The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. Currently the ERCS has a structure consisting of 12 Regional Offices, 34 Zonal Branches and 131 District/Woreda Branches, 599 Woreda Red Cross Committee and 5871 Kebele Red Cross committees.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Support to Project Management

• Ensure that the assigned project is being implemented in line with signed project documents, budget, log frame, and operational plan
• Support capacity building of the branch staff to achieve better results through the implementation of project activities together
• Ensure that the projects are implemented in accordance with the SRC, ERCS and donor policies and guidelines
• Undertake regular support and monitoring visits to project sites and participate in project events when required
• Ensure that governance structures, such as project steering committees, are operational and mobilized in line with project documents
• Ensure best practices and lessons learned are documented
• Suggest new ideas for projects and interventions
• Participate in field assessments for the development of new projects and actions
• Support the development of new project proposals

Support to Administrative, Financial, Procurement and Logistical Supervision

• Monitor project’s financial management in coordination with ERCS/ SRC program coordinator, ERCS/ SRC Senior Finance and Administration Officer and ERCS project accountant.
• Ensure that project cash and fund requests are submitted within deadlines
• Ensure that qualitative financial reports are submitted within deadlines to ERCS and SRC
• Follow up on issues raised by SRC/ERCS teams related to project expenditure
• Supervise the storage of all project assets, including their input in project inventory, in accordance with procedures and tools
• Ensure that procurements comply with financial procedure and policies

Support to Reporting

• Ensure high quality and timely completion of monthly, quarterly and annual progress reports as per prescribed templates and timetable
  Provide report translation when required
  Ensure the maintenance of an up to date library of project documents, project case studies, articles and photographs

Support to Coordination and representation

• Maintain close collaboration with the ERCS/ SRC Programme Coordinator
• Coordinate with stakeholders in the project
• Maintain a strong, collaborative relationship between zonal, regional ERCS and SRC, ensuring regular coordination

Organisation: ERCS Oromia Region – Yabello zonal branch

Reporting to: ERCS-SRC Project Coordinator

Job Requirements

Academic Qualification and Professional Experience

• Master’s Degree in Social Science, Disaster Risk Management, Project Management or related field of studies with over 3-4 years of professional experience working in the International Humanitarian & Development organization managing projects funded through international donor agencies
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science, Disaster Risk Management Project Management or related field of studies with over 4-6 years of professional experience working in the International Humanitarian & Development organization managing projects funded through international donor agencies

Competencies and Skills

• Sound technical expertise in DRM field.
• Knowledge and experience in project cycle management.
• Good IT skills in particular in Microsoft Office Applications (i.e. Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint) etc.
• Be able to adapt to the situation, and able to work under highly stressful conditions.
• Showing full responsibility for tasks assigned, presenting a motivated and persevering personality with a good spirit of cooperation, proving good analytical skills.
• Good planning, management and coordination skills, respecting deadlines and proving an ability to organise a workload comprised of varying and changing tasks and responsibilities.
• Demonstrated capacity in supervising/training others to develop project management skills.
• Experience working in multicultural and multi-national team.
• Taking responsibility, motivated and persevering personality, spirit of cooperation, good analytical skills,
• Knowledge of the Red Cross’ fundamental principles and the Red Cross Movements is an added advantage.

Languages : Good communication skills (fluency in both written and spoken communication) in Regional Local Language, English and Amharic.