Senior Special Adviser and Coordinator to the Minister of Women and Social Affairs

Advises Ethiopia’s Minister of Women and Social Affairs and senior officials on strengthening the national social and child protection system. The consultant provides policy guidance, technical leadership and high-level coordination to improve regulatory, financing and delivery frameworks across institutions.

• Advise the Minister and senior management on social and child protection policy
• Guide the conceptual design of an integrated national social protection system
• Provide technical leadership on regulatory, political-economy and financing frameworks
• Coordinate high-level policy processes across national and regional institutions
• Strengthen rights-based delivery, coherence and implementation of social protection interventions

• Master’s or doctoral degree in social studies, economics, law, public administration or a related field
• At least 12 years of progressive experience managing public-sector social protection interventions
• Expertise navigating political economies and presenting rights-based agendas in diplomatic contexts
• Experience negotiating policy processes and conducting high-level engagements on national and international platforms
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Amharic

• Office-based consultancy for 5.5 months
• Applicants must submit a current TMS profile and CV, cover letter and separate financial proposal using the linked template