Re-ad Internal /External Vacancy Announcement

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

About the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

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 12 Regional Offices, 34 Zonal Branches and 131  District/Woreda Branches, 599 Woreda Red Cross Committee  and 5871 Kebele Red Cross  committees.

ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs relating to food security, climate change adaptation, livelihood diversification, and institutional capacity building interventions, with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. ERCS works in partnership with the Ethiopian Government, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), partnering National Societies, members, volunteers and the communities we serve.

Key performance Areas  

• Plans, organizes, directs and controls planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning activities of the National Society; 

• In collaboration with Capacity Building work unit, develop Standard Operations Procedures and operational guidelines on Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and overseas their implementation; Adapt & Contextualize Standard Operations Procedures and operational guidelines on initiatives that help to ensure the quality of programs’/projects’ quality such as Community Engagement & Accountability (CEA) throughout the program/project cycle and overseas its implementation;

• Take part and plays a key role in coordinating strategic plan preparation & review Initiate, lead, coordinate and provide technical support to HQ work units and branches on Annual Operational Plan preparation;

• Ensure the quality of Annual Operational Plan prepared by HQ work units and branches and ensure their vertical and horizontal integration;

• In close collaboration and coordination with program responsible work units at HQ annually compile Annual Operational Plan, consolidated budget and periodic reports of the NS;

• Takes part in Project Planning Process; Ensure that all Programs and Projects have Monitoring and Evaluation Plan;

• Prepare reporting time table and ensure timely preparation and submission of reports to internal and external stakeholders;

• lead, coordinate and provide technical support to HQ work units and branches on periodic report preparation; In close collaboration and coordination with program responsible work units at HQ compile periodic reports of the NS;

• In close collaboration and coordination with responsible work units at HQ and branches organize periodic program review sessions to review the progress of the Program Plan;

• Lead and coordinate a joint field monitoring visits, prepare their reports and disseminate the findings to all relevant stakeholders;

• Develop Internal and joint project evaluations’ TOR based on their M&E plan and upon the approval of the internal/joint evaluation TOR organize Evaluation steering team, Evaluation team and undertake the evaluation;

• Prepare and document evaluation reports and disseminate for relevant stakeholders; Assist Management Action Plan preparation as a result of evaluation reports and follows-up their implementation;

• Ensure the quality of TORs prepared for external evaluations, inception and final reports thereof;Organize and coordinate relief items post distribution monitoring of for distributions directly undertaken by the HQ;

• Organize community of practices[1], develop wikis and blogs in major program thematic areas to enhance learning in the NS; Ensure that all the planning, monitoring, evaluation and learning activities are supported with the appropriate and up to date technologies;

• Ensure CEA is integrated into National Society strategies, frameworks, policies and plans, setting out how CEA activities and approaches will be implemented as part of ensuring the quality of Programs/Projects;

• Integrate/ensure CEA into M&E processes for Programs/Projects, communities are consulted and feedbacks are regularly collected and documented to understand levels of satisfaction with the Programs/Projects.

• Raise awareness of the importance of CEA with senior management, staff and volunteers through presentations and briefing sessions; Deliver PMEL & CEA training to staffs, management and volunteers in collaboration with the capacity building work unit;

Work Unit: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting Service

Reports to:- Secretary General 

Terms of employment:-  Permanent after probation period

Job Requirements

Qualification Requirements:

• Second/First Degree in Economics, Management, Statistics, Development Studies, Regional Local and Development Studies,

• 10/12 year work experience out of which 5/7 years on managerial position      

Trainings and Skills-

• Training on Project/Program Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

• Training on Community Engagement and Accountability

• Training on Project Management;

• Training on Mobile & remote Data Collection systems such as Kobo Toolbox, ODK, Magpi, Commacare – Training on Microsoft Office package especially advanced skill on Microsoft Excel and data Visualization tools such as Power BI, Tableau ;

• Training on Analytical tools such as SPSS, Stata;

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form With this LINK before the closing date of this announcement.

Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply!