The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) wants to recruit employees in the following vacant positions the details of which are mentioned bellow.

About the Ethiopian Red Cross Society and the Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC)

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. Currently the ERCS has a structure consisting of 11 Regional Offices, 33 Zonal Branches and 131 District/Woreda Branches and 599 Woreda Red Cross Committees and 5871 Kebele Red Cross Committees.

Ethiopian Red Cross (ERCS) and the Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) have a long-standing partnership. Over the years, many activities in various sectors (health, DRR, water and sanitation) have been supported with good results. In 2013, the NLRC has embarked on a new way of working with its partners, which is aimed at enhancing community safety and resilience as well as the self-reliance of its sister National Societies. The partner support relationship has a long-term horizon, around 10 years. ERCS is one of the partners of NLRC.

NLRC support Ethiopia Red Cross to implement various programmes in the field of Health, Resilience, Disaster Risk Reduction, Lobby and Advocacy as well as Capacity Building. Furthermore NLRC provides Organizational Development support to ERCS. For two of the programmes  (Partners for Resilience II (PfR2) and Upscaling Ecosystem-based DRR in Ethiopia (ECO- DRR) ) NLRC is working in a consortium with various Netherlands  based organizations.  NLRC is looking for an experienced program coordination specialist with extensive knowledge on resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction  to facilitate a timely and effective programme implementation.

Key Performance Areas

Project information

Partners for Resilience  II is an alliance of humanitarian, development, climate and environmental civil society organizations, composed of five Netherlands based members (CARE Nederland, Cordaid, the Netherlands Red Cross, the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, and Wetlands International) and their partner organizations in the South. The alliance, led by the Netherlands Red Cross, uses an integrated approach to mitigate disaster risk and enhance livelihoods, particularly by addressing climate change and ecosystem management and restoration and promotes the application of Integrated Risk Management (IRM) to strengthen and protect livelihoods of vulnerable communities. ERCS and NLRC agree that the overall goal of this project is: to promote the application of Integrated Risk Mt (IRM) to strengthen and protect livelihoods of vulnerable communities. This enables increased access to stakeholders in policy, investment and practice domains to promote the increased and sustained application of IRM. The overall project goal is to promote the application of Integrated Risk Management (IRM) to strengthen and protect livelihoods of vulnerable communities. This enables increased access to stakeholders in policy, investment and practice domains to promote the increased and sustained application in IRM.

Upscaling  Ecosystem-based DRR in Ethiopia (ECO- DRR)  focuses on reducing the vulnerability of communities to drought and flood in Fafan Zone of Somali Region through ecosystem based disaster risk reduction work. For the scaling-up of ECO-DRR interventions, the project will go through four important processes which include:

• Mobilization of stakeholders and laying a strong foundation of systems and organizational arrangements;
• Conducting participatory risk assessment and action planning in order to identify needs and opportunities and set priorities;
• Implementation of Eco-DRR measures;
• Demonstration and publication of good practices and facilitation of integration in existing government planning and risk management processes.

The overall goal of this project is: to enhance the resilience of communities in Fafan zone of the Somali Region of Ethiopia to disasters (including from climate risks) through up scaling up of implementation of Eco-DRR activities. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• For every position : Respect and promote Red Cross/Red Crescent principles, values and comply to ERCS security regulations, code of conducts and relevant guidelines.

Overall responsibility

• To ensure the coordination and collaboration of the PfR2 and UNDEVCO  Programme partners in Addis , Amhara and Somali regions  for successful implementation of the programme.
• To connect with other related ERCS /NLRC projects (Resilience, Livelihood) in order to look for synergy, complementarity and learning;
• Ensure timely compilation and submission of quality reports (narrative and financial) to NLRC HQ.

Strategy/Policy

• To share/promote the resilience approach and collaborate with (regional) organizations and initiatives, (Protracted Crisis) strategic partners of the Netherlands government in Ethiopia.
• Identification of gaps (conflict sensitivity, gender sensitivity, sustainability of programme components) and discuss with ERCS and SCSRE partners on ways forward.

