Latest Jobs from Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Secretary GeneralJob Description:• The Secretary-General is the chief executive officer of ERCS, responsible for the leadership of the Society and provide strategic direction, clarity and guidance in the delivery of its mission “to prevent and alleviate human suffering…’’ and promote, develop, and manage programs and activities. And, represent ERCS in national and international fora.• ERCS encourages applicants with a proven record of adaptive leadership skills in a demanding, complex and culturally diversified environment. And, profound knowledge and stature for resource mobilization, socializing and promoting ERCS, its programs and calling to save lives and livelihoods of marginalized and vulnerable citizens from man-made and natural calamities.Contract information:• Permanent contract under the Ethiopian Labor Law• Preferred starting date: December 1st, 2020• Remuneration is negotiable

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project Officer- Work Unit: Office of Regional Branch - Reports to: Regional Branch Head - Work Place: In Amhara Region South Gondar Zone at Ebinat Worda.

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: AccountantKey Performance Areas• Compiles input data for planning and participated in formulating internal control polices and procedure for administration and finance matters of the program.• Performs journalizing, posting, cross-referencing adjusting entries, correcting entries, closing entries, determining account balances, testing accounting activities for accuracy;• Carries out inventory control activities of the Program; participates in stocktaking activities of the program• Verifies that journal entries of financial transaction agree with the entries and particulars of the respective source documents• Regularly test account balances for overstatement, understatement, transposing, omission and other possible clerical errors to keep the book of the accounts reliable and updated;• Makes reference and cross-reference of all source documents to the ledger account codes, keeps and updates journal voucher register books;• Prepares a monthly trail balance of all ledger account balances• Reconciles bank statements against the Program’s boo of accounts• Journalizes payroll and verifies clearance of salary advances and payroll fund account• Follows up that taxes and insurance payments and collection are handled on time, verifies that insurance claims are submitted checks correctness of claim computations• Reviews, analyses and summarizes petty cash data• Compiles and verifies proper payroll input data and other payments to workers for preparation of payroll, prepares payroll of the program• Encodes accounting data in the computer, analyses the encoded information with the aid of the computer, prints the required financial report• Assists external auditors in providing the necessary documents• Follows up budget requisition, consolidation, endorsement and implementation matters of the Program are in accordance with pre-established regulatory framework• Expedites and facilitates the preparation of annual budget for income and expenditure and annual forecast of cash flow for the head office and central store of the Program• Follows up the evaluation and analysis of monthly trial balances, quarterly statements of the income and expenditure account and quarterly balance sheet of all pharmacies and of any other financial information and the provision of qualified information for management decision making• Ensures the consistency of physical count of inventories with their balances in the book of accounts• Provides technical backup to EDPT outlets on matters of finance and accounting• Performs other related duties and responsibilities of the job as assigned by the Head of the Program Administration and Finance Division.- Reporting to: Head Administration and Finance Division- Terms of Employment: Contract for 6 months- Grade: VIIHow to Apply• We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form from the official website of the Ethiopian Red Cross in vacancy menu http://www.redcrosseth.org/get-involved/vacancy and email to ercsrecruitment@redcrosseth.org before the closing date of this announcement on April 30, 2020.Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply for the job. Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back. We regret to inform that we do not accept CV at this stage.

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Pharmaceuticals & Supplies WarehouseMain Task(s)• Assists pharmaceutical operations with efficient and effective functioning of the processes of clearing, storage and sales of medicines, other related supplies and medical equipment;• Undertakes incoming inspection on medicines, other related supplies and medical equipment on arrival at the Central store with the relevant procurement and/or clearing documents, process the Receiving Note and receives them in order;• Facilitates and assists in unloading, sorting, packing, moving, classifying, stacking, shelving and loading activities of the store;• Keeps the stock level of the medicines, other related supplies and medical equipment up-todate, closely monitors the storage, handling, expiry dates and other states of the stock items, submits timely reports on the stock level and on expired, damaged and spoiled drugs and medical for proper action;• Develops a comprehensive location coding system;• Makes an efficient use of available space, reduces handling costs;• Conducts physical count of all inventory items in the store;• Receives requisitions, checks signatures for authenticity and issues stock items as per the request and approval;• Properly operates various types of material handling equipment;• Ensures maximum protection of stocks against all causes of deterioration and damages;• Applies and ensures the proper functioning of the required security and control systems;• Processes such relevant documents as delivery note, picking list and packing list pertaining to the distribution or disposal of drugs, medical and other supplies to the outlets;• Check the issue or disposal of drugs, medical and other supplies with the delivery note and handover the goods for disposal;• Maintains proper files to relevant documents pertaining to the receipt, storage and distribution or disposal of drugs, medical and other supplies;• Maintains proper inventory management records on incoming and outgoing movements of stock;• Compares the annual physical inventory amount of each item with the book record and investigates the difference, if any;• Submits periodic reports on stock position, consumption and availability regularly or as may be demanded;• Performs other job related duties and responsibilities of the job as assigned by the Manager, Pharmaceuticals Operation.- Place of Work: Addis Ababa- Grade: VIII- Salary: 6,780.00 How to Apply• We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form from the official website of the Ethiopian Red Cross in vacancy menu http://www.redcrosseth.org/get-involved/vacancy and email to ercs-recruitment@redcrosseth.org before the closing date of this announcement on February 04, 2020.• Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply!Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back. We regret to inform that we do not accept CV at this stage.

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Head, Regional Branch IIKey Performance Areas• Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates and controls the overall activities of the Regional Branch of the Society; Ensures that general guidelines and criteria that are used to guide opening, structuring, defining duties and responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating performances, rewarding/punishing, developing and mobilizing resources and regulating the overall activities of branches are effectively implemented in the Regional Branch• Ensures that the provisions of the charter and bylaws derived thereof, decisions made by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as well as general assemblies and boards of the National Secretariat and the Regional Board, principles, policies, procedures and the overall statutory framework of the Society are consistently and properly enforced in the Regional Branch• Channels work instructions, directives, policies and procedures initiated by the National Secretariat and the Regional Branch itself to zonal and woreda branches for implementation and ensures effective and proper enforcement thereof,• Coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the overall activities of the branches under the Regional Branch; follows up and facilitates the timely preparation and submission of regular and exceptional reports by zonal branches; consolidates and communicates reports of national concern to the National Secretariat• Organizes, oversees, coordinates and follows up vulnerability assessment activities, intervention prioritization and project formulation activities on program areas of the Society in the Regional Branch; solicits local financing sources of program and project activities and effects intervention accordingly;• Ensures that the operation and support functional units of the Regional Branch are properly coordinated, synchronized and synergized in their activities; Ensures that the zonal and woreda branches of the Regional Branch are delegated with adequate authority and responsibility and ensures enforcement accordingly;• Enhances the capacity of the Regional Branch in sharing and disseminating values and principles of the Movement and International Humanitarian Laws to humanity, documenting and efficiently sharing/ disseminating best and promising practices in humanitarian work and organization• Represents the branch in bilateral dealings with other components of the Society, public organs, nongovernmental organizations and other partners in humanitarian work in the Regional Branch;• Prepares the agendas of Board meetings, in consultation with the chairperson of the Regional Board, and distributes same to board members together with relevant documents;- Place of Work: Dire Dawa Region- Salary: As per the organization salary scale How to Apply• We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form from the official website of the Ethiopian Red Cross in vacancy menu http://www.redcrosseth.org/get-involved/vacancy and email to ercs-recruitment@redcrosseth.org OR postal service, Ethiopian Red Cross Society, Human Resource Dep’t, P.O. Box 195, Tel: 0115-504651, Addis Ababa. OR Dire-Dawa. Red Cross Regional Branch, P.O.Box, 05, before the closing date of this announcement on December 7, 2019.

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Head Engineering Service - Salary: 18,658- Women applicants are encouraged- One year contract with possible extension based on performance How to Apply• Interested applicants should send a non-returnable complete application letter together with copies of other testimonial within Ten days of this vacancy announcement to thefollowing address through postal service.Ethiopian Red Cross Society Oromia Regional OfficeP.O.Box 122637Tel: 0114 40 59 83 / 0114 42 32 04

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: National Program Officer Responsibilities• Overall coordination, management and delivery of program within the agreed proposed period• Contribute to the planning and implementation of the projects• Effectively manage the agreed aforesaid projects in line with QRC’s strategic direction and ensure that it is aligned with related projects.• Ensure an effective planning, monitoring, reviewing and reporting process at all levels engaged in the program• Work closely with project sponsor, cross-functional teams, and develop scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new initiatives• Communicates expectations to team members and counsels and disciplines team members who do not perform to expectations or who violate organization policies.• Develop a highly motivated program team in the context of program human resource arrangement• Link program learning and outputs across regional and national level with agreed goals and performance indicators linked to the program.• Promote frameworks and resilience within and with partners• Produce progress reports in line with the program contract and in coordination with Senior Program staff and the funding organization delegation office partnership arrangement to achieve these out come• Maintain high level of organizational commitment for the program delivery through regular accountability team meetings and budget.• Prepare an overall annual plan and budget and maintain overall oversight of the budget and monitor• Ensure that financial management of the program is consistent with the partner/funder contract and requirement• Manage the budget of the program in coordination with the ERC, and HQ, as well as with the program and finance team at the QRC Mission.• Organize electronic and/or face to face meetings with Partner organization’s team for learning and sharing and provide support where necessary• Provide technical support (both electronic and onsite) to Project team working on the projects• Attend consultative meetings with the partner/funder as needed• Coordinating internal and external project evaluations • Help define project scope, goals and deliverables• Define tasks and required resources and manage project budget• Allocate project resources• Create schedule and project timeline and also track deliverables• Lead quality assurance• Present to stakeholders reports on progress as well as problems and solutions• Implement and manage change when necessary to meet project outputs• Evaluate and assess result of project• Adopting any delegation and use of project assurance roles within agreed reporting structures• Managing project risks, including the development of contingency plans• Liaison with program management (if the project is part of a program) and related projects to ensure that work is neither overlooked nor duplicated• Monitoring overall progress and use of resources, initiating corrective action where necessary• Applying change control and configuration management processes• Reporting through agreed lines on project progress through highlight reports and end-stage assessments• Liaison with appointed project assurance representatives to assure the overall direction and integrity of the project• Maintaining an awareness of potential interdependencies with other projects and their impact• Adopting and applying appropriate technical and quality strategies and standards• Identifying and obtaining support and advice required for the management, planning and control of the project• Managing project administration• Conducting a project evaluation review to assess how well the project was managed• Preparing any follow-on action recommendations Terms of employment: Contract for one yearHow to Apply• We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form from the official website of the Ethiopian Red Cross in vacancy menu http://www.redcrosseth.org/get-involved/vacancy and email to: ercs-recruitment@redcrosseth.org before the closing date of this announcement on April 18, 2019.• Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply! • Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back. We regret to inform that we do not accept CV at this stage.

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Internal External Vacancy AnnouncementJob Title: Food & Beverage Controller- Reporting to: Manager, Catering & Lodging Services- Terms of Employment: Contract for one year- Required Number: 1- Place of Work: Addis Ababa- Grade: VII- Salary: 6,350.00Job Summary:• Under the supervision of the manager of the Catering & Lodging services, the Food & Beverage Controller controls the purchase, delivery, quantity, quality, storage of foodstuffs, kitchen and service supplies and beverages, and their issuance to food preparation and service, sales price and sales turnover; works out the daily catering requirements based on confirmed bookings and practical experience; ensures that menus are planned and executed in compliance with the specifications of the service deal reached with the respective customers; inspects kitchen and storerooms and ensures that prescribed standards of efficiency and cleanliness are maintained and comply with safety regulations; keeps accounts of the movement or turnover in food, beverage and other catering supplies; keeps inventory of daily stock level of the canteen; reports on food and beverage control activities of the catering service.

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Internal/ External Vacancy AnnouncementJob Title: Disaster Risk Management Division, Head- Reporting to: Regional Branch II, Head- Grade: 13- Term of Employment: Permanent after probationary period- Required Number: 1- Place of Work: Gambella Region- Salary: As per the organization salary scale- Application Deadline: October 15, 2018Key Performance Areas• Manage such activities as analyzing and mapping risks, capacities of targeted communities across regional branch, devising and implementing disaster risk mitigating mechanisms building disaster responding capacities, at branch and community levels, and undertaking other appropriate food security interventions, climate change management, disaster preparedness and response course of action in accordance with the policies and procedures in place for the purpose by the Society• Ensures that the program and project activities of then regional branch are executed in accordance with pertinent policy and procedure requirements of the National Secretariat and the Regional Branch as well as commitments made with funding agents.• Undertakes data processing to establish supporting information for identifying vulnerabilities in the Regional Branch and prioritizing for intervention in terms of likelihood, magnitude, frequency and in accordance with other pre-set selection criteria;• Coordinate project proposals development and fund solicitation; Ensure that social development and community empowerment is properly addressed; Facilitate and assist on any capacity building programs carried out by Head quarter and ensure its sustainability; Expedites and facilitates the procurement process and distribution of ambulances to zonal and woreda branches.• Cooperates with all concerned in the prevention of diseases, the promotion of public health services, the training of personnel and the improvements of standards of health in general, including the development and implementation of primary health care services in the Regional Branch;• Ensure Volunteer and branch development programs are integrated in project design and getting required fund for capacity building; and functioned properly and according to the guidelines and policies; Support branches in rehabilitating victims of manmade and natural calamities to ensure undertakings are carried out in accordance with policies and standard procedures.

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Internal/ External Vacancy AnnouncementJob Title: Head, Regional Branch II- Reporting to: Regional Board II/SG- Grade: 14- Term of Employment: Permanent after probationary period- Required Number: 1- Place of Work: Afar Region- Salary: As per the organization salary scale- Application Deadline: October 15, 2018Key Performance Areas• Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates and controls the overall activities of the Regional Branch of the Society; Ensures that general guidelines and criteria that are used to guide opening, structuring, defining duties and responsibilities, monitoring and evaluating performances, rewarding/punishing, developing and mobilizing resources and regulating the overall activities of branches are effectively implemented in the Regional Branch• Ensures that the provisions of the charter and bylaws derived thereof, decisions made by the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as well as general assemblies and boards of the National Secretariat and the Regional Board, principles, policies, procedures and the overall statutory framework of the Society are consistently and properly enforced in the Regional Branch• Channels work instructions, directives, policies and procedures initiated by the National Secretariat and the Regional Branch itself to zonal and woreda branches for implementation and ensures effective and proper enforcement thereof,• Coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the overall activities of the branches under the Regional Branch; follows up and facilitates the timely preparation and submission of regular and exceptional reports by zonal branches; consolidates and communicates reports of national concern to the National Secretariat• Organizes, oversees, coordinates and follows up vulnerability assessment activities, intervention prioritization and project formulation activities on program areas of the Society in the Regional Branch; solicits local financing sources of program and project activities and effects intervention accordingly;• Ensures that the operation and support functional units of the Regional Branch are properly coordinated, synchronized and synergized in their activities; Ensures that the zonal and woreda branches of the Regional Branch are delegated with adequate authority and responsibility and ensures enforcement accordingly;• Enhances the capacity of the Regional Branch in sharing and disseminating values and principles of the Movement and International Humanitarian Laws to humanity, documenting and efficiently sharing/ disseminating best and promising practices in humanitarian work and organization• Represents the branch in bilateral dealings with other components of the Society, public organs, nongovernmental organizations and other partners in humanitarian work in the Regional Branch;• Prepares the agendas of Board meetings, in consultation with the chairperson of the Regional Board, and distributes same to board members together with relevant documents;

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementJob Title: Dispenser (Re-advert)- Work Unit: Health and Pharmaceutical Services/ pharmacy number 2 and 3/- Terms of employment: Permanent after probation period- Place of Work: Addis Ababa- Grade: 07- Position required: One- Salary: birr 6,053.00 KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS• Codifies and prepares a list of medicines and medical supplies available in the outlet;• Sorts, classifies, labels and shelves medicines and medical supplies of the outlet;• Dispenses medicines and medical supplies according to prescriptions;• Preserves drug stock of the outlet against deterioration;• Handles the outlet and controls the stock position by bin cards• Performs various clerical activities relating to medicines and medical supplies dispensing;

Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS)Vacancy AnnouncementJob Title: Senior System Improvement and Innovation Officer- Work Unit: Quality Assurance and Learning Office- Terms of employment: Permanent after probation period- Place of Work: Addis Ababa- Grade: 12- Position required: One- Salary: birr 16,683.00 KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS- Participates in preparing and execution of plans and budgets of the work unit; and in participation with major internal and external stakeholders, initiates studies of organization and methods & work processes; reviews, modifies and streamlines existing operation systems in a way that ensures cost-effective resource utilization, quality service delivery as well as learning and growth;- Undertake review studies that strengthens the managerial functions/ systems of the Society for effective attainment of organizational goals; Participates in studies undertaken to assess and revisit existing ERCS policies, procedures, rules and programs in place for improved performance;- Undertakes changes and improvement studies on work methods, systems, facility layout, policies, procedures and other organization development activities based on need assessment and requests from work units; Coaches change as reviewed facilitates discussions among change implementers; and Provides technical support on areas of change management & Systems/ performance improvement as enquired;- Generates new ideas and creativity, develops alternatives and recommendations, frames directions of the NS/work unit by looking into various perspectives that has greater impact on the NS;- Undertakes & facilitates research in areas of organizational development, performance improvement & programs operations to maintain & transfer knowledge- Identifies tasks that can be retained centrally and those to be delegated to branches based on the Charter; develops guidelines that defines the relationship between branches and the National Head Quarters;- Explores innovative methods and practices of building up the Society's knowledge capital & its organizational & operational efficiency & effectiveness;