Emergency Field Officer

Vacancy Announcement
Emergency Field Officer

Dan Church Aid (DCA) DCA is a Danish Humanitarian and Development organisation working to assist and empower people affected by poverty and disasters to live a life in dignity. In Ethiopia, DCA’s area of works includes humanitarian response, food security, resilience building of vulnerable community members, and  gender and capacity building of civil society organisations. DCA currently has its main office in Addis Ababa and field offices in Gambella, Bale, Afar and Waghimra.

DCA Ethiopia Office is looking for a competent Emergency Field Officer based at Afar,Aysiata.

Vacancy Number:            DCA-Eth/VA-31/2021                   
Vacancy Date:                  December 29, 2021
Post Title:                         Emergency Field Officer
Type of Contract:            One year with possibility of extension
Duty Station:                    Afar, Aysiata  
Reporting to:                    DCA Livelihood and food security coordinator
Expected Start Date:       As soon as possible
Application Deadline:     January 08, 2022
Salary:                              According to DCA national staff salary scale

Overall Job purpose:

The Emergency Field Officer will contribute to building resilient communities through successful implementation and monitoring of DCA Ethiopia’s disaster risk management component and multipurpose cash assistance in Afar both for refugees and the host communities under the technical supervision of Livelihood and Food Security Coordinator. The Field Officer is overall responsible for Establishing/strengthening of DRM structures, lead the   beneficiary registration and verification, beneficiary sensitization, mobilization, capacity building for project  stakeholders, beneficiaries, ensure adherence to international humanitarian standards in delivering commitments; and empower vulnerable community groups including women and people with specific needs through increased access to and control over productive resources during the project.

Main responsibilities:

• Take part in the preparation of detailed implementation and procurement plans, and their periodic updates.
• Participate in the development of clear targeting criteria; and ensure they are clearly communicated to target communities and partners.
• Maintain detailed beneficiary data/information; regularly update and document possible the changes.
• Actively engage in the day-to-day implementation of the project activities; and ensure technical soundness of project deliverables.
• Proactively engage on establishing/strengthening of DRM structures at district and kebele/camp level in collaboration with the project stakeholders and ensure functionality of the structure.
• Provide technical trainings on DRM, CbEWS, CVA to community development facilitators, incentive workers, and relevant partner staff.
• Effectively support on facilitation of participatory disaster risk assessment and analysis/PDRA/ in collaboration with community development facilitators and project stakeholders.

• Coach/train and provide regular technical backstopping to community development   facilitators, incentive workers, and relevant partner staff (as deemed necessary) to ensure effective implementation of disaster risk management interventions.
•   Participate in camp level meetings with beneficiaries, RCC, and other stakeholders; and ensure DCA’s adequate representation.
• Closely Work with the Livelihood and food security coordinator and other teams in organizing project launching, joint monitoring, review, and closeout workshops.
• Undertake post distribution monitoring to access the beneficiary income expense patterns in collaboration with MEAL officer.
• Conduct regular market assessments to determine market demand and supply fluctuations and their implication on target communities.
• Take part in baseline and end line assessments, as well as regular data collection to track project outcomes in collaboration with MEAL officer.
• Collect routine monitoring data on the status of the project and share the data with the livelihood and food security coordinator.
• Prepare and submit regular participatory joint monitoring report to the line manager as per the required timeline and reporting template.
• Ensure the relevant stakeholders including line government offices, RRS, UNHCR and target communities are actively participating in the planning and implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project.
• Closely follow up on the security situation and provide share emergency information/situation report with the coordinator.
• Ensure compliance to international humanitarian standards vis-à-vis project deliverables.
• Document and disseminate learnings, best practices, and human-interest stories in collaboration with MEAL officer.

Representation and coordination
 

• Duly represent DCA in meeting with beneficiaries and beneficiary representatives and camp level engagement with stakeholders as guided by line manager
• Attend the regular meeting with the community representatives and clarify DCA planned activities with the beneficiaries
• Ensure that good relations are maintained with beneficiaries committee, RCC, zonal leader, RRS, all partners, and stakeholders a camp level and hoisting community
• Create and foster the spirit and culture of teamwork with in DCA team and other partners
• Ensure that good relations are maintained with RRS, all partners, and stakeholders
• Promote the organization’s key values and principles

Complaint handling and response mechanisms
 

• Provide information to the beneficiaries on their entitlement
• Ensure targeting, complaint handling and response committees are organized/strengthened
• Accountable for ensuring that all complaints raised by beneficiaries are logged into the complaint’s logbook
• Receive complaint from the beneficiaries in collaboration with complaint handling and response committees and convey to the appropriate person to address it and follow up on the complaints to ensure they are responded.

Required knowledge and experience:

The post holder should be able to demonstrate the following attributes:
 

• Master of Science (MSC) with 3 years or Bachelor of Science Degree (BSC) with 6 years of experience having education background in Disaster Risk Management, Agriculture, Food Security, Rural Livelihoods, Economics, and related disciplines
• Experienced in Emergency response and DRM project management, refugee, IDPs and hosting community context understanding
• Good Knowledge of Ethiopian humanitarian operations and emergency recovery interventions
• Good knowledge on SPHERE and other humanitarian protocols and standards
• Experience working with INGOs and/or humanitarian agencies
• Excellent communication and organization skills
• Ability to work both independently and in a team
• Excellent technical skill in humanitarian needs assessment, analysis, monitoring and evaluation techniques
• Good report writing skills in English and computer skills in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Interested and qualified applicants should apply for the post via the below link
DCA is an equal opportunity employer and all interested candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of age, race, gender, marital status and religious, political or ethnic affiliation. Please do not mention your religious or ethnic affiliation in your application.