Emergency Response Project Coordinator

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.

Why we need you?

We are looking for an Emergency Response Project Coordinator who is working under the overall supervision of the National Humanitarian Response Program Manager, the job holder is responsible for Leading and coordinating a portfolio of emergency response interventions in SOS CVE funded by the Dutch relief Alliance (DRA).

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 an Emergency Response Project Coordinator you will be in charge of the following,

Programme Implementation and Partnerships

• Provide technical and management oversight to emergency response teams and supervision of assigned multi-sectoral emergency response projects.
• Ensure that all programme targets are reached in accordance with agreed programme objectives, as per contracts with donors, in line with the overall programme approach and ensure integration with other DRA funded Emergency programme activities.
• Ensure that all resources (technical, logistics, financial, HR) are in place to implement the different projects of the emergency response programme in accordance with the work plans and realistic timeframes and milestones agreed with donors and are communicated to national office.
• Work closely with flied level staff to ensure the preparation of detailed implementation work plans and provide the necessary guidance and support to field teams to achieve timely and quality implementation of activities.
• Monitor and manage emergency programme expenditure and budgets, ensuring resources are optimally utilized.
• Carry out regular field visits to inspect project activities and organize regular project review sessions through participatory methodologies involving beneficiaries and other stakeholders in the areas of intervention, with the aim of establishing and/or verifying emerging needs, gaps and priorities, and communicate these to the Programme team as part of a continuous programme review and improvement process.
• Support the MERA team in the implementation of an appropriate M&E system to monitor progress and capture impact of projects and to make necessary adjustments to work plans if necessary in a timely manner.
• Contribute to the preparation of emergency preparedness plan, budgets, funding concept notes and proposals
• Oversee the preparation of high-quality donor narrative reports in a timely fashion.
• Write concept notes and full proposals for both grants and contracts under the strategic guidance of the HRP Manager and Programmes Director.
• Strengthen links with emergency/food security departments in other NGOs through effective and on-going coordination, information-sharing and results dissemination at regional and national levels.
• Contribute to all aspects of the Programme e.g. mainstreaming of equality, protection, and disaster risk reduction.
• Brief the PD and Senior Management Team on programmes and situational context on a regular basis.
• Actively participate in any emergency response if called upon to do so (within the existing programme area or in a new one).
• Ensure vulnerable children and women inclusion in all aspects of program activities.
• Assist and facilitate the field officers in Conducting child protection, early warning early action and disaster preparedness training's to the community.
  Team Management and capacity building
• Train SOS CVE emergency staff and key partners in donor requirements and compliance rules under specific contracts
• Provide technical support and on-going on-the-job training and coaching to emergency programme staff, contributing to their capacity building.
• Ensure team members are aware of core SOS CVE policies and procedures.
• Coordinate capacitate emergency staff, volunteers, benefcieries and host communitty in child protection and child safeguarding in emergency

Accountability

• Work with the MERA Coordinator to improve quality of service delivery and implementation of emergency response projects ensuring that they are integrated into the programmes.

• Ensure adherence to SOS CV policies such as the Code of Conduct, Child Safeguarding , qulality Standards and others as well as the minimum standards of humanitarian relief (ICRC Code of Conduct, Sphere, HAP).

• Ensure the highest standards of accountability through ensuring good communication and information sharing within and outside the programme and enabling staff, beneficiary and other stakeholder participation at all stages of the project cycle.

• Undertake other related duties assigned by the HRP coordinator and programme director.

Safeguarding

• Responsible to ensure that assistance for those affected in the humanitarian sector is provided in line with the Sexual Misconduct Regulation and the Child Protection Policy and that it do not cause no harm;

• Responsible to report any SHEA/CS suspicion, concern, allegation, or incident in the humanitarian sector and everywhere in the MA, following the PSHEA/CS reporting procedures. PSHEA/CS reports should be made to the CS/IST team at the program level and/or to the respective line manager; and

• Responsible to ensure behaviours and all relationships are based on the Sexual Misconduct Regulation, Child Protection Policy and in line with the Code of Conduct and adhering to it in every situation.

Job Requirements

Up for the challenge...

Then check out our criteria’s:

Must Criteria

• Education**:**MA/BA degree in Disaster risk Management or Development Studies, Social Sciences, agricultural economics, natural resource management or equivalent working experience
• Experience:Minimum 3 years of experience in leading and coordinating humanitarian aid and/or development work in multi-cluster INGOs, LNGOs

Competencies – Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• 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

• Knowlegde and good understanding of UNHCR standards of child protection in Emergency

• 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

• Willingness and ability to frequently travel to the field up to 70% of working time
  Core competency

• Kindness: Act with empathy towards everyone he/she works with.

• Continuous Learning: Make an effort to learn, understand and grow as a person, admitting your own mistakes

• Inclusiveness: In any actions show respect and care for others

• Initiative: speak up when things are not right, do not hesitate to act and adapt to change when necessary

• Results Orientation: prioritize safeguarding, look for solutions and focus on desired results

How to Apply

Excited to take on a new Challenge..

Then send us your application (application letter, detailed CV containing contact detail of there references) electronically through SOS Children Villages Application portal (ICIMS)

Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia holds strict child safeguarding principles and a zero-tolerance policy for conducts of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse in the workplace and other places where the organization’s activities are rendered.  Parallel to technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring decisions will give due emphasis to assessing candidates value congruence and thorough background checks, police clearance reference check processes.

SOS Children's Villages Ethiopia provides equal employment opportunities to all co-workers & qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, marital status, or class.