JOB OPPORTUNITY Internal/External |
Reference No: | REC/001/23 |
Job title: | Field Emergency Response Manager |
Location: | Yabello, Borena Zone of Oromia Region |
Reports to: | Borena Area Manager |
Number of Posts | 1 (One) |
Closing date: | January 27, 2023 |
About GOAL
GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.
GOAL is a non-for profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years across all the region of the country towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses Programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS.
We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing are removed and where everyone has equal rights and opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors are Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO and other private donors.
Description of the RIPA Programme:
Resilience in Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Areas (RIPA) is a five-year initiative (2020 – 2024), implemented by PCI, iDE and GOAL, targeting pastoral and agro pastoral communities in Borana, Guji, South Omo and Dawa. The purpose of RIPA is to improve resilience through improved food security and inclusive economic growth, it is supported by USAID in Ethiopia with a budget of $30 million.
The programme has five components, each led by a consortium member, PCI as the consortium lead have overall programme and grant management and are responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning using USAID’s Collaboration, Adaptation & Learning (CLA) approach. The programme components are:
A crisis modifier to respond to sudden onset shocks while preserving development gains, PCI will manage with all partners participating.
General Description of the Role
The Field Emergency Response Manager (FERM) reports to Borena Area Manager Manager and with matrix management to the Production and Market Team Lead and will have overall responsibility for overseeing the coordination of all aspects of the financial and emergency program activities of Crisis modifier in the Resilience in a Pastoral and agro-pastoral Areas (RIPA) across the crisis modifier cycle in collaboration with GOAL, Global Community (GC) and International Development (iDE) team members, government line offices at all level and other implementing partners engaged in emergency response. This includes assessing the emergency situations, design interventions appropriate to crisis experienced in RiPA operational areas, implement, monitor, evaluate and draw lessons. The role will also ensure emergency response not to compromise development work; rather help to strengthen development gains and sustain benefits to the target communities beyond the emergency. The incumbent shall use of accountability frameworks including maintaining compliance with donor regulations and requirements. He/she will be dedicated to support and closely work with programme team (Production and Market Team Lead and MEAL team) on documenting lessons and produce learning brief that will be used to inform programs and shared with both internal and external audiences.
The incumbent will be required to spend about 750% of the time providing hands- on support to GOAL Borena RIPA team
and network partner staff in the region on capacity building for crisis response, preparedness and supporting Crisis Modifier implementation of emergency response, monitoring and reporting.
Key Areas of Accountability/Duties
1. Partnership Management, Reporting and Monitoring
To have a detailed understanding of what are the emergency response activities of crisis modifier and implementing partners responding for the emergency, their business geographic coverage, products and services they offer, and the barriers pastoral and agro-pastoral communities have to accessing products and service that the crisis modifier intervention covers:
2. Risk assessment and facilitation of audit
3. Other tasks
4. Team management
This position requires direct supervisory role and technical oversight to Borena production and marketing and Nutrition team and requires the incumbent to work closely with contracted suppliers, target communities and government partners at all levels and with Consortium team members to achieve the objectives of saving lifes and livelihood in the face of compounded crisis.
5. Collaboration, learning and adaptation (CLA)
To manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not), take successful initiatives to scale and contribute to learning in emergency responses for pastoral and agro-pastoral communities within the consortium and more broadly within the sector.
Safeguarding:
Values & Behaviours:
Strong commitment to upholding and promoting GOAL’s values; Respect, Integrity, Courage, Partnership and Humanitarianism.
· GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with addition benefits.
· A chance to develop tangible experience.
· Being part of a team who continue to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people.
Commitments:
GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safeguarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other policy, rules and regulation of the organization. GOAL is committed to safeguarding and protection from sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (PSEAH). Staffs, partners and other who are in contact with GOAL work are expected to adhere to GO’L's PSEAH Policy and make ethical decisions to ensure the protection of people particularly children and vulnerable adults from sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.
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Qualification & Requirement
Desirable/Advantageous Credentials: