BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
IRC is planning to undertake coordinated livelihood recovery and resilience building support for disaster affected households in Konso, Alle, Derashe woreda/zones of SNNPR. The main objective of the livelihood's project is to improve the capacities of drought/conflict affected HHs, small holders’ women communities and their institutions to respond to and to reduce disaster risks proactively and to adapt to long term trends of food insecurity. This will be achived through increased crop/livestock production and efficiency of smallholder farmers communities through the promotion and use of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices, diversification of livelihoods and disaster risk management.
The project Officer position is dedicated to the implementation of programming crafted to initiate support and strengthening of community-based disaster risk management.
Job Overview/Summary:
The Program Officer- DRR is the primary field-level position for planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of community-based disaster risk reduction related activities in Konso, alle and Dersahe woredas. The Position can be tasked with implementing components of DRR activities (during pre and post recovery activities). The Officer spends most of their time in the field, identifying target communities, establishing relationships with community leaders, establishing community-based disaster risk management committees, leading all aspects of field-level operations.
Position objectives:
Successful implementation of CMDRR related activities
Participate in targeting and verification target groups
Maintain data base for target clients
Support target clients t develop contingency plans
Responsibilities: -
Grant Implementation
Grant Monitoring & Reporting
Coordination & Representation
Education and experience