TEKESTE AYALEW, Project and Communication Officer

TEKESTE AYALEW

Project and Communication Officer

Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture in Ethiopia (RCVTE)

Location
Ethiopia
Education
Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature
Experience
10 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :10 years, 1 Months

Project and Communication Officer at Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture in Ethiopia (RCVTE)
  • Ethiopia
  • September 2005 to September 2015

Duties and Responsibilities
1) Accountable to the Executive Director.
2) Conduct rapid participatory community needs assessment as necessary.
3) Facilitate and coordinate capacity building, training, IGA and health program project activities.
4) Prepare standard and exhaustive project proposals of IGA, training, capacity building and health projects with other project assistants.
5) Facilitate appraisal of projects and feasibility study both with in the RCVTE and out of the organization with other project assistants.
6) Coordinate, facilitate and supervise timely, effective and efficient implementation of program projects.
7) Coordinate & conduct program project planning, budgeting, M&E and implementation.
8) Coordinate, facilitate and follow up periodic M&E (both ongoing and external evaluation).
9) Prepare, coordinate, facilitate and follow-up periodic implementation report of program projects.
10) Attend meetings, workshops, seminars etc… when assigned by the Executive Director.
11) Coordinate, facilitate, organize and conduct trainings of all program projects in collaboration with other staffs.
12) Coordinate, facilitate & brief visitors ensuring the reliability of technical information.
13) Coordinate, facilitate and supervise community-gathering sessions.
14) Consult the Executive Director concerning RCVTE's program projects & on technical issues.
15) Design & prepare the possible communication strategies for capacity building and awareness raising activities including Information Education and Communication materials (IEC).
16) Prepare periodic and annual activity reports and communicate and inform to all concerned bodies.
17) Guide and explain RCVTE's vision, mission goal etc…and accomplishment to visitors in office as well as on sites, having technical staff concerned if necessary.
18) Create enabling conditions and search for potential donors in the country and abroad by disseminating the necessary information that will attract to provide their due support as partners.
19) Photographing and filming of project activities and keep them documented; prepared time series pictorial and graphical representations of activities.
20) Release the activities of RCVTE through media in different languages.
21) Accomplish other duties assigned by Executive Director.

Education

Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature
  • at Haromaya University
  • February 2003

Specialties & Skills

Public Relations
External Relations
Communications Programs
Marketing
Project Management
Comunication Skill/Sociable
Forward and analytical thinking & Judgment
Strong Interpersonal skill-ability to work effectively and efficiently with people, person to person
Excellent Writing and speaking skills /English, Amharic/ and ability to work in teams effectively
Inter and Intra personal commnication skills
Internet/e-mail,web browsing & editing, applications of various software, e.t.c...

Languages

English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Cross Cultural Training on Human Rights (Training)
Training Institute:
Prepared by Berlin Center for Torture Victims
Date Attended:
January 2007
Duration:
85 hours
Distance Education for Development (Training)
Training Institute:
Institute of Education, University of London, England /UK/
Date Attended:
April 1998
Duration:
384 hours
Write-shop on Planning, Proposal Writing, Budgeting, and Financial Management for Managers (Training)
Training Institute:
Faller International Training, LLC the Jane Adams College of Social Work, University of Illinois
Date Attended:
January 2003
Duration:
22 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading Books
  • Watching Scientific Films