About ASDEPO:

ASDEPO is an Ethiopian indigenous, non-governmental and non-profit making humanitarian organization established in 2013 and works in all regions of Ethiopia. ASDEPO fulfills its mandate by providing direct assistance to conflict-affected populations, including refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. Under its mandate, the organization focuses on emergency humanitarian response, rehabilitation and post conflict recovery. Currently ASDEPO is implementing ES/NFI, Nutrition, Health, WASH and Emergency in Education, Agriculture and Protection projects in Gambella, Oromiya, Benishangul Gumuz, Afar and Somali Regions.

Job Summary:

The ESNFI project officer oversees the Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (ES-NFI) activities in the Abala woreda of Zone 2 in Afar region. He/she will be responsible for the planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of the shelter and NFI’s project activities and will be timely sharing the project updates with the regional and country offices and various stakeholders. In addition, the ES-NFI project officer will be attending cluster meetings, stakeholder meetings, various humanitarian need assessment exercises, and liaison with different units within ASDEPO field office.

Key responsibilities

• Support the implementation of ESNFI activities including targeting, registration, verification, distribution, and follow up, in coordination with Shelter NFI cluster and other relevant stakeholders.

• Share distribution reports.

• Facilitate post-distribution monitoring (PDM) assessments,

• Monitor the day-to-day implementation of project activities including undertaking of regular field visits to check compliance with the work plan, and project documents.

• Provide progress and other required reports.

• Identify and document significant project events, decisions, problems or deviations and ensure that project data and information is archived and shared appropriately.

• In close collaboration with the field team coordinate the distribution of ESNFI materials to the respective sites in a timely manner, check the quality of delivered material and provide relevant documentation.

• Liaise with implementing partners and government stakeholders and prepare progress and other required reports, and ensure that project data and information is archived and shared appropriately.

• Regularly visit project implementation sites, to gain a thorough understanding of how activities are being carried out and to give guidance to the team on areas for improvement.

• Prepare quality reports which have to be submitted to government and donors and subnational clusters based on their reporting timeliness.

• Prepare and submit weekly and monthly reports and submit to  ESNFI Program coordinator on the work progress.

• Ensure ESNFI cluster and Sphere standards are considered and met.

• Assist with any other duties as required by the supervisors where a demand is needed

Category: Business and Administration, Logistics, Transport and Supply Chain

Work Location: Abala Woreda, Zone 2, Afar Region

Contract duration: Six Month

Required Number: 1

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in civil engineering, construction and technology management, health science, disaster and risk management and other related fields

• 1-3 years of relevant experience on managing ESNFI project preferably with an NGO setting.

• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions independently

• Extremely flexible, and can cope with stressful situations and frustrations

• Creativity and the ability to work with limited resources

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

• Understanding of the local culture & language is advantageous.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants should submit a short CV (maximum 3 pages) and a covering letter (maximum 1 page which should describe how you meet the requirements for the position).

Applicants can apply directly via asdepo.recruitment1@gmail.com/in person at ASDEPO Afar Abala field office: - Address around buledi nearest to Save the Children Office.   

Please provide at least 3 references related to your previous employment listed in the application.

ASDEPO strongly encourages female candidates to apply!

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview and exam.

Shortlisted candidates will need to submit other supporting documents upon request at later stage.

ASDEPO is not able to contribute towards any costs incurred by candidates during the recruitment process.

Deadline

November - 17/2023 

For general information about ASDEPO, please visit www.asdepo.org