About the Organization

Development for Peace Organization (DPO) is an Ethiopian civil society organization established in 2020 with a mission of striving to meet the humanitarian and developmental needs of societies regardless of race, color, religion or cultural background. The organization is legally registered to work in Ethiopia (Reg. 5164), South Sudan (Reg. 4178), Kenya (OP.218/051/22-400/12732 and Somalia (Reg. NGOD/Moifar0422/022); it is also processing its registration in Yemen.

Job Summary:

Under the direct supervision of the Country Program Director,  the Regional coordinator responsible to manage the grass root implementation of the project and lead the project staffs and closely work with the Woreda, zonal and regional stakeholders to achieve the planned objectives. The RC will lead the DPO Somali  Region Humanitarian response  intervention, actively lead & engaged in emergency assessment,  proposal developments,  response planning and response setup, reporting, team management, monitoring and post intervention assessment, facilitating trainings, team development & capacity buildings and coordination & representation of DPO  in humanitarian coordination, Agricultural Task Forces and WASH cluster in the region and at the Zonal levels where  DPO  has presences in Humanitarian response projects/programs. 

Roles and Responsibilities

Technical Support  

•  Take part in multiagency field assessments (seasonal, rapid) and quick need assessment in the event of an emergency in collaboration with Addis and field team as well as with partners.  

• Assist DPO Ethiopia Humanitarian response/Program Team and field offices in surveys, assessment, response planning, in implementation and monitoring of emergency responses. 

• Organize, lead emergency operations and assessments in the field, assist in hiring field (if any) staff, locating office and set up emergency response in new areas when needed.  

• Direct implementation of Agriculture  seed and livestock health interventions (vaccination campaign, veterinary drug distribution)  in collaboration with partner and local government

• Support Humanitarian response team in the intervention areas and implement quick responses for brief period as required. 

• Facilitate emergency response capacity building trainings and workshops for DPO and partner staff. 

• Engage in preparation and review of emergency response proposals.   

• Provide technical support for other departments as required. 

Grant, Budget and procurement Monitoring and Management 

• Take the lead in the preparation of proposals, CN, wok plans, procurement, and spending plans in collaboration with the Program/Humanitarian response team and other departments. 

• Assist in tracking and review of spending of Humanitarian response interventions in the field in line with original plan, and burn rate goes in line with the activity implementation progress and take actions timely.

• Lead the project monthly Budget Vs Actual review meetings and ensure the action points assigned for DPO partners are addressed, tracked and reported on time.   

• Assist in tracking of emergency distributed items and utilizations in different disaster affected communities and construction sites including full documentation.

Proposals, Monitoring and reporting:

• Collect, Compile and share all required internal ( weekly progress updates, monthly progress reports, monthly management reports, intervention trackers, indicator trackers)  and external    reports including ( Donor and government quarter, annual and terminal reports), 4W matrixes ( WASH, Shelter, ESNFI, Agriculture, CASH etc.) , and assessments reports to the required body in their due date.    

• Assist the national Program/Humanitarian response   team in the review of proposals from partners as per the requirement and standard, in making technical monitoring visits and track of their progress when needed.   

• Take the lead in the development of the direct intervention proposals and assist the field team and program unit in drafting proposal and ensure the government agreement MoU for each project are signed with relevant regional government Bureaus on time. 

• Participate and assist in the implementation and monitoring of DPO direct interventions and sub granted projects. 

• Properly facilitate DPO Ethiopia, government and donor monitoring visits and project evaluations. 

• Conduct frequent field monitoring visit of the Humanitarian response projects and provide feedbacks and remedial action in timely manner. 

• Closely work with MEAL team on the project indicator tracking, conducting of different assessments and collection and addressing of client feedbacks. 

Representation, Coordination and Working Relationship 

• Build strong work relationship   with DPO partners, field staff and Addis program and operation staff, government and other partners. 

• Work closely with DPO Ethiopia field Humanitarian response   team, implementing partners, program and other units for increased integration and team work.

• Regularly, represent at   regional and Zonal WASH, Shelter, ESNFI, Cash cluster Coordination and other relevant emergency coordination forums with NGOs, UN agencies, government.

• Bureaus in regions and share updates on this and emergency situations to supervisor. 

• Assist the woreda clusters/focal in assessment, preparation of guidelines, other technical documents etc. 

• Organize and Share regular DPO update to the WASH, Shelter, ESNFI, Agriculture, Cash cluster including 4W matrixes. 

Reports to: Program Director

Job Requirements

Qualification

Education

• BSc/BA or MA/MSc in a related field of studies from a recognized University.

• Minimum of 6 years of experience, preferably in an NGO/INGO setup

Experience

• 3 years of management experience on Humanitarian response.

• 2 years’ experience in managing and coordinating programs/projects.

• Proven management experience 

Skills

• Previous coordination experience on multi sectors intervention.   

• Knowledge and understanding of current contexts and management of emergencies.

• Strong communication, networking, and representation skills.

• Ability to work as part of a team as well as to work autonomously when required.

• Good project management skills.

• Ability to plan, organize, and supervise implementation of Agriculture ( including Crop production  and Livestock Health),

• Experience in leading emergency response team and implementing emergency response and development multi sector interventions in local community context at stretched geographic locations

• Self-motivated, energetic, honest, highly responsible, and punctual; 

• Very good at computer skill- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and e-mail),  

• Ability to organizing and facilitation of trainings. 

• Skills and experience in staff management, budget management and building effective teams. 

• Have good skill on coordination and integration with government actors and other stakeholders. 

• Have good report writing skill. 

• Good command of both spoken and written English and local language of the area is plus 

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates shall fill out this https://forms.office.com/r/nbfkQBppzk form and submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable updated resume as a Merged PDF file through recruitment@devforpeace.org until July 31, 2023.

Qualified women are highly appreciated to apply!

Note: Use "Regional Coordinator" as the subject line of your email!

DPO is committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce and encourages all candidates to apply to join the organization, regardless of gender, nationality, religious/ethnic heritage or disability

DPO has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, authority abuse, and discrimination. DPO follows the principles of UN Child Protection. As a result, all shortlisted candidates will be subjected to thorough reference and background checks, as well as being expected to conform to these standards and principles.