Who we are

SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia is an International Non-governmental organization and a member of SOS Children’s Villages International Federation. We started our humanitarian work in Ethiopia with the opening of our first Village in Mekelle, Northern part of Ethiopia in 1974. Since then, we have expanded our programs to different regions where there are significant needs for intervention and where we believe we can work in partnership with all relevant actors to bring sustainable positive outcomes for children’s and young people.

Today, we have grown significantly to meet the persistent challenges that confront Ethiopian children who have lost parental care and those that are at risk of losing their parental care. Working in close collaboration with international donors, local government and community based organizations across seven program locations; we aspire that every child grows up with love, respect and security.

The project’s overall goal, to which the position holder is being hired, is to contribute to Ethiopian communities’ recovery from the desert locust invasion and their resilience to shocks and crises. The project will combine humanitarian interventions that mitigate risks and vulnerability to help target families overcome the immediate negative effects of the desert locust invasion with development interventions aimed at building target families’ adaptive capacity to withstand similar crises in the future. The identified project will focus on cash and voucher assistance, food access, WASH, natural resource management, and livelihood diversification.

Why we need you

We are looking for an Emergency Project Coordinator who will be responsible for leading and coordinating drought emergency response project level by ensuring, local government and others stakeholder’s collaboration at all level.

What we provide...

An amazing work environment that promotes personal growth through providing professional space to grow and advance your career!

Your role...

While working with us as an Emergency Project Coordinator , you will be in charge of the following:

• Represent the organization’s emergency response at Project level and ensure a positive collaboration and working relationship with pertinent government offices and a good public image of the organization.
• Actively participates and coordinates in zonal level drought emergency response clusters/coordination meeting with NGOs, UN agencies and government offices and update the proceedings to national office and field officers.
• Responsible for the overall planning and implementation of DRA emergency response activities, closely monitor, evaluate report their development and flag potential issues on time.
• Provide technical support for field officers in planning and implementation of the program
• Support the field officers in community mobilization and management
• Ensure all HR, logistic, and financial matters of the field office are communicated to national office
• Conduct situation assessment, develop concept note and share to the national office
• Lead and participate on pre and post multi-agency crop assessments
• Ensure vulnerable children and poor women inclusion in all aspects of project activities
• Assist and facilitate the field officers in Conducting child protection, early warning early action and disaster preparedness training's to the community
• Support the field officers in documenting the project best practices
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and submit to the national emergency response coordinator, Identified government offices and Harar PD
• Responsible for Gathering zonal level security information from zonal security office and keep on updating the field staff

Job Requirements

Up for the challenge...

Then check out our criteria’s:

Must have:

Education

• BA degree in Disaster risk Management or Development Studies, Social Sciences, agricultural economics, natural resource management or equivalent working experience

Experience

• Experience and trainings in one of the following fields is an asset:, child protection in emergencies, health, nutrition, WASH, Livelihood diversification, food security
• Minimum 5 years of experience in leading and coordinating humanitarian aid and/or development work in multi-cluster INGOs, LNGOs

Additional Requirements 

• Practical experience and knowledge of emergency project management including emergency needs assessment, project design, development and implementation
• Good understanding of humanitarian issues and sympathy with the aims and objectives of the organization; commitment to humanitarian principles and the Red Cross and INGO’s code of conduct
• Excellent organizational and problem solving skills
• Ability to cope with stress; patience and flexibility
• Experience with establishing strong and effective working relationships with colleagues from different backgrounds, cultures and experience
• Able to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with colleagues in course of work
• Local knowledge in terms of its culture, economic and social trends is an asset
• Basic proficiency in the use of MS Office, Email and other computer applications

How to Apply

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Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply

"Our selection process is a reflection of our engagement and dedication to acquire talents that promote a safe and enabling environment for children and young people"