The main focus of our work is addressing the root causes of poverty and vulnerability through nexus and development programming as well as a humanitarian response. This includes programming for improved governance; water and sanitation; food security; women's economic justice; sexual and reproductive health and rights; and nutrition; and household and community level resilience. Our programs are implemented across both rural and urban areas. CARE Ethiopia works in multiple sectors including the following priorities: Food Security; Livelihoods & Resilience; Nutrition; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Humanitarian Response; Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights; Women's Economic Justice; Dignified Work. CARE's operation spans most of the country: Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, Somali, Tigray, Addis Ababa, and Dire Dawa.
About Roster Recruitment and How it Works
CARE Ethiopia’s humanitarian intervention is expanding across all parts of Ethiopia. Due to high demand for qualified professionals for the ever-increasing humanitarian response and the need for immediate deployment of pre-approved candidates for immediate employment, CARE Ethiopia is currently working on building a pool of roster recruitment as part of its talent acquisition management strategy.
Exclusion from CARE Roster System
The following can be ground for CARE Ethiopia to exclude potential candidates from its employment roaster:
Responsibilities of CARE Ethiopia and the Applicant
CARE Ethiopia’s main responsibility on facilitating the roster recruitments is to advertise the job openings in major vacancy portals (especially in those outlets accessible to female applicant); assess applicants’ skill with transparency; notify the recruitment outcome for shortlisted applicants; inform successful candidates whenever there are relevant emergency openings.
I. JOB SUMMARY:
The purpose of Advisor- Early Warning and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is to lead the planning and implementation of early warning and DRR activities to address the needs and priorities of chronically food insecure households that are impacted by the drought. S/he provides capacity building and technical assistance related toEarly Warning and DRR initiatives under the project: “Support to Early Recovery and Socio-Economic Stability of the drought affected population in Ethiopia” (EU Recovery), for affected communities, project staff, partner organizations, and key stakeholders. The incumbent is also responsible to extract, document and share good practices within the organization, stakeholders and its partners. Furthermore, the position holder will assist in refining the programme design and implementation of all components of the project related to Early Warning and DRR in the target communities.
The position holder will play a leading role in early warning and DRR activities in the target communities. She/he helps developearly warning and preparedness systems in partnership with communities that includes early warning indicators and implementation guidelines for community level early warning system, preparedness and mitigation system. S/he also provides technical support to field offices to promote best practices in early warning systems, DRR, emergency preparedness. Moreover, he/she is responsible for building the skills of staff to understand and apply early warning systems and working with communities on emergency preparedness and DRR. The EW and DRR Advisor will work closely with other technical advisors and program staff to ensure program quality and impact in line with the goals and objectives of the program.
II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
Job Responsibility #1: Provide Technical Assistance/ Program planning and implementation (35%)
Job Responsibility# 2: Capacity Building and Technical Support (20%)
Job Responsibility# 3: Partnership and Networking(15%)
Job Responsibility# 4: Learning, Documentation and Sharing (15%)
Job Responsibility #5: Leadership and Representation (10%)
Job Responsibility #6: Perform other duties as assigned.
III. GENDER EQUALITY
Qualifications
Technical Skills
Required:
Desired:
Competencies:
CARE core values (respect, accountability, courage, and excellence), building partnerships, and managing performance for success, initiating action, interpersonal skills, contributing to team success, pro-active problem solving and organizing.
Problem Solving (Thinking Environment):
All the three levels of problem solving apply to the incumbent. But category number two and three is most applicable to this position because, the incumbent must use interpersonal skills to pick and choose the right strategy to address a given problem and also has to deal with variable solutions, which need analysis, problem definition and development of alternative solutions.
Contacts/Key Relationships:
The incumbent is expected to establish and maintain good relations with all staff and partners in at all levels. S/he will also be expected to have productive and professional relations with various technical and operation staff in the organization.