GBV – PSS Officer (Roster Recruitment/ Talent Pool) -Tigray, Ethiopia

The main focus of our work is addressing the root causes of poverty and vulnerability through nexus and development programming as well as a humanitarian response. This includes programming for improved governance; water and sanitation; food security; women’s economic justice; sexual and reproductive health and rights; and nutrition; and household and community level resilience. Our programs are implemented across both rural and urban areas. CARE Ethiopia works in multiple sectors including the following priorities: Food Security; Livelihoods & Resilience; Nutrition; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Humanitarian Response; Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights; Women’s Economic Justice; Dignified Work. CARE’s operation spans most of the country: Afar, Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, Somali, Tigray, Addis Ababa, and Dire Dawa.

About Roster Recruitment and How it Works

CARE Ethiopia’s humanitarian intervention is expanding across all parts of Ethiopia. Due to high demand for qualified professionals for the ever-increasing humanitarian response and the need for immediate deployment of pre-approved candidates for immediate employment, CARE Ethiopia is currently working on building a pool of roster recruitment as part of its talent acquisition management strategy.

Exclusion from CARE Roster System 

The following can be ground for CARE Ethiopia to exclude potential candidates from its employment roaster:

1. If negative feedback is obtained from references.
2. If the roster candidate declines more than two assignments in a calendar year
3. If the roster candidate was not deployed for more than two years.
4. Upon specific request from the potential candidate for her/him to be excluded from the roster

Responsibilities of CARE Ethiopia and the Applicant

CARE Ethiopia’s main responsibility on facilitating the roster recruitments is to advertise the job openings in major vacancy portals (especially in those outlets accessible to female applicant); assess applicants’ skill with transparency; notify the recruitment outcome for shortlisted applicants; inform successful candidates whenever there are relevant emergency openings.

I.  JOB SUMMARY:

GBV Protection and PSS (Psycho Social Support) officer position holder is responsible to provide coordination and supervision for effective implementation of the project objective at ground level. S/he will be also responsible to directly provide technical and professional support for the staff working under her/his supervision.

II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility 1:  Planning and Implementation of Program Activities

• Ensures that planning and implementation of the project activities are in accordance with the program principles, approaches, and procedures of the organization;

• Works closely with other project staffs and partners in planning, and implementing the project activities;

Job Responsibility 2: Technical Support and Capacity Building

• Develop and maintain close working relationship with INGOs and Partner Government officials particularly project signatories at woreda and zonal level.
• Provides support for all trainings, workshops, and meetings conducted at zonal/woreda level.

   Job Responsibility 3: Monitoring and Supervision

• Maintain up-to-date data related to GBV in emergency project activities and deliver it to learning designed and measurement manager for data entry and analysis.
• Organizes and facilitates joint participatory monitoring programs with zonal and woreda partners.

Job Responsibility 4: Facilitate Learning and Net Working

• Establishes firm and institutionalized working relationship with local government officials, community institutions, IDP Committees and other stake holders;
• Keeps up to date the development in the sectors, including best practices examples in country and ensure ongoing personal development and learning;

Job Responsibility 5: Reporting, Staff Supervision, Coaching and Team Building:

• Develops appropriate reporting formats together with the head Office monitoring and evaluation officer teams
• Collects, organize and summarize monthly and quarterly performance reports from project officers/empowerment for facilitators.

Job Responsibility 6: Perform other duties as assigned. % of Time = 5 %

III. GENDER EQUALITY

• Understanding and demonstrated commitment to the importance of gender, youth and social inclusion issues.
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Gender Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and PSEAH (safeguarding), as evidenced in previous positions / programming.

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience with the first degree.
• 2 years of relevant experience plus post graduate degree.
• NGO experience is a plus.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Required:

• Language proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Computer proficiency;
• Good communication and report writing skill;
• Local Language Skill
• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, sensitivity to rural adolescent health, economic and social needs, conceptual understanding of participatory approach and sustainable development.

COMPETENCIES

• Respect, accountability, courage, excellence, building partnerships, stress tolerance, building commitment, coaching, interpersonal skill, operational decision-making, planning and organizing, information monitoring.