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 bellow.

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.

Introduction

Ethiopian Red Cross (ERCS) and the Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) have a long-standing partnership. Over the years, several activities in various sectors (health, DRR, water and sanitation, Disaster preparedness and response) have been implemented with satisfactory results. Furthermore, NLRC provides Organizational Development support to ERCS, both at the HQ and Branches level.

Some of the projects jointly implemented by ERCS and NLRC have mid-term timeframe (1 to 1,5 years) and demanding monitoring and reporting modalities from the donors. Particularly, ERCS and NLRC just initiated ECHO HIP 2023 project aimed at addressing basic needs of the vulnerable populations affected by conflict & displacements in Amhara, Southern Tigray and Benishangul-Gumuz. The Action is a collaboration between the Netherlands Red Cross (NLRC) as coordinator, Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) as local implementing partner, German Red Cross (GRC), Danish Red Cross (DRC) and Austrian Red Cross (AutRC) as co-partners, all contributing with technical expertise and experience in the target locations. In the meantime, ERCS and NLRC will implement a Chronic Crises project aimed at improving basic needs of the vulnerable populations in North Wollo, Wag Hamra and Northern Amhara. Additionally, more projects are under development under the DRR/Anticipatory Action and resilience framework in various parts of the country. A multi – sectoral response intervention is currently also unfolding in Tigray.

Excellent quality monitoring of these projects is essential to ensure that real-time assessment of performances can be made, including delays in implementation, and necessary adjustments proposed. Monitoring is also essential to ensure excellent quality and timely reporting is done to the back donors.

The PMER coordinator is therefore essential to contribute to these tasks and to improve implementation and reporting timeliness and quality for these projects, which are funded by essential donors.

Duties and Responsibilities

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

Overall responsibility:

• Ensure effective and efficient monitoring of the above-mentioned projects to contribute to timely and excellent quality project implementation.

• Support branches to ensure proper data collection for monitoring of the projects, both qualitative and quantitative.

• Ensure timely compilation and submission of quality narrative reports to NLRC delegates and HQ.

• Work closely with the ERCS PMER and project staff to ensure reports are submitted timely and in line with the donor rules and procedures. 

• Contribute to proper evaluation of the projects, mid-term reviews, case studies, documentation.

• Contribute to new projects design by supporting data collection at the field level and analysis

Specific roles and responsibilities

• Design Monitoring and evaluation plans for each the projects under his/her area of responsibility, based on the specific projects log frames and monitoring requirements. That should include the use of specific tools to be used for quantitative / qualitative data collection.

• Closely coordinate and collaborate with ERCS PMER, project managers for each of the projects, both at the HQ and branch level, to ensure monitoring plans are in place and effectively implemented.

• Provide support and guidance to relevant ERCS staff, on the use of the monitoring plan and tools.

• Verify data collected and reported by ERCS in the field locations.

• Assist ERCS project managers and NLRC delegates in the preparation of timely and quality narrative and financial reports that comply with the donors’ requirements.

• Conduct regular monitoring visits to oversee field data collection, investigate project implementation progresses, verify data, and suggest possible improvements in data collection and reporting.

• Provide technical support to ERCS HQ – PMER, Project team and branch for proper identification, documentation and sharing of field lessons, success stories, and challenges.

• Support ERCS PMER, project managers and NLRC delegates in the preparation of project mid-term reviews and evaluations by contributing to ToR preparation, to the planning of field data collection exercises (baseline / end-line surveys), triangulating and analysing data collected and preparation of report.

• Support proposal development, annual plans, budget preparation and monitoring.

• Other duties assigned by his/her supervisor (NLRC country representative).

Lines of responsibility

• The PMER coordinator will report directly to the NLRC Country Representative in Addis Ababa. For additional technical issues, s/he will receive support from the various departments of NLRC HQ. 

Duty Station

• The PMER coordinator will be based in Addis Ababa with regular visits  40% to project areas (Tigray Amhara, Oromia, and Somali region).

Work Unit :- NLRC delegation office in Ethiopia

Reports to:- NLRC Country Representative in Addis Ababa

Terms of employment: - Contract for one year     

Job Requirements

Qualification Requirements:

• Master / first degree in Social Science/Development Studies or other relevant field related to project management, PMER, Economics, Management, Statistics, Regional Local and Development Studies

• With proven work experience of 8/10 years related work experience out of which 4/6 years in a coordinator position(s) in humanitarian/development projects monitoring and evaluation including extensive field.

Additional skills

•  Proved experience in designing projects M&E frameworks and plans and in collecting field data.

• Experience in participatory planning and review techniques.

• Experience in quantitative monitoring and evaluation techniques.

• Experience in Program Coordination, including narrative and financial reporting, financial management, budget control.

• Proved experience and skills in donor reporting in English.

• Experience with Red Cross and Red Crescent is an added value.

• Practical knowledge of computer skills (MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint);

• 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.

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form

With the indicated LINK before the closing date of this announcement on Aug 10, 2023.