Early Warning/Early Action (EW/EA) Coordinator,

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.

Project Description

The USAID Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Activity is a five-year USAID-funded program implemented by RTI International in partnership with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society. The purpose of the DRM Activity is to strengthen DRM planning and preparedness capacity, improve DRM coordination, enhance resource mobilization and management, and enable timely implementation of anticipatory actions to preempt crises and reduce the impacts of shocks. The activity will also strengthen gender in emergencies (GiE) capacity, increase private sector engagement in DRM, and expand local organizations’ capacity to engage in DRM. The Activity will provide strategic support to DRM institutions in the implementation of Ethiopia’s new Disaster Risk Management Policy and Disaster Risk Finance Strategy. 

Position Description

Ethiopian Red Cross Society is seeking an Early Warning/Early Action (EW/EA) Coordinator, Somali for the USAID Ethiopia DRM Activity. The EW/EA Coordinator will be responsible for Somali regional level implementation of effective and responsive multi-hazard early warning systems (MH-EWS) and anticipatory action-related activities by the program to mitigate the impacts of hazards and subsequent disasters in Ethiopia.

This position will be based in Jijiga

Your primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to: 

• Facilitate/foster collaboration, facilitate knowledge exchange, and implement the activity-funded MH-EWS roadmap for enhancing the region’s resilience against diverse hazards.

• Participate in regional level assessment and facilitate the use data for decision-making

• Building the capacity of DRM staff and Emergency Coordination Committees (ECCs) at the regional and woredal level to use early warning tools to enable them to efficiently manage humanitarian activities

• Lead in the review and reporting of the lessons learnt in the implementation of the enhanced multi-hazard early warning system and anticipatory actions in the region, drawing from collaborative insights gathered during the assessment and the after-action reviews.

• Establishing collaboration, fostering opportunities, and creating platforms for stakeholders to exchange experiences, challenges, and innovative solutions for effective EW/EA in the region.

• Lead in planning, organizing, and executing activity workshops on stocktaking of Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems and Anticipatory Actions in the region, and of sharing learning with all stakeholders. 

• Preparing detailed reports that encapsulate the assessment of outcomes, and, mapped inventory of best practices and participant feedback on the effectiveness of implementing anticipatory actions. 

Work Unit:  Jigjiga, ERCS-Somali Regional Branch

Reports to:   Emergency Preparedness and Response Division

Terms of employment: - contract for one year with possibility of renewal    

Place of Work: - Jigjiga, Somali Region,Ethiopia

Salary:- Negotiable 

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience, Master's Degree and 8 years of experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience in international development, development studies, humanitarian assistance, food security, disaster risk management, GIS , social sciences or related field

• Knowledge of early warning and early action, anticipatory action planning and humanitarian programme cycle.

• Familiarity with the specific context of Ethiopia, including climate-related risks, hazards, and existing early warning mechanisms.

• Excellent communication and organizational skills (attention to detail is required); flexibility and capacity to multi-task.

• Verbal and written fluency in English is required.

• Ability to travel and work throughout Ethiopia in difficult terrain/conditions at times.     

Required Skills

• Risk management
• Problem solving

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

With the indicated link  https://ee.ifrc.org/x/fqTf4qqW   before the closing date of this announcement on September 30 , 2024.

Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply