About CRS: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work are accomplished through programs of emergency response, health, agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding. For nearly 60 years, CRS has taken the lead in responding to natural and man-made disasters affecting Ethiopia's most vulnerable communities. Moving beyond emergency response, CRS' disaster mitigation and recovery projects in drought and flood-prone areas have rebuilt individual and community assets through non-food aid in the form of agriculture, livestock, health, nutrition, and water and sanitation assistance. CRS's humanitarian work in Ethiopia also provides livelihoods support to farmers and entrepreneurs, promotes equality and inclusion, and mitigates the impact of COVID-19.

As part of CRS family, you will join the more than 5000 strong and vibrant individuals working globally to accomplish the mission of CRS. CRS/Ethiopia invites you, the qualified candidate, to apply for the following position. 

Position:                       Field Officer I - EWS

Duty Station:                Field-based role, across JEOP intervention areas of                                         Ethiopia

Employment Term:      Indefinite term

Report to:                     Program Manager II – EWS and

Application Deadline:  January 12, 2023

Background: The Joint Emergency Operation (JEOP) is an emergency food assistance program targeting transitory food insecure households through a project participant targeting process led by the Government of Ethiopia’s (GoE) Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC). JEOP provides emergency assistance to protect their lives and livelihood where recurrent drought affected in significant harvest loss, livestock death and price increase of essentials. The consortium is led by CRS and includes consortium partners, CARE, Food for the Hungry, Relief Society of Tigray (REST), World Vision and ORDA. CRS also works through local implementing partners Hararghe and Meki Catholic Secretariat (HCS and MCS).

 Job Summary:

You will provide support to CRS/JEOP on a range of field-level program implementation activities related to Early Warning (EW), market monitoring and nutrition in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices to CRS country program team and JEOP to advance the delivery of high-quality programming to the poor and vulnerable. Your skill, knowledge, and support will contribute to determining how effective, adaptive, and innovative CRS’ programming is in Ethiopia.

 Job Responsibilities:

• Accompany partners to implement vulnerability-based targeting (VBT) including providing technical support to increase understanding of VBT approaches and tools, provision of training on VBT, and field level supervision of VBT during implementation.

• Support partners to implement video-based behavioral change messaging activities, aimed to bring attitude and behavioral change in disaster risk management, resilience building, and nutritious food preparation and feeding habit.

• Ensure woreda-based JEOP partners staff effectively use Integrated Voice Response (IVR) platform for EW data transmission.

• Support zonal and woreda DRM offices in non-partners operation woredas and zone to timely prepare and submit monthly early warning report using the IVR platform.

• Conduct regular monitoring visits to partners’ operation areas to examine their implementation of EW and market monitoring activities in reference to defined quality standards.

• Represent CRS in quarterly zonal level EW data review and analysis meetings organized by partners.

• Participate in selected woreda level monthly food security data review and analysis meetings to generate learnings and promote good practices.

• Work closely with HCS JEOP and RFSA team to increase linkages and coordination of EW and community-based EW activities; explore linkages with RFSA programs implemented by other partners

• Participate in the seasonal multi-agency assessment representing JEOP and CRS; represent CRS/JEOP in regional/zonal level food clusters, ENCU or other relevant clusters

• Support partners to implement of MIRA in the community-based EW system in JEOP woredas

• Conduct a regular monitoring activity to ensure that partners field-based staff and/or enumerators. collect and submit quality market monitoring reports; support and acquaint partners’ woreda level staff with CommCare based data transmission platform.

• Follow up on partners’ and local Government implementation of complaints and feedback related to EW, nutrition and targeting activities conducted under JEOP.

• Follow up and monitor level of mainstreaming of safeguarding, and inclusion issues in JEOP EW, nutrition, and environment programming.

Job Requirements

Education and Experience

• Completion of BA/BSC Degree in related field with 1 years' relevant field-based experience in humanitarian assistance with an emphasis on food security.

• Additional education may substitute for some experience. 

• Computer skills required. 

 Personal Skills

• Observation, active listening, and analysis skills with ability to make sound judgment

• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with diverse groups

• Proactive, results-oriented, and service-oriented

Required/Desired Foreign Language: English, Amharic. Advantageous to communicate proficiently in Oromifa, Tigrigna, and other Ethiopian languages

Travel Required: 75-80% travel across JEOP intervention areas.

Key Working Relationships:

• Supervisory: temporary duty assignments and targeting teams

• Internal: EW Project Officers, Addis and field based JEOP staff, CRS PDP staff

• External:  JEOP consortium members, church partners, local government authorities

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity

• Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Builds Relationships

• Develops Talent

• Strategic Mindset

• Accountability & Stewardship

Disclaimer:  This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position. 

How to Apply

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Note: Qualified women and people with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply