Location: Addis Ababa
Reports to: Head of Program
Grade-F1
Start of Contract & Duration: One Year
Posting date: May 20, 2020
INTRODUCTION
The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997. DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants. The organization has offices across the region, and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.
OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE JOB
DRC Ethiopia is looking for an experienced Emergency Manager who will lead the strategic development and management of DRC Ethiopia and Djibouti emergency response. Working under the day-to-day supervision of the Addis Ababa-based Head of Program, the Emergency Manager will be responsible for the development, strategic setup, and ongoing management of a responsive, multisector emergency response team of responding to emergency across Ethiopia and Djibouti. The Emergency Manager in collaboration with the Head of Program and Area Managers will support and lead planning and implementation of the scale-up or start-up new emergency interventions. The position will be tasked to develop a comprehensive emergency preparedness and response plan (EPRP), emergency strategy, and accompanying response modalities. Key to the position will be ongoing analysis of the humanitarian context, assessing emergency-related funding opportunities to support responses and representing DRC is a relevant cluster and fora.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic development
Emergency Response Capacity and Program Implementation
Finance and Administration
Human Resources
Logistics and Procurement
Safety and Security
All DRC roles require the post-holder to master DRC’s core competencies:
Experience and Technical Competencies: