The Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Specialist will act as the key field level technical support person supporting the implementation and accomplishment of all Disaster Risk Management (DRM) related activities and programming that fall under the Resilience in Pastoral Areas Program (RiPA), as well as climate change adaptation (CCA) activities in CARE Ethiopia’s broader pastoralist program portfolio. With supervision and direction from RiPA’s DRM Advisor and RiPA Cluster Project Manager, the position holder will be responsible for supporting the consolidation and dissemination of research, knowledge, technologies, and practical approaches to DRM and support capacity building of program staff, implementing partners and government agencies, consortium members and the community in this regard. S/he will ensure that DRM activities are based on sound analysis and best-practices, and support wider program objectives around economic development, food security and resilience in pastoral areas. The position holder will work in an integrated manner, ensuring cohesion within an overall program approach both within RiPA and within CARE’s larger portfolio. The position holder will be responsible for field level technical implementation, staying within budget and hitting targets, as agreed upon with his/her direct supervisor. S/he will be expected to spend up to 70% time in the field, working with government and community partners directly supporting technical implementation and providing capacity building support.
II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
Job Responsibility # 1: Technical Support (50% of time)
Job Responsibility # 2: Capacity Building (15 % of time)
Job Responsibility # 3: Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting (15 % of time)
Job Responsibility # 4: Coordination, Representation and Networking (15 % of time)
Job Responsibility # 5: Other duties assigned by supervisor (5% of time)
A) EDUCATION/TRAINING
Required:
Desired:
B) EXPERIENCE
C) Technical Skills & Knowledge
Required:
Desired:
D) COMPETENCIES
Respect, integrity, diversity, excellence, adaptability, stress tolerance, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact, coaching, facilitating change, developing teams, information monitoring, planning and organizing, leading through vision and value.CARE Ethiopia is committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework. CARE Ethiopia has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners.
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