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Position: Emergency Rapid Response Manager

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: ****, Ethiopia

Posted date: 18 minutes ago

Application Deadline: Jun, 8/2021 (7 days left)

Background:

The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation, and development support to vulnerable people and communities in over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.

Position Summary:

The Emergency Rapid Response Manager (ERRM) will be engaged in WASH emergency assessment, emergency response planning including project design and report writing and emergency response set up, monitoring and post-intervention assessment, facilitating training and coordination and representation to WASH cluster. The Emergency Response Manager will collaborate closely with the Senior EH/WASH Manager and field Coordinator and other members of IRC program teams and ensure integration with another sector “CWI, nutrition and health” under the program. She/he is also expected to assist in Beneficiary Feedback mechanism initiatives and is expected to spend over 50% in the field. She/he is also supervising a water truck office and EH/WASH officers. The ERRM reports to the Senior EH/WASH Manager but works closely with other Emergency response teams and the EH team.

Major/key responsibilities:

Technical Support

• Supervise the implementation of the Shire ERR WASH project to ensure the program is implemented according to well- plan schedule annual, quarterly, monthly work plan, and budgets-spending plan, and that program objectives are well-met.
• Assist in Emergency WASH team in assessment, response planning, implementation, and monitoring of emergency WASH responses includes water trucking and water schemes infrastructures.
• Lead WASH emergency response team and design the WASH facility for emergency, BoQ, and specification preparation, and water trucking activities.
• Work closely with the Nutrition, Health & Protection managers to ensure the project response is an integrated response intervention.  
• With guidance from Emergency Response Senior EH/WAH manager and Addis EH/WASH Technical lead deliver quality result for clients and partners.  
• Assist IRC Shire MEAL team in set up, implementation, and monitoring of beneficiary feedback mechanism.
• Write the Technical reports of the WASH services facility design and assessments and share them with the supervisor.
• Make sure all the procurement are as per the assessments, required specifications, and in-line project proposal, inspect WASH materials during procurement and report to the concerned body on time.
• Regularly plan and prioritized activities to meet the deadline, share an update to Senior EH/WAH manager
• With guidance from Emergency Response Senior EH/WAH manager, represent IRC Shire at Emergency response coordination platforms such as WASH cluster and  Emergency coordination meetings
• Work closely with IRC Addis and Shire Health, EH, protection, Program, and other units for increased integration and teamwork;

The ERRM shall take any additional responsibilities as requested by his/her supervisor, Senior EH/WASH Manager

 Qualifications

 Minimum qualification/experience requirement:

• BSc Degree or MSc Degree in Hydraulic Engineering, Water Resources Engineering or Civil Engineering from a  recognized University
• At least 6 years of experience for first-degree holders, 2 years of emergency response work experience for MSc holders.
• 3 years senior-level water supply construction and management experience.
• 2 years of experience in managing emergency Response programs and experience of team mobilization and having excellent knowledge of project management.
• NGO experience is preferable in the area of WASH or public health in an emergency.

Skills required

• Excellent water supply construction management skills. Ability to plan, organize, and supervise the implementation of WASH-related emergency responses;
• Excellent report and proposal writing skills for WASH emergency contexts.
• Experience in leading emergency response team and implementing emergency response interventions and experience Ability to work under pressure, long working hours, and with high workload;
• Self-motivated, honest, highly responsible, and punctual;
• Ability to work as part of a team as well as to work autonomously when required;
• Very good at computer skill- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and e-mail) 
• Skills and experience in staff management, budget management, and building effective teams.
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good command of both spoken and written English and the local language of the area is a plus.
• Work in hardship areas and have stress management ability

IRC is an equal employment opportunity employer.  IRC considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status,, or disability.

Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. Following these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity Anti-Retaliation and Combating Trafficking in Persons

 Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols, and other supportive benefits and allowances

 Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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