Project Coordination and technical support

• to ensure the effective and efficient coordination  of the PfR2 and ECO DRR projects  and addresses emerging challenges in good coordination with NLRC and ERCS (HQ and branch) and the respective consortium partners ( PfR2 : Cordaid, Care NL, Wetlands International and RCRC Climate Centre and for ECO DRR : Cordaid and Wetlands International) aiming at strengthening the capacity of the local counterpart;
• to provide or arrange technical support as required, in the field of food and water security, and disaster risk reduction activities;
• to assure that the overall project of PfR2 and ECODRR  comply  with the agreed standards, budget and timeframe;
• Up on request from the ERCS HQs, to provide technical assistance to ERCS in submitting quality and timely reports.
• to provide technical assistance to ERCS HQs and branch in the sound financial management of the PfR2 and ECO DRR project budget;
• to conduct regular monitoring visits and share the report to NLRC country rep and in the cc ERCS HQ,  NLRC HQ , and NLRC regional Technical Advisor .
• To provide technical support to ERCS HQ and branch for proper identification, documentation and sharing of field lessons, success stories, and challenges.
• Up on request from PfR2 and ECO DRR  partners, provide or arrange support to the branch in order to better realize the respective goals of the projects.
• other duties assigned by his/her supervisor (NLRC country representative)

Representation

• Up on request and in consultation with NLRC country representative, jointly represent PfR2 and ECO DRR  in relevant fora, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Addis Ababa, Netherlands Government funded NGOs, movement partners.

Coordination

• Facilitate proper coordination among the alliance members, NLRC, ERCS HQ and branch as well as consortium members Support follow up of action points of branch coordination meeting and attend these meetings on a regular basis.

Lines of responsibility

• The Resilience& DRR  Program Coordination Support Specialist (PCSS) will report directly to the NLRC Country Representative in Addis Abeba. For additional technical issues, s/he will receive support from the various departments of NLRC HQ.

Lines of Reporting

• The Resilience & DRR  PCSS will be the central point for the PfR2 and ECO DRR country reports. He/she will report directly to the  NLRC Country Representative for Ethiopia.
• The Resilience & DRR  PCSS is responsible for reviewing the quarterly, semi-annual, and annual narrative and financial ERCS reports  as well as the semiannual and annual country narrative reports and financial reports that are required for the consortium lead (Cordaid Ethiopia).

Time frame

• Starting date is as soon as possible, latest 15^th  March  2020. The contract period is 1 year, with possible extension, upon satisfactory performance and funding. 

Reporting to : -

• NLRC Country Representative

Terms of employment:-

• Contract for one year with possibility extension.

Place of Work:-

• Ethiopia–Addis Abeba, with regular visits to the field ( Somalia Region and Amhara region)

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Qualification Requirements:

• Master degree in Social Science/Development Studies or other relevant field related to food, water security and disaster risk management or first degree in these same fields with equivalent of proven work experience.
• At least 5 years’ experience (for master degree)  or  10 years’ experience (for first degree) in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, overall resilience strengthening, food and livelihood security, natural resource management and extensive field experience,
• Proved experience and skills in donor reporting in English.
• Basic knowledge of ecosystem management and restoration
• Experience in participatory planning and review techniques;
• Experience with Red Cross and Red Crescent is an added value;
• Strong capacity building and facilitation skills is an advantage;
• Practical knowledge of computer skills;
• Strong experience in large scale Program Coordination, including narrative and financial reporting,  financial management, budget control;
• Experience in coordination and networking with various stakeholders;
• Ability to work in a challenging environment with a minimum supervision and meeting deadlines without compromising qualities
• Fluency in spoken and written English;
• Willing to abide by and respect Red Cross/Red Crescent Principles and Values