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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation in Ethiopia is looking to hire an experienced, highly motivated, and qualified person to fill:

Position: Economic Security Generalist 2

Grade: B2

Duration of Contract: One-year fixed term contract (Extension of position cannot be anticipated now as it depends only on budget availability)

 Location: Addis Ababa with frequent visits to Amhara, Afar, and Western Tigray

Date of Issue: 05.11.2021

Deadline for applications: 15.11.2021

:Objective

To ensure the work of the Economic Security department is managed efficiently and effectively in line with an established guideline. You will need to be an enthusiastic, flexible, committed, and resourceful colleague who can support the Manager to lead the team. The successful candidate will need to deliver to a high standard, be resilient, and have a positive “can-do” attitude

GENERAL ICRC DUTIES

• Understands and adheres to the seven Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
• Understands and adheres to the ICRC Code of Conduct.
• Understands the roles of the components of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
• Respects and observes staff regulations and security rules at all times.
• Represents the ICRC in a professional manner at all times.
• Develops and maintains a pleasant and conducive working environment with colleagues and line managers.
• Performs all duties with the highest level of confidentiality in the interest of the employees and the ICRC.
• May be asked to perform tasks not covered in this job description and to provide support to other departments when necessary.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the direct supervision of the Economic Security Generalist 3, has the following responsibilities:

• Collect data using the household economy approach to identify economic security gaps and develop scenarios.
• Based on an analysis of EcoSec core components (food consumption/production, living conditions, income support and capacity-building), contribute to identifies response options and assesses whether cash or in-kind aid is more appropriate and feasible.
• Contribute to designs a suitable method for registering beneficiaries.
• Contribute to integrates best practice in terms of accountability to beneficiaries throughout the programme-cycle design
• Contribute in ensures that proper methods, planning, implementation, logistics and reporting are used during aid distribution and can explain them.
• Contribute to a market assessment, to analyzing and interpreting data in order to select and design response options (Feasibility, methods, and delivery of cash transfer programming, transfer value, vulnerability and targeting)
• Contribute in mid-level qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
• Contribute in describes results and produces data visualizations.
• Implement a typical EcoSec program
• Establishes/maintains good relationships with the ERCS representatives in the field (branch secretary, volunteers, etc.), ensuring that the branch representatives are aware of ICRC’s presence, program and activities.
• Contributes to the ERCS branches’ capacity building in EcoSec activities, through training and coaching (e.g. data collection).
• Contributes to implement resilience programs (Agro, livestock and income support)
• Contribute to monitoring (PDM and PHM)
• Contributes to analyzing the security, socioeconomic, cultural and political environment as it relates to the ICRC.
• Contributes to internal reporting.
• Contributes to organizing and delivering capacity-building activities.
• Maintains a network of interlocutors (members of the population, community leaders, local authorities, NGOs, etc.) and updates/shares a list of interlocutors 

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

• Follows up on all work-related messages and correspondence with the relevant contacts and departments.
• Is aware of the delegation’s objectives and has a good knowledge of the Movement and other contracts relevant to the position.
• Collects and shares information so as to improve the ICRC’s understanding of the environment and humanitarian trends and responses.
• Takes responsibility for their own professional learning and development.
• Experience in communicating and working with a wide range of people, including people of culturally diverse backgrounds.

ICRC Remuneration and Social Benefits: We offer

• By joining our organization, you will have an opportunity to practice your profession in stimulating, complex, and sometimes challenging environments, where your work can make a difference.
• You will work with colleagues from various fields of expertise in a cross-cutting manner to help victims of conflict and other situations of violence. You will be dealing with humanitarian situations that require experience, resourcefulness, and innovation to achieve the best possible impact.
• You will work for the oldest major international humanitarian organization in the world, adding to your sense of achievement in alleviating the suffering of people and communities and giving you the chance to promote humanitarian values in these turbulent times.
• You will benefit from a competitive employment package, including different possibilities for career and personal development. You will take part in an onboarding course and follow continuous training, to build your career within the ICRC and beyond.
• The competitive compensation package, a monthly salary with benefits including (13th salary, end of service indemnity, and medical coverage).

Job Requirements

• University Degree in Economics, Anthropology, Agronomy or related field
• 3-5 years’ work experience in similar function.
• Very good command of spoken & written English and Amharic
• Valid 3rd grade driving license
• Good computer skills

How to Apply

Interested candidates should Submit the following through CLICK HERE. Alternatively, you can submit application & CV with copies of relevant documents in person to the ICRC Delegation in Addis Ababa (Around Megenagna, in front of EIAR, around Egziabher ab church OR , send to the ICRC Delegation Addis Ababa, Human Resources Department, P.O.Box 5701, Addis Ababa). 

• Updated Curriculum Vitae.
• A cover letter stating why you think you have the necessary skills and qualifications.
• Salary expectations.

NB: Due to the large number of inquiries we receive, only candidates who have met the required experience & qualifications for this position will be contacted immediately.

As ICRC, we are convinced that diversity makes us better at what we do: it enables us to form close relationships with wide-ranging communities and develop the best solutions for the people we work with. We make a conscious effort to have diverse teams with regards to age, disability, race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation and particularly in terms of gender as women make up a high percentage of our staff and are encouraged to apply.

 The successful candidate will submit to 60 working days as a probation period. 

NB: If you have not heard from us within a month of receiving your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.