JOB TITLE: Advocacy Advisor Consultant - Humanitarian and Education

TYPE OF CONTRACT: 3 month consultancy

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Advocacy Adviser Consultant will lead our influencing work in the African Union (AU) on humanitarian issues, peace and security and education - engaging widely with the AU Commission and delegations, and civil society organisations active in this arena. He or she will make a key contribution to our global advocacy success in these thematic areas, especially our organisational breakthrough of ensuring that children in humanitarian crises have access to a quality education

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES

INTERNAL

1. AU Liaison & Pan Africa Office


2. Strategy implementation

Lead the implementation of an ambitious strategy

inspired by:

• the emerging trend of violation and abuse of the rights and welfare of children affected by armed conflicts in Africa. In particular, prioritise the protection of education from attack by armed groups


• the demand for sustained investment for humanitarian education


• the humanitarian advocacy capacity needs of Save the Children Country Offices in Africa


• an analysis of the key and influential actors in the African Union

1. Humanitarian and Education Unit in AULPAO

Lead the operation of a humanitarian and education advocacy unit with broad ranging mandates including but not limited to the following key components:

• Protection of Education and Safe School Advocacy- Safe School Guidelines Advocacy, Policy Reforms & implementation


• Humanitarian Child Protection Advocacy-*children affected by natural disasters, children participating in armed conflicts (victims), sexual abuse of children* during armed conflicts


• Humanitarian Education Investment Advocacy-*Resource mobilization and sustained investment in Refugee Education advocacy*

1. Driving internal synergy

Establish a mutually supportive relationship with the Child Rights Governance function in the AULPAO

1. Engaging with Advocacy Offices in Geneva, Brussels and NY

Motivated by opportunities for accessing global information, technical support and funding opportunities, build and sustain mutual relationships with key contacts in these offices.

1. West &Central as well as East and Southern Africa Regions

Building relationships with the Regional Advocacy key contacts to enable Country-

Office Regional Office-Continental level advocacy engagements

1. Humanitarian Advocacy Working Group (HAWG)-SCI UK

Engage with the group for information sharing and technical support by participating in the weekly meetings and/or through engaging individual members.

1. Education Global Initiative-SCI

Engage collectively and/or bilaterally with the global team based on an analysis of where to access strategic technical support as well as for AU-Global level information sharing and learning.

1. Save the Children, Members

Identify and engage selected contacts based on their interest of contributing to the achievement of the humanitarian and education strategic objectives in Africa.

EXTERNAL

1. Advocacy at the Africa Union


2. a) Engaging the AU Peace and Security Architecture

• Promote a closer collaboration between the PAO and the Committee of Experts through establishing a working relationship with the Secretariat to further leverage CAAC issues in Member States, especially ensuring safe schools in CAR and South Sudan.


• Work closely with the Child Protection function of the PSC to enable understanding of the dynamics of decision making in the AUPSA that helps in leveraging CAAC issues.


• Identify and target key PRC members to champion the safe school agenda, especially in CAR and South Sudan


• Establish a working relationship with the Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) that promotes knowledge and inventory on policy decisions/outcomes on safe schools and identifies policy gaps for a possible review.


• Collaborate with the Defence and Security Division of the PSOD in creating awareness among Member States on the Safe School Guidelines.


• Identify and collaborate with key initiatives/projects in PSOD that have the potential of protecting the rights and welfare of children affected by armed conflicts in Africa.eg The Regional Initiative on LRA and the Office of the Special Envoy of Women (Children) ,Peace and Security.

1. b) Engaging at the Political Affairs Department

• Advocate for the promotion of inter departmental collaboration that promotes policy outcomes on the protection of education from attack during armed conflicts


• Actively participate in cluster meetings to advocate for the prioritisation of child protection in the Protection of Civilians agenda

1. c) Engaging at the AU Education Science Technology and Innovation Department

• Identify and target Education cluster platforms to influence policy decisions in favor of quality learning outcomes for children in Africa


• Actively participate and influence policy platforms in favour of: sustained and more investment in education and especially during emergencies; protection of education from attack during emergencies; stronger inter -departmental collaboration between education and the humanitarian divisions for ensuring safe schools policy outcomes and implementation in Member States

1. d) Engaging at the AU Commission

Strategically target the Office of the Chairperson and/or other Commissioners, informed by an analysis that assures the best use of time and the greatest advocacy opportunity.

