Field Emergency Response Manager -Oromia, Ethiopia

About GOAL

GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.

GOAL is a non-for profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years across all the region of the country towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses Programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS.

We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing are removed and where everyone has equal rights and  opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors are Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO and other private donors.

Description of the RIPA Programme:

Resilience in Pastoral and Agro-pastoral Areas (RIPA) is a five-year initiative (2020 – 2024), implemented by PCI, iDE and GOAL, targeting pastoral and agro pastoral communities in Borana, Guji, South Omo and Dawa. The purpose of RIPA is to improve resilience through improved food security and inclusive economic growth, it is supported by USAID in Ethiopia with a budget of $30 million.

The programme has five components, each led by a consortium member, PCI as the consortium lead have overall programme and grant management and are responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning using USAID’s Collaboration, Adaptation & Learning (CLA) approach. The programme components are:

• Disaster risk management including access to informal financial services, PCI will lead.
• Diversified sustainable economic opportunities for people transitioning out of pastoralism, iDE will lead.
• Intensified and sustained pastoral and agro-pastoral production and marketing, water and natural resource management and access to formal financial services, GOAL will lead.
• Improved nutritional status of women and children, GOAL will lead.

A crisis modifier to respond to sudden onset shocks while preserving development gains, PCI will manage with all partners participating.

General Description of the Role

The Field Emergency Response Manager (FERM)  reports to Borena Area Manager Manager and with matrix management to the Production and Market Team Lead and will have overall responsibility for overseeing the coordination of all aspects of the financial and emergency program activities of Crisis modifier in the Resilience in a Pastoral and agro-pastoral Areas (RIPA) across the crisis modifier cycle in collaboration with GOAL, Global Community (GC) and International Development (iDE) team members, government line offices at all level and other implementing partners engaged in emergency response. This includes assessing the emergency situations, design interventions appropriate to crisis experienced in RiPA operational areas, implement, monitor, evaluate and draw lessons. The role will also ensure emergency response not to compromise development work; rather help to strengthen development gains and sustain benefits to the target communities beyond the emergency. The incumbent shall use of accountability frameworks including maintaining compliance with donor regulations and requirements. He/she will be dedicated to support and closely work with programme team (Production and Market Team Lead and MEAL team) on documenting lessons and produce learning brief that will be used to inform programs and shared with both internal and external audiences.

The incumbent will be required to spend about 750% of the time providing hands- on support to GOAL Borena RIPA team
and network partner staff in the region on capacity building for crisis response, preparedness and supporting Crisis Modifier implementation of emergency response, monitoring and reporting.

Key Areas of Accountability/Duties

1. Partnership Management, Reporting and Monitoring

To have a detailed understanding of what are the emergency response activities of crisis modifier and implementing partners responding for the emergency, their business geographic coverage, products and services they offer, and the barriers pastoral and agro-pastoral communities have to accessing products and service that the crisis modifier intervention covers:

• Lead and where appropriate (or required) provide technical support, capacity development and engage with the area or country office/partners/network members to design and deliver an appropriate livelihood-based emergency response which are in line with GOAL humanitarian and development approach
• Support the team leader in portfolios of coordination in defining, drafting, and implementing and monitoring emergency response activities
• In liaison with procurement team, prepare Terms of Reference (ToR), raises purchase order and support procurement process for emergency response activities
• In coordination with the programme management unit, ensure that all contracted suppliers for emergency response have collaboratively developed workplans and that these are implemented in an effective manner
• Research on funding opportunities in alternative business options for monitoring and or comparison purpose on the performance of the crisis modifier
• In coordination with production and marketing team lead organize regular emergency response Meeting with partners and/or other events that facilitate the progress review and sharing of learning across partners.
• Monitor the timely submission of accurate financial reports and regularly review and share contracted suppliers’ financial forecasts with the P&M Team Lead.
• Support the suppliers in preparation and submission of timely, accurate and well written donor reports and other reporting requirements
• Closely contracted ‘suppliers burnout rates to ensure actual expenditure is in line with approved budget.
• Work closely with CLA and MEAL teams and Production and Market Team Lead to ensure that the suppliers and target communities are being monitored for progress against deliverables and develop monitoring tools tailored for activities of the emergency response
• Ensuring that a positive and mutually respectful relationship is maintained at all times between GOAL and suppliers, addressing any issues as they arise
• In coordination with programme team, organize project closeout meeting with partners
• Be responsible to liaise with the RIPA North cluster counterparts and share lessons learnt from ongoing and previous projects

2. Risk assessment and facilitation of audit

• Regularly assess potential risks related to the supplier and provide an input to the management to be included in the country risk register.
• Coordinate with compliance and finance team during donor, annual statutory and other government audits related to activities implemented in response to the emergency response
• Maintain records of communication, commitments, market values, and distributions

3. Other tasks

• Contribute to establishing a team culture grounded in collaboration, openness, and learning
• Perform other duties as assigned by Area Manager, CLA advisor and the Production and Market Team Lead.
• To keep up to date information on emergency, responses provided and regulation changes
• Be responsible to liaise with the RIPA North cluster counterparts and share lessons learnt from ongoing and previous projects

4. Team management

This position requires direct supervisory role and technical oversight to Borena production and marketing and Nutrition team and requires the incumbent to work closely with contracted suppliers, target communities and government partners at all levels and with Consortium team members to achieve the objectives of saving lifes and livelihood in the face of compounded crisis. 

5. Collaboration, learning and adaptation (CLA)

To manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not), take successful initiatives to scale and contribute to learning in emergency responses for pastoral and agro-pastoral communities within the consortium and more broadly within the sector.

• Work collaboratively with the RIPA CLA and MEAL team to ensure the monitoring and evaluation plan is fit for purpose and reflects all internal and donor reporting requirements.
• Work collaboratively with the RIPA CLA and MEAL team to develop the emergency response learning questions and ensure that appropriate data is being collected and analyzed.
• Produce at least one emergency response learning brief per intervention

Safeguarding:

• To foster an inclusive working environment which is non-threatening and safe for all. An environment that addresses safeguarding adequately in its processes and where the barriers to raise and discuss concerns about safeguarding issues are identified and where possible mitigated.

 Values & Behaviours:

Strong commitment to upholding and promoting GOAL’s values; Respect, Integrity, Courage, Partnership and Humanitarianism.

REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:

• ·         GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with addition benefits.

  ·         A chance to develop tangible experience.

  ·         Being part of a team who continue to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people.

  Commitments:

  GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safeguarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other policy, rules and regulation of the organization. GOAL is committed to safeguarding and protection from sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (PSEAH). Staffs, partners and other who are in contact with GOAL work are expected to adhere to GO’L’s PSEAH Policy and make ethical decisions to ensure the protection of people particularly children and vulnerable adults from sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment.

Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement?  Then join us if you have:

Qualification & Requirement 

• University degree in agriculture, preferably agri-business, veterinary and or animal science, agricultural economics, and related disciplines
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in a similar role with one year experience within emergency response in the face of crisis
• Experience in collaborating and working with private supplier or public sectors or INGO sectors
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong communication, presentation, and training skills (in both spoken and written English)
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to build relationships with a range of organizations.
• Strong knowledge of Livestock Emergency Guideline and Standard (LEGS); preferably LEGS trained and certified
• Proficient computer skills (MS Word and Excel)
• Ability to travel up to 80% of time from base

Desirable/Advantageous Credentials:

• Qualified and experienced candidates who originate from agro / pastoral communities.
• Experience in market-led emergency response programming