The British Embassy in Ethiopia is responsible for the UK government’s efforts to promote international development in Ethiopia and deepen bilateral ties between the UK and Ethiopia.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The British Embassy is committed to helping meet critical humanitarian needs, investing in human capital, promoting inclusive economic development, enhancing governance and democracy, and strengthening resilience to global challenges such as climate change.
British Embassy would like to invites competent, Qualified and interested candidates for the following positions.
Position 1: Human Capital Development Adviser
Essential qualifications, skills and experience:
Policy influencing and diplomatic skills, including strategic negotiation with suppliers and stakeholders.
Significant experience managing complex development, public policy or programme portfolios.
Strong understanding of international policy development and multilateral engagement, including the ability to work on complex cross-cutting issues.
Proven ability to provide evidence-based policy advice and strategic recommendations to senior management, stakeholders, including Development Director and partners.
Strong track record of effective collaboration and influence with multilaterals, development partners.
Demonstrated leadership in setting direction, managing teams or major programmes, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing organisational culture.
Skilled in applying evidence, learning, and evaluation to improve programme quality and inform policy decisions.
Experience managing significant budgets, risk, and assurance processes, with a commitment to system strengthening and fair partnership working.
Strong professional judgement and analytical capability, including adapting advice to political, legal and delivery constraints.
Strong understanding of human capital development, including in particular health and education.
Demonstrated ability to influence, convene and build partnerships across a wide range of stakeholders.
Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate evidence into policy and programme decisions.
Strong programme and financial management capabilities, including risk management and results monitoring.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
Experience working in complex political, institutional or development contexts.
Ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and deliver at pace.
Roles and responsibilities:
Act as Programme Responsible Owner (PRO) for a major HCD programme, providing strategic oversight, accountability and leadership.
Provide overall direction throughout the programme cycle.
Provide strategic advice and evidence-based recommendations to Team Leader, Development Director and Ministers, setting direction and influencing stakeholders across the Mission, the government and external partners.
Operate with high professional autonomy to shape policy, investment choices, and learning, acting as a recognised technical authority within agreed governance arrangements.
Ensure a clear theory of change links the programme activities to the intended outcomes and impact, recognising where there is uncertainty and an adaptive approach might be needed.
Lead programme management across the programme lifecycle, including delivery planning, risk management, financial oversight, results monitoring and adaptive management.
Build and maintain effective working relationships to support delivery, coordination and influence across a complex stakeholder landscape, including effective relationships with government counterparts, development partners, implementing partners, civil society, research institutions and other key stakeholders.
Provide high-quality policy advice on human capital development and contribute to the ongoing evolution of the Embassy’s HCD strategy and programme portfolio.
Identify and promote cross-sectoral opportunities and interlinkages across health, education, nutrition, WASH and related sectors, bringing together UK teams, institutions and Embassy colleagues to maximise impact.
Salary: 2,846.10 USD (Base salary is subject to tax and other statutory deductions)
Location (City): Addis Ababa
Deadline: November 16, 2026
How to Apply:
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