1. e**. Collaboration with NGOs/CSOs working with the AU**

Identify child focused and like -minded Humanitarian/Education/peace and security NGOs and establish a workable mechanism of collaboration that ensures relevant information sharing and facilitates joint advocacy actions during key moments/ opportunities at the AU level; ensuring that this relationship also re-enforces partnerships at local-national-RECs levels, if possible

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

The Advocacy Advisor will:

• Advocate for change with key AU policy makers and decision makers on humanitarian, peace and security and education agendas (and on the interface between these issues)


• Build and maintain advocacy networks with influential allies, within the AU and among civil society, recognising that we cannot achieve the change we want by ourselves


• Deliver ambitious plans to engage and influence the AU on humanitarian and education agendas, in line with agreed organisational objectives, and provide strategic insight to help shape wider Save the Children advocacy efforts in these areas


• Build profile and credibility for Save the Children, by being a convincing spokesperson for the organisation, a source of knowledge and analysis, and through personal commitment to our values and mission

****Be a strong member of the Addis team**, actively participating in building a strong global advocacy office that is networked within the wider organisation and has strong links to Africa Country Offices, the other advocacy offices and members**

How to apply please use https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en, since the prevous link used on ethiojobs is no more functioning. (But now I have edited that as ethijobs called Mehebuba and informed her)

JOB TITLE: Advocacy Advisor Consultant - Humanitarian and Education

TYPE OF CONTRACT: 3 month consultancy

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Advocacy Adviser Consultant will lead our influencing work in the African Union (AU) on humanitarian issues, peace and security and education - engaging widely with the AU Commission and delegations, and civil society organisations active in this arena. He or she will make a key contribution to our global advocacy success in these thematic areas, especially our organisational breakthrough of ensuring that children in humanitarian crises have access to a quality education

KEY RESPONSIBILTIES

INTERNAL

1. AU Liaison & Pan Africa Office


2. Strategy implementation

Lead the implementation of an ambitious strategy

inspired by:

• the emerging trend of violation and abuse of the rights and welfare of children affected by armed conflicts in Africa. In particular, prioritise the protection of education from attack by armed groups


• the demand for sustained investment for humanitarian education


• the humanitarian advocacy capacity needs of Save the Children Country Offices in Africa


• an analysis of the key and influential actors in the African Union

1. Humanitarian and Education Unit in AULPAO

Lead the operation of a humanitarian and education advocacy unit with broad ranging mandates including but not limited to the following key components:

• Protection of Education and Safe School Advocacy- Safe School Guidelines Advocacy, Policy Reforms & implementation


• Humanitarian Child Protection Advocacy-*children affected by natural disasters, children participating in armed conflicts (victims), sexual abuse of children* during armed conflicts


• Humanitarian Education Investment Advocacy-*Resource mobilization and sustained investment in Refugee Education advocacy*

1. Driving internal synergy

Establish a mutually supportive relationship with the Child Rights Governance function in the AULPAO

1. Engaging with Advocacy Offices in Geneva, Brussels and NY

Motivated by opportunities for accessing global information, technical support and funding opportunities, build and sustain mutual relationships with key contacts in these offices.

1. West &Central as well as East and Southern Africa Regions

Building relationships with the Regional Advocacy key contacts to enable Country-

Office Regional Office-Continental level advocacy engagements

1. Humanitarian Advocacy Working Group (HAWG)-SCI UK

Engage with the group for information sharing and technical support by participating in the weekly meetings and/or through engaging individual members.

1. Education Global Initiative-SCI

Engage collectively and/or bilaterally with the global team based on an analysis of where to access strategic technical support as well as for AU-Global level information sharing and learning.

1. Save the Children, Members

Identify and engage selected contacts based on their interest of contributing to the achievement of the humanitarian and education strategic objectives in Africa.

EXTERNAL

1. Advocacy at the Africa Union


2. a) Engaging the AU Peace and Security Architecture

• Promote a closer collaboration between the PAO and the Committee of Experts through establishing a working relationship with the Secretariat to further leverage CAAC issues in Member States, especially ensuring safe schools in CAR and South Sudan.


• Work closely with the Child Protection function of the PSC to enable understanding of the dynamics of decision making in the AUPSA that helps in leveraging CAAC issues.


• Identify and target key PRC members to champion the safe school agenda, especially in CAR and South Sudan


• Establish a working relationship with the Peace Support Operations Division (PSOD) that promotes knowledge and inventory on policy decisions/outcomes on safe schools and identifies policy gaps for a possible review.


• Collaborate with the Defence and Security Division of the PSOD in creating awareness among Member States on the Safe School Guidelines.


• Identify and collaborate with key initiatives/projects in PSOD that have the potential of protecting the rights and welfare of children affected by armed conflicts in Africa.eg The Regional Initiative on LRA and the Office of the Special Envoy of Women (Children) ,Peace and Security.

1. b) Engaging at the Political Affairs Department

• Advocate for the promotion of inter departmental collaboration that promotes policy outcomes on the protection of education from attack during armed conflicts


• Actively participate in cluster meetings to advocate for the prioritisation of child protection in the Protection of Civilians agenda

1. c) Engaging at the AU Education Science Technology and Innovation Department

• Identify and target Education cluster platforms to influence policy decisions in favor of quality learning outcomes for children in Africa


• Actively participate and influence policy platforms in favour of: sustained and more investment in education and especially during emergencies; protection of education from attack during emergencies; stronger inter -departmental collaboration between education and the humanitarian divisions for ensuring safe schools policy outcomes and implementation in Member States

1. d) Engaging at the AU Commission

Strategically target the Office of the Chairperson and/or other Commissioners, informed by an analysis that assures the best use of time and the greatest advocacy opportunity.

1. e**. Collaboration with NGOs/CSOs working with the AU**

Identify child focused and like -minded Humanitarian/Education/peace and security NGOs and establish a workable mechanism of collaboration that ensures relevant information sharing and facilitates joint advocacy actions during key moments/ opportunities at the AU level; ensuring that this relationship also re-enforces partnerships at local-national-RECs levels, if possible

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

The Advocacy Advisor will:

• Advocate for change with key AU policy makers and decision makers on humanitarian, peace and security and education agendas (and on the interface between these issues)


• Build and maintain advocacy networks with influential allies, within the AU and among civil society, recognising that we cannot achieve the change we want by ourselves


• Deliver ambitious plans to engage and influence the AU on humanitarian and education agendas, in line with agreed organisational objectives, and provide strategic insight to help shape wider Save the Children advocacy efforts in these areas


• Build profile and credibility for Save the Children, by being a convincing spokesperson for the organisation, a source of knowledge and analysis, and through personal commitment to our values and mission

****Be a strong member of the Addis team**, actively participating in building a strong global advocacy office that is networked within the wider organisation and has strong links to Africa Country Offices, the other advocacy offices and members**

How to apply please use https://stcuk.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobsearch.ftl?lang=en, since the prevous link used on ethiojobs is no more functioning. (But now I have edited that as ethijobs called Mehebuba and informed her)

The IRC began its programming in Ethiopia in 2000 by supporting refugees from neighboring countries and Ethiopians in crisis-affected and underserved communities. The IRC currently provides multisector assistance for both emergency response and long-term resilience building in Ethiopia, serving more than 660,000 refugees across 21 camps and over 2.5 million vulnerable Ethiopians in several regions. The IRC provides children, youth and adults with safe, quality educational opportunities that help them learn the skills they need to survive and thrive.

