About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is an International Humanitarian organization operating Water and Sanitation, Economic Development, Livelihoods, Capacity Building, Emergency Response, Health and Nutrition, and similar sectors in the regions of SNNPR, Somali, Oromia, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. Mercy Corps works with communities, public and private sectors to implement appropriate relief, recovery and development interventions. Mercy Corps Ethiopia invites motivated and qualified candidates to apply for the following vacant position.
Position Title: Regional Emergency Program Manager
Duty Station: Jigjiga, with 50% travel to woreda project areas
Post Position: one
POSITION SUMMARY:
In collaboration with the Emergency program manager, the Regional program Manager Will be responsible to coordinate all emergency program activities in Somali region. He/she will support the coordinators in coordinating and standardizing of program implementation to ensure the quality of our emergency response based on the standard guideline. He/she will be expected to coordinate with other Mercy corps project team to improve coordination, planning, implementation; monitoring and reporting processes. Establishing and strengthening well organized reporting systems among partners working with Mercy corps. He/She will also be responsible to manage Mercy corps relationship with Key regional government partners and also responsible to monitor the progress of all emergency activities according to the project implementation plan. The deputy program Manager will also provide technical assistance to coordinators in planning, capacity building for government staffs, coordinating with other Mercy corps support staffs like finance, Logistic and HR team at Jigjiga office.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
· Design field test and produce CMAM tools for assessment, program design, planning, capacity strengthening, monitoring, reporting and evaluation. Tools may include training materials, manuals, guidelines, job aids, and other tools.
· Document and disseminate evidence on successes, performance, impact and sustainability of integrated and scaled-up CMAM services. Support mechanisms for continued sharing of CMAM experiences and evidence, including production of reports, and disseminate lessons learned on CMAM integration.
· Carry out other job-related technical or managerial tasks as needed.