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Emergency Response Coordinator

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)

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Health Care

Public Health

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5 years

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2021-04-29

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2021-05-04

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Job Description

All NRC employees are expected to work in accordance with the organization’s core values: dedication, innovation, inclusivity and accountability. These attitudes and believes shall guide our actions and relationships. 

Role and responsibilities

The Emergency Coordinator will be responsible for supporting implementation of current emergency projects, whilst also exploring opportunities for expansion in the Ethiopia Country Program. The position will provide overall planning and implementation of the emergency project and build capacity of project staffs.

Generic responsibilities

  • 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 

Representation

  • 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 regional and zonal level all CCs emergency related and 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.

Job Requirements

These are skills, knowledge and experience that are important for effective performance.

  • Minimum first level university degree in Public Health, Environmental Health Science, Engineering, Sociology, Psychology and related field of studies
  • Minimum 5 years of relevant 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

How to Apply

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