Position Description:

IRC is seeking a Senior Early Childhood Education (ECE) Technical Advisor for an upcoming five-year, multi-million-dollar USAID-funded ECE Activity in Ethiopia. The project seeks to strengthen Ethiopia’s ECE systems by administering systems strengthening interventions which promote high-quality and responsive Early Childhood Development (ECD) at the federal, regional, woreda, kebele, and household levels. The Senior Technical Advisor will be based out of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The ECE Technical Advisor will provide technical leadership on the project and provide technical expertise on education systems strengthening interventions which promote ECD and education.

This full-time position will report to the Chief of Party and is contingent on USAID Approval and successful award of the project.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on content development and adaptation, key technical focal point for conversations with Ministries or other key Ed stakeholders,

• Development, deployment and effective utilization of outstanding ECE curriculum, resources and materials to support quality assurance of early learning and ECE programs

• Provide technical guidance, coordination and oversight for ECE program design and field implementation, ensuring that programs are responsive and of high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective and scalable;

• Represent IRC as the ECE technical lead at strategic meetings and events;

• Establish and strengthen productive and beneficial relationships with ECE-focused organizations and networks, technical experts, government agencies and donors within the region, in coordination with the Chief of Party

• Regular communication and coordination with the Chief of Party and key home office staff on technical and project management issues;

• Manage the ECE technical team and strengthen the technical capacity of staff to implement high quality education programs;

• Conduct regular visits to project sites, as possible, to provide technical assistance and ensure proper implementation and monitoring of project activities;

• Produce inputs to monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports for the Chief of Party and donors, as needed.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD or MA) from an accredited university in Early Childhood Education, or related field;

• At least 10 years’ experience managing technical assistance for ECE programming, with at least four years of experience with work, preferably in the East Africa region and/or Ethiopia

• Significant prior experience with ECE programming

• Experience in technical tools and materials development, ECE systems analysis and strengthening, and monitoring and evaluation in relation to ECE is highly desired.

• Experience in strategy development and working across Sectors or disciplines is highly desired

• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other stakeholders;

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written;

• Fluency in English required.

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

The IRC began its programming in Ethiopia in 2000 by supporting refugees from neighboring countries and Ethiopians in crisis-affected and underserved communities. The IRC currently provides multisector assistance for both emergency response and long-term resilience building in Ethiopia, serving more than 660,000 refugees across 21 camps and over 2.5 million vulnerable Ethiopians in several regions. The IRC provides children, youth and adults with safe, quality educational opportunities that help them learn the skills they need to survive and thrive.

Position Description:

IRC is seeking a Senior Early Childhood Education (ECE) Technical Advisor for an upcoming five-year, multi-million-dollar USAID-funded ECE Activity in Ethiopia. The project seeks to strengthen Ethiopia’s ECE systems by administering systems strengthening interventions which promote high-quality and responsive Early Childhood Development (ECD) at the federal, regional, woreda, kebele, and household levels. The Senior Technical Advisor will be based out of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The ECE Technical Advisor will provide technical leadership on the project and provide technical expertise on education systems strengthening interventions which promote ECD and education.

This full-time position will report to the Chief of Party and is contingent on USAID Approval and successful award of the project.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on content development and adaptation, key technical focal point for conversations with Ministries or other key Ed stakeholders,

• Development, deployment and effective utilization of outstanding ECE curriculum, resources and materials to support quality assurance of early learning and ECE programs

• Provide technical guidance, coordination and oversight for ECE program design and field implementation, ensuring that programs are responsive and of high quality, evidence-based, cost-effective and scalable;

• Represent IRC as the ECE technical lead at strategic meetings and events;

• Establish and strengthen productive and beneficial relationships with ECE-focused organizations and networks, technical experts, government agencies and donors within the region, in coordination with the Chief of Party

• Regular communication and coordination with the Chief of Party and key home office staff on technical and project management issues;

• Manage the ECE technical team and strengthen the technical capacity of staff to implement high quality education programs;

• Conduct regular visits to project sites, as possible, to provide technical assistance and ensure proper implementation and monitoring of project activities;

• Produce inputs to monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports for the Chief of Party and donors, as needed.

Requirements

• Advanced degree (PhD or MA) from an accredited university in Early Childhood Education, or related field;

• At least 10 years’ experience managing technical assistance for ECE programming, with at least four years of experience with work, preferably in the East Africa region and/or Ethiopia

• Significant prior experience with ECE programming

• Experience in technical tools and materials development, ECE systems analysis and strengthening, and monitoring and evaluation in relation to ECE is highly desired.

• Experience in strategy development and working across Sectors or disciplines is highly desired

• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to develop relations with local counterparts, donors, and other stakeholders;

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written;

• Fluency in English required.

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Overview of CTG:

• CTG support and manage humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world. With past performance in 15 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and Central and South America – we offer a holistic fabric of project management, implementation and support. Skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, we have the ability to act quickly (crisis response teams can be on the ground in 24 hours) and to establish structured operations in high-risk environments. CTG recruit and manage qualified, skilled teams with extensive experience operating in challenging conditions.

Overview of the position:

• With the evolving operational context in Tigray region, where our client is expected to serve upto 2.1 million beneficiaries with upto 40,000 MT of relief & nutrition cargo every round, our client is not looking into revamping operations to continue to move food assistance.


• They are now expected to also mobilize & manage dedicated fuel operations inside Tigray region to refuel commercial trucks to enable delivery of food, considering the lack of fuel availability in the commercial market inside Tigray region. Our client forecasts need to mobilize upto 0.5 million liters of fuel every round, to support their food operations.


• The incumbent is expected to coordinate the mobilization of fuel from upstream, receive, manage fuel & equipment on the ground & ensure timely refueling of trucks & accounting accordingly to support payment to service providers.

Role objective:

Fuel procurement / payment:

• Coordinate the fuel requirements & mobilization into Tigray region to allocated hubs.


• Liaise with Country Office (CO) in fuel requirements, replenishment plans & cycles, fuel modality (tankers, fuel stations, etc.).


• Establish protocols & SOPs in refueling trucks, ensuring proper accountability & accounting of fuel from receipt to deployment to trucks.


• Secure appropriate facilities on the ground to ensure an efficient refueling operations.


• On daily basis compile reports from all locations into the refueling report.


• Make sure there is adequate amount of funds available with fuel suppliers to avoid any disruption in the operation.


• Report fuel consumption, on fuel consumption, in details per truck / Driver name etc. to the Fleet Manager.


• Review of our clients overall payment balance to ensure that it is accurate.

Manage bulk fuel program:

• Ensure all bulk fuel deliveries are scheduled on time, that all fuel equipment & storage meet the needs of each sub office.


• Based on CO leadership guidance, ensure adequate fuel reserves in case of emergency.


• Coordinate with fuel company personnel to ensure consistent fuel supply.


• Follow appropriate internal controls & protocols.

Inventory management:

• Create daily fuel inventory & usage reports to share with the Country Fleet Manager.


• Upon receipt of fuel tankers, properly account & confirm the quantities received to support payments to suppliers.


• Ensure daily fuel burn rate is monitored & all utilization is properly accounted for.

Training & compliance:

• Provide fuel management training.


• Train Sub Office Fuel Clerks in inventory management & Quality Control (QC).


• Ensure that minimum Health, Safety & Environmental (HS&E) requirements are met in full.


• Train Drivers on use of bulk fuel facilities & equipment (as needed).

Contingency planning:

• Develop fuel management contingency plans in case of fuel shortage or other supply chain disruption.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Advise management on the fuel pipeline status, opportunities for cost savings & potential areas for improvement, conduct price forecasting.


• Occasional travel, as required to support with fleet trucks operations management, in support to Tigray emergency & our clients operations.


• Support in the analysis, identification & procurement process & paper work for fuels for our clients fleet trucks.


• Support in the management of the Fleet Management System (FMS) & associated data entry & management in the system regarding the trucks & fuel.


• Reconcile fuel data in the Fleet management System (FMS), LESS & GPS to ensure that the amount of fuel used matches the distance travelled.


• Support in the monitoring & reporting on the vehicle performance