Description
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Emergency Response Coordinator- Contract period: 8 Months - Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions - Duty station: Addis Ababa with frequent travel to areas Job description• Strengthen current and establish new emergency response activities and Rapid Responses in Ethiopia • Provide input into the strategic direction and analysis of desired Emergency interventions responding to needs based on assessments (in areas of operation and/or areas of expansion) Manage, train and develop capacity of the emergency response teams. • Develop, manage and monitor the budget(s) related to emergency projects according to NRC and donor requirements. • Initiate rapid responses with a strong protection lens and ensuring beneficiary feedback mechanisms is set up • Ensure the adoption of humanitarian standards and cluster guidelines Contribute to emergency project proposals, reports and technical and financial documentation for submission to donors, internal and other external requirements • Maintain an overview of the national context with a view to the strategic development of new projects. • Continuously monitor and analyze potential emergency situations and lead RRT in conducting assessments of hard to reach areas with a view to implement emergency response • Ensure that regular monitoring and evaluation assessments against project objectives are conducted • Represent NRC at emergency response coordination forums, relevant clusters, donors, UN and other working groups • Collaborating and coordinating with the government, NGOs, clusters and UN agencies • Participating in federal and regional level ES/NFI and WASH meetings and other relevant humanitarian/recovery coordination meetings • Ensuring that all relevant stakeholders have information about the organization’s background, program, objectives, working areas, duration of programs and activities in the field.
Educational Requirements
Bachelor's
Desired Skills
Qualifications
• Minimum first level university degree in relevant and related field
• Minimum 5 years of experience from working as a Project coordinator (or similar) in a humanitarian/recovery context and specific experience in one or more
Core Competencies:
• Shelter/NFI and WASH,
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Technical expertise in Cash programming
• Experience in protection mainstreaming, desirable
• Ability to work simultaneously with multiple tasks and under time pressures in a fast growing program environment
• Calm, organized and decisive manner.
• Willingness and ability to work efficiently with a wide diverse group of people
• Good reporting skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills & problem solving skills
Good oral and written English, as well as being computer literate
Personal qualities
• Handling insecure environments
• Analyzing
• Empowering and building trust
• Planning and delivering results
• Communication and inter-personal skills
Language
• English
Experience Requirements
5-10 years
How to apply
• Interested applicants can use the following link to apply: https://www.webcruiter.no/WcMain/AdvertViewPublic.aspx?oppdragsnr=4047466681#utm_source=unjobs&utm_medium=more_info• “Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply as NRC offers attractive salary and benefit with on-the-job training opportunities!”• Deadline for application: March 31, 2019