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26-July-2024
INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL VACANCY ADVERTISEMENT For Support Service Director Country Office: Ethiopia Work Base:[Addis Ababa] Availability: As Soon As Possible Salary Scale: EMS - 10 Insurance - (Life, Group Personal Accident and Medical Insurances are covered upon the organization policies). Seniority Allowance – paid depending on the years of service. Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply for this position. |
About Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is an international, non-governmental humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger through implementing relief and development programs in different countries of the world.
Action Against Hunger was established in 1979 and has led the global fight against hunger for more than 40 years in over 50 countries, saving the lives of children and working with communities before and after disasters to enable people provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong and build prosperous communities. Working with communities in such humanitarian context, we recognize that our programs and operations put out teams in contact with children and vulnerable adults who may be particularly at risk of harm and abuse.
About the Country Program in Ethiopia
Action Against Hunger’s Ethiopia country office was established in 1985 in response to severe drought and subsequent famine, implementing relief and development projects in Tigray, Amhara and Oromia regions. Action against Hunger currently operates in six regions of Ethiopia (Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, Gambella, Somali, Oromia and Tigray) and in Addis Ababa city administration responding to different crisis and building people’s resilience through a multi-sectoral strategy where nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support activities are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience.
With more than 8,900+staff in over 50 countries, last year, we helped 28 million children and their families across 55 countries. We have a country team of over 900 staff in 17 regional and satellite offices. Our main donors in Ethiopia in 2023/24 are BHA, ECHO, EU RESET, UNHCR, UNICEF, GAC, GFFO, BPRM, SIDA, EHF, FAO, WFP, CIAA, Dutch Government and others.
I. Summary of position
As member of the Senior Management Team, the Support Services Director will be based in Addis Ababa with frequent travels to the field. He/She will oversee supply chain, logistical support to program activities and ICT in adherence to the laid down policies and procedures. S/he will provide direct operational support (logistics, administration, ICT and Security) in program implementation and delivery in Ethiopia. The Support Services Director reports to the Country Director.
The Support Services Director provides leadership and management of supply chain, logistics, ICT and security management to ensure quality support to program delivery in line with Action Against Hunger Ethiopia Country Strategy, internal policies, good practice and donor guidelines. She/he will follow up on implementation of internal and external audit recommendations in operational areas. The Support Services Director will support the Country Director to ensure all program interventions are implemented and delivered timely and of quality at field level.
The Support Services Director will represent Action Against Hunger in coordination and planning engagements with relevant stakeholders in areas of logistics, supply chain, ICT and security management. In addition, the position holder will provide operational support to Field Coordinators on program delivery, track and support the implementation.
She/he will externally engage and liaise with local authorities, donors, humanitarian actors and other stakeholders at Country and State levels for exchange of information.
The position holder will establish performance metrics, which will support sustained delivery in line with beneficiaries’ needs and broader departmental needs, create where needed and adapt operations processes, procedures and approaches that accelerate timely and quality delivery of services.
Establishes quality standards that ensure substantive deliverables are consistent and uphold the organization reputation; turns new concepts/approaches into functional reality through creation of metrics and standards that enable program/service delivery
II. Essential Job Functions: Supply chain, logistics, ICT and security management:
III. Supervisory Responsibilities
IV. Physical Demands
V. Working Conditions, Travel and Environment:
VI. Gender Equality and Safeguarding Commitments:
VII. Fiscal Responsibility
VIII. Required Qualifications and Professional Experience:
Required Skills, Competencies & Attributes:
How To Apply
If you are interested, please send your application composed of nonreturnable CV, a Covering Letter with “Support Service Director-Addis Ababa” written in the subject line, and three references, applicants to the following addresses:
Through www.ethiojobs.net
Deadline: Sunday 04-August-2024
NB: Only shortlisted applicants will be communicated, and the selection process includes a
technical test and an interview.
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