EMPLOYETHIOPIA JOBS FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE MANAGER, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

  Deadline for application: 22/11/2016
Emergency Response Manager - Ethiopia
Norwegian Refugee Council
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.
The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs
The Emergency Response Manager will lead the emergency responses (ER) of NRC in Ethiopia and will have capacity to implement shelter activities as well.
This is to ensure effective implementation of emergency programmes, and to steer prevention and preparedness for possible emergencies in the country and development processes and plans, this shall be conducted in close collaboration with NRC management and humanitarian partners as well as representatives from the government agencies and line ministries.
The Emergency Response Manager (ERM) will also be responsible for planning, leading and implementing the NRC Shelter Programme in Ethiopia and in Djibouti, in close collaboration with the Area Managers and Head of Programme, he/she will lead in developing country wide shelter strategy for refugees and IDP’s and other vulnerable beneficiaries.
Job description

    Emergency response:
    Develop NRC country wide strategy and plan in preparing and responding to emergencies effectively
    Prepare an emergency response plan, to respond to emergencies that could arise in and at the borders of the country, following secondary information available from various sources, and as per NRC strategies.
    Closely work with the regional emergency response team (ERT) in NRC Horn, and establish field presence in location where NRC decides to respond to crisis.
    Maintain close coordination with implementing partners including UN agencies, INGOs & NNGOs, and local authorities in implementation of emergency response at state and field site level.
    Explore effective but localized ER plans for each identified area and or location, including identification of potential emergency response partner, following the NRC partnership tool.
    Ensure safety and security of NRC personnel, asset and properties in line with the NRC Safety and Security Management Plan.
    Update NRC management on field situations, and suggest appropriate response mechanisms.
    Ensure NRC financial, logistics and HR policies are adhered during implementation of ER’s.
    Organize refresher workshops on NRC strategies in preparing and responding to humanitarian crisis.
    Lead in organizing need assessments in emergency situations, and prepare reports and proposals on time.
    Design appropriate data collection methods, and develop appropriate questionnaires to collect data for Contextual Analysis (CA) in given areas.
    Prepare concept note and subsequent daft proposals as necessary.
    In support to AM’s prepare periodical reports; monthly, quarterly and annual, based on the donor requirement.

    Shelter programme:
    Lead, Manage, coordinate, and develop NRC’s shelter project in Ethiopia and Djibouti.
    Provide on job training to Shelter coordinators as required to increase the capacity of the team, local partners IDP’s and refugees.
    With the support from the Area Managers and the programme director be responsible for the recruitment of the National Shelter staff to implement the project activities and objectives.
    Promote community mobilization, focus group a discussion with refugee, IDP’s and host communities and ensure participatory techniques in project implementation.
    Undertake creative approaches in shelter design, site planning and refugee camps layout for firebreaks in collaboration with ARRA and UNHCR.
    Ensure that program assessments are carried out for effective planning and implementation of the shelter project in the refugee camps.
    Guarantee the initiation and continuation of shelter activities and initiate complementary ones for expansion of the project in Ethiopia.
    Monitor, evaluate and suggest changes and improvements in the project design and shelter materials based on observations and discussions with the relevant staff and other actors.
    Manage and monitor program finance and budgets

Qualifications

    Generic professional competencies:
    Relevant university degree or higher education, preferably in social & economic development, rural development, food security/livelihood, agro-economy
    Five years of experience from working as a Project Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context
    International experience from working in complex, volatile and harsh contexts
    Technical expertise in programme leadership and management
    Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
    Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Personal qualities

    Managing resources to optimize results
    Managing performance and development
    Empowering and building trust
    Handling insecure environments
    Communication, representation, negotiation and leadership skills.
    Strategic thinking and planning skills, ability to set priorities, prepare manageable work plans and to evaluate progress.
    Goal oriented and visionary.
    Strong management capacity and team leader aptitude.

    Flexible and creative, and it helps to have a sense of humour.

We offer

    Duty station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with extensive travel to field locations, where recreational and social facilities are very limited. Accommodation will be very modest
    Contract period is for 12 months with possibility of extension.
    Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions. All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization's core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. The candidate will observe NRC’s code of conduct and working hours for the NRC Office in Ethiopia.

    Approved health certificate will be requested before contract start

    NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners/employees and to check that its partners/employees have not been involved in illegal activities. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.

    Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location
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    Deadline for application: 22/11/2016
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    Key info: Advertiser:Norwegian Refugee Council
    Ref. nr.: 3257852307Full time
    Search criteria:LocationEthiopiaIndustryEmergency ReliefSpecial fieldExecutive / ManagementShelterRoleSenior executive
    Job location:Etiopia
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