Background:
The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
Scope
The Emergency Response officer (ERO) will be engaged in emergency response program planning support, data and information organization, compilation, and documentation, and assist in emergency response set up, monitoring, and facilitating trainings/workshops. She/ He will expected to assist ERR team in emergency preparedness planning support activities such as cash Transfer programming, and Beneficiary Feedback mechanism, micro preparedness planning initiatives, participating on IRC direct NFI/DKI, Cash distribution, subgrant monitoring and is encouraged to spend over 75% in the field and deployments assignments in various regions in Ethiopia as needed. The ER Officer directly reports to the Emergency Response Manager (ES /NFI and cash) and works closely with the rest of ERR team members based in Addis.
Major/key responsibilities:
Technical Support
Programs Management
Grant, Budget and procurement Monitoring and Management
Reports
Coordination and Working Relationship
Other