Anticipatory action/liaison Officer 24 views

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) wants to recruit employees in the following vacant positions the details of which are mentioned below.

About the Ethiopian Red Cross Society 

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.

ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs relating to food security, climate change adaptation, livelihood diversification, and institutional capacity building interventions, with the aim of creating resilience households and communities. ERCS works in partnership with the Ethiopian Government, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), partnering National Societies, members, volunteers and the communities we serve.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS 

• Participates and facilitates , assists partners in addressing urgent humanitarian needs across the country
• Perform the Anticipatory Action as lesion expert ;
• Support coordinator efforts between different Rapid Response mechanism in Ethiopia.
• Provide operational and technical leadership to the partners,
• Handle & deals with or process work permit and duty free status based on prior authorization.
• Processes hotel accommodations, providing touring guidance, arranging meetings, scheduling flights, etc.) for them & their guests on arrival, departure and during their stay;
• Processes matters relating to passport, travel insurance, visa, foreign currency and other special travel requirements of the Society’s personnel travelling abroad;
• Arranges flight schedule and transport service to the Airport and from Airport to home to PNSs Office staffs & their guests.
• Participates and assists in organizing and staging  special social functions or events ;
• Submits regular performance reports & timely bring to the attention of the Service Delivery Manager those issues which are beyond his scope.

Work Unit: Disaster Risk Management Department

Reports to: ERP Division Manager

Terms of employment: Contract for one year

Salary: As per the organization salary scale