Ethiopia: Emergency Shelter & Non Food Items Cluster Coordinator (ES/NFI–CC)-P3-Ethiopia - Ethiopia

CANADEM is seeking individuals with previous relevant experience who are fluent in English and are available for an immediate deployment to Ethiopia with OCHA 3-6 months contract .

Please see job description below.

Title: Emergency Shelter / Non Food Items Cluster Coordinator

Ethiopia has been hit with a disaster on top of the existing drought. Widespread flash flooding and river flooding have displaced an estimated 43,000 households (215,000 persons) in April and early May alone. The belg (spring) rains have come late, and are expected to merge with the meher (summer) rains further exacerbating the impact of flooding into September. The GOE/National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC) has for all intents and purposes declared a national emergency around flooding, with Emergency Shelter / Non-Food Items (ES/NFI) the top priority. Indeed, for a population already suffering from malnutrition and decimated livelihoods as a result of the drought, the loss of shelter is immediately life-threatening. OCHA, the Humanitarian Coordinator and the Government of Ethiopia have agreed that ES/NFI is a priority intervention, but the ES/NFI Cluster is underfunded. As ES/NFI cluster lead agency, IOM is leading the relief effort in coordination with WFP/Logistics cluster and working to identify an ES/NFI cluster coordinator but in the meantime, still requires the position to be filled by June at the and looking for support from standby personnel partners.

He/she in particular will have the following duties:

1. Lead the development of a comprehensive cluster strategy and tools that incorporate all phases of the clusters response, including preparedness, front line response and capacity building;

a. Draft and revise when necessary Emergency Shelter and NFI specific documents; strategies, guidelines, cluster’s ToRs.

b. Provide timely cluster analysis, leading to a joint identification of gaps and development of cluster-specific response strategies; ensure that cluster strategies are adequately reflected in overall country strategies such as Ethiopia Humanitarian Requirements Document (HRD).

c. Draw lessons learned from the past activities in Ethiopia and revise strategies and action plans accordingly in the light of these and needs as they evolve.

d. Plan, coordinate and deliver training/capacity building opportunities to Emergency Shelter and NFI cluster partners, with a view to improving quality and efficiency of Emergency Shelter and NFI distributions across all states, including support efforts to strengthen the capacity of the national authorities and civil society.

e. Ensure integration of the IASC’s priority cross cutting issues (e.g human rights, HIV/AIDS. Age, community participatory approaches) and promote gender equality by ensuring that the needs of women and girls as well as men and boys are addressed.

1. Coordination and operationalization of the Emergency Shelter and NFI cluster at country and sub-national level,

a. Convene and Chair regular Emergency Shelter and NFI Cluster Coordination Meetings and co-chair with NDRMC the Food and Non Food Task Force meetings.

b. Identify, support and coordinate the establishment of Emergency Shelter and NFI cluster coordination at sub-national level through focal points across all states of Ethiopia, to enable effective and coordinated field-level strategy, emergency preparedness and response.

c. Secure commitments from participants in responding to needs and filling gaps, ensuring an appropriate distribution of responsibilities, with clearly defined focal points for specific issues where necessary.

d. Promote/encourage participants to work collectively, ensuring the complementarity of the various stakeholders’ actions.

e. In consultation with cluster partners, plan and participate in inter-agency needs assessments as required.

f. Coordinate Emergency Shelter and NFI distributions with cluster partners, NDRMC as well as with other clusters involved in responding to the needs.

g. Identify country level needs for stockpiling of ES/NFIs and coordinate closely with IOM EPC Programme Coordinator and with ES/NFI partners to ensure the strategic pre-positioning of NFIs and Emergency Shelter materials throughout the country.

h. Promote the integration of the IASC’s agreed priority cross-cutting issues, namely human rights, HIV/AIDS, age, gender and environment, utilizing participatory and community based approaches.

1. Advocacy on behalf of the cluster and cluster members:

a. Advocate on behalf of the cluster for donors to fund priority sector activities and for sufficient funding of all Emergency Shelter and NFI partners, while at the same time encouraging cluster partners to mobilize resources for their activities through their usual channels.

b. Act as an honest broker and provide leadership and strategic direction to cluster partners in submitting project proposals for inclusion in Humanitarian Response Fund, Consolidated CERF requests and other inter-agency funding appeals and ensure that agreed cluster strategies/priorities are adequately reflected in appeal documents.

1. Monitoring and reporting of cluster activities

a. Preparation and dissemination of the Emergency Shelter and NFI cluster regular updates.

b. Ensure to the extent possible that cluster partners use common standards to review impact of the cluster and progress against implementation plans as well as tools for information and data management, including in needs assessments and monitoring.

c. Ensure adequate reporting and information sharing, both within the cluster and with other clusters and OCHA; collect 4W (Who/What/When/Where) information from partners and provide information to relevant inter-agency coordination body so it can be processed and redistributed at the cluster level and to other stakeholders; ensure that updated and relevant cluster-specific information is included in general reports, common web platforms; OCHA Situation Reports, OCHA Humanitarian Dashboard, etc.

d. Any other activities required to ensure the smooth running of the shelter cluster.

1. OTHERS

a. Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

Behavioral

Accountability

• Accepts and gives constructive criticism

• Follows relevant procedures, processes and policies

• Meets deadlines, cost and quality requirements for outputs

• Monitors own work and correct errors

• Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings

Client Orientation

• Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work

• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients

• Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients including donors, governments and project beneficiaries

• Keeps clients informed of developments and setbacks

Continuous Learning

• Contributes to colleagues’ learning

• Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills

• Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas

• Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area

Communication

• Actively shares relevant information

• Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on changing priorities and procedures

• Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience

• Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience

• Good communicator with strong interpersonal and negotiations skills to deal with persons of various cultural and educational backgrounds.

Creativity and Initiative

• Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems

Leadership and Negotiation

• Convinces others to share resources

• Presents goals as shared interests

Planning and Organizing

• Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self and others

• Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others

• Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers

• Identifies risks and makes contingency plans

• Adjust priorities and plans to achieve goals

• Allocates appropriate times and resources for own work and that of team members

Professionalism

• Masters subject matter related to responsibilities

• Identifies issues, opportunities and risks central to responsibilities

• Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives and concerns and promotes equal gender participation

• Persistent, calm and polite in the face of challenges and stress

• Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity

• Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts

• Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration solutions

Teamwork

• Actively contributes to an effective, collegial and agreeable team environment

• Contributes to, and follows team objectives

• Give credit where credit is due

• Seeks input and feedback from others

• Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate

• Actively supports and implements final group decisions

• Take joint responsibility for team’s work

Technological Awareness

• Learns about developments in available technology

• Proactively identifies and advocates for cost efficient technology solutions

• Understands applicability and limitation of technology and seeks to apply it to appropriate work

Technical

• Proficiency in basic computer software such as MS Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Word, sofware, GIS, AutoCAD considered an asset.

• Effectively interfaces with stakeholders of appropriate level on matters related to Shelter/NFI issues and the work of IOM;

• Effectively applies knowledge of Shelter/NFIs issues within the cluster and organizational context;

• Technical and programmatic skills in emergency shelter and NFI. Knowledge of other technical fields / clusters will be an asset;

Education and Experience

a) Completed advanced university degree from an accredited academic institution in Social Sciences, Disaster Management, International relations, Conflict Management, Human Rights/ Law, shelter-related sciences (e.g. architecture, engineering) or equivalent experience.

b) Minimum seven years of experience in humanitarian response or related field (operational field experience a must / emergency experience preferred)

c) Experience project in implementation and management experience, including project monitoring and reporting an advantage.

d) Knowledge of shelter-related technical guidelines and standards

Language

English