurship in pastoralist community setting.

• Applicant need to have good English, Amharic and somali language skill and computer skill

• Female applicants are highly encouraged

How to Apply

N.B Applicants should complete summary table listed below and should clearly state their minimum salary expectation even the organization has its own salary scale. . Applicants who did not comply this instruction will not considered for further selection

Application procedure: applicants should submit only application letter and CV through email: hr@cvdaethiopia.org CC to habetamubirhanu12@gmail.com and cvda2005hr@gmail.com and write on the subject of the email, position & also attach summary sheet 

Registration place: submit summary of your profile as per format below, copy of application letter, C.V stating 3 work related reference & minimum salary expectation and other confidential information: Head office; Bekele Eshte Tower, which is along Torhailoch Total road 5th floor, Room No.504  For further information, contact +251113691051/+251113691066

You can deliver in hand or submit through email up to July 21,2025 from the date  of the vacancy announcement day. 

Format for Summary sheet of Application: Please fill this form and attach when you apply.

Name of applicant Position applied Qualification  Field of study Year of graduation Year of Work experienceTitle of women economic empowerment  project managed Salary expectation (required to put the amount)

Working experience in Somali region

Yes/No

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