Emergency Response Manager
CARE Ethiopia’s mission is to work with the poor women and men, boys and girls, communities and institutions, to have a significant impact on the underlying causes of poverty in Ethiopia.
Date: July 18, 2018
Vacancy : 062/ 018
Job Grade: USD 1838
No of position; 1 (One)
Type of Employment- Temporary for six months
Duty base: Dilla
Dead Line: 10 days from the date of advertisement
Objective: The Emergency Response Manager (ERM) will provide management oversight to the Emergency Project Team Leaders and coordinate with the FO Program Operations Manager in the day-to-day management of all FO emergency projects within the respective geographical area of responsibility to ensure the efficient and timely implementation of quality project interventions.
Duties and Responsibilities
§ Support the Emergency Team Leaders in the Program Office to effectively undertake their roles and responsibilities;
§ Complete all CARE performance management activities including: performance planning, monitoring, and annual performance appraisals;
§ Collaborate with the Program Operations Manager and Human Resources (HR) Unit to take appropriate personnel actions to address problems;
§ Identify staff capacity building needs and implement plans to address them; and
§ Coordinate with the Commodity Manager to facilitate the timely and appropriate distribution of commodities per donor regulations e.g. ensuring the development and use of commodity distribution plans; and
§ In consultation with the Program Office Program Operations Manager, support the Project Team Leaders in fully involving the key stakeholders, especially community members and government partners in the entire project cycle;
§ Maintain ongoing communication with cooperating agencies and implementing partners on project progress, fund utilization and challenges;
§ Support the implementation of audit recommendations related to emergency projects;
§ Monitor burn rates and ensure Project Team Leaders and implementing partners employ timely and appropriate corrective action to address low/high burn rates; and
Qualifications (know how)
A) Education/Training
BA Degree in Disaster Management or International Development or related field of study
B) Experience
Four (4) years of experience in emergency programming, disaster management, rural livehood programs, food security interventions, WASH, and/or nutrition, and program management.
Respect, integrity, diversity, excellence, adaptability, stress tolerance, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact, coaching, facilitating change, developing teams, initiating action, strategic decision making, planning and organizing, leading through vision and value.