Anticipatory Action Project Officer

Carry out project plan abiding to the project proposal as per agreement made with donor ensuring to meet the planned activities with effective deliverances maintaining the humanitarian principles, standards and procedures
Meet all the performances that envisaged in the project proposal by carrying out with accountability and by coming up with better results and timely deliverance.

• Carry out the monitoring of early warning to come up with anticipatory action aiming at using weather, climate and impact-based forecasts to trigger actions which reduce the loss and damage from hazards
• Ensure the tools, procedures, and systems of EW are followed and the project anticipatory action is in line with the disaster risk information tracked from stakeholders step up in taking action of project activities deliverance reaching out the vulnerable communities.
• Work out on the local level partnership with the relevant stakeholders ensuring the effectiveness of intentional networking with field coordination of NGOs and Government entities so as to enable the field activities realization with collaboration.
• To enable the project performance effectiveness by taking in consideration of partners/stakeholders views and decision altogether made for the chalk up success toward to the project goal.
• Ensure the proper physical & financial implementation of the project as planned during the desired timeframe, while ensuring efficient and effective utilization of project resources
• ensured the compilation and submission of consolidated financial and narrative reports are get ready to the donor alignment to the Contract and the MoU
• Oversee and ensure the development and execution of a result oriented participatory M&E and knowledge management system, to enhance accountability and impact demonstration as well as enable the project end result as stepping-stone to come up with experience sharing steps to other agencies.
• To make certain the monitoring and evaluation and knowledge management system of Anticipatory Action is to make a steppingstone and as a learning processes steps that passed through with the experience sharing internally as well as externally to sister organizations.
• Oversee, ensure and coordinate the execution of the entire project in accordance with Anticipatory Action project proposal document, WVE policies, donor guidelines of ADH and government regulations.
• The envisaged project outcomes are achieved, activities are easily delivered, and the collaboration of working together with the stakeholders is maintained and promising for future acting together adhering to the required policies, donors' requirements and government regulations.
• Active representation in any risk monitoring meetings and compliance sessions like technical working group.
• Ensure representation of WVE in external meetings and technical working group to confirm compliance and risk monitoring issues are addressed.
• Build and develop the capacity of the field staff in Anticipatory Action to ensure an early action in emergency response is sustainably and effectively maintained.
• to help field staff in developing their capacity on Anticipatory Action to ensure an early action in emergency response is sustainably and effectively maintained.

Required Professional Experience

5 years of experience in relief and/or any emergency response, disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management

Required Education, training, license, registration, and certification

• BA/BSc Degree in Disaster Risk Management, Agriculture, agricultural economics, Economics, Development studies, emergency response related or other social science related fields
• Technical capacity on Early Warning monitoring and Training qualifications required on rapid response mechanism in addressing hazards affected communities is required

Preferred Knowledge and Qualifications

• Program interventions implementation related to Early Warning monitoring and effective performance in emergency response, Disaster Risk Management etc
• Computer literate,
• Providing technical support and/ or strong organizational skills is required.
• Capacity of community mobilization, facilitation and project management skill, enrolling participatory assessment and Early Warning monitoring experience is required,
• NGO experience is preferred,
• Rapid Response Mechanism monitoring and implementation is preferred (Excellent experience infield level facilitation and coordination and report writing is also the added advantage)
• Safety net programs of food provision to the affected communities groups as well as school feeding programmers for children is an advantage.
• Other: Analysis/assessment related to Anticipatory Action/ early action related areas

Number of employees needed 2.

Working location

- Jinka

- Borena, Yabelo

Applicant Types Accepted: