Home Vacancies, August 2025 Personal Assistant

Personal Assistant

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Organization: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC)

Deadline:  August 26, 2025

Job Description

  • REPORT TO Director, Socio-Economic Rights
  • DURATION Six months contract with a possibility of extension
  • SALARY RANGE Gross monthly salary of ETB 8,536.00 – ETB 9,667.00 plus ETB 4,320.00 Housing allowance and ETB 3,300.00 Transport allowance, depending on candidates qualification, experience and earning history

Purpose of the Job:

To serve as a Personal Assistant of employees with disabilities in order for them to function successfully.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Filing or manipulating paper documents;
  • Retrieving work materials that are out of reach;
  • Accompanying an employee in and around the office;
  • Accompanying an employee on workshops/meetings in and outside of the office;
  • Providing travel assistance (field travel) for an employee during work related travel;
  • Reading handwritten mail or hardcopy material to the employee with a visual disability;
  • Serve as sighted guide at events, providing assistance to a seat during meetings, attending meetings and participating in social gathering. Assist with personal care tasks, such as eating;
  • Converting inaccessible texts into accessible format;
  • Perform additional tasks as assigned.

About You

Qualifications and Experience:

  • BA or Diploma (Level IV Certificate) in any Social Science Studies.
  • 0 year of experience with BA degree. 2 years of experience working as Personal Assistant, Secretarial Service or Office management for Diploma (Level IV Certificate)
  • Commitment and willingness to work with persons with disabilities.
  • Computer literate
  • Knowledge of Amharic is required. Knowledge of other local languages is advantageous.
Required Skills
  • Time management
  • Analytical skills
  • Adaptability
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Attention to detail
  • Problem solving

How to Apply

Interested candidates should write a covering letter, explaining why they are interested in this role, why you are the right person for the job with a recent CV which should be sent to the following email address: HRM@ehrc.org.

Please include the name of the position and location on the subject of the email. Candidates who didn’t follow the procedure will be rejected automatically. Please do not respond to the automatic reply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for written exam and interview.

Women candidates and candidates with disabilities (except visually impaired) are highly encouraged to apply.

Deadline for application: Tuesday 26th of August, 2025.

EHRC is committed to protecting all children from all forms of harm and to creating a safe and welcoming work environment. EHRC has zero-tolerance approach on sexual harassment and any harm against children. Hence, EHRC will only hire candidates whose background and behaviour is aligned with anti-sexual harassment and child safeguarding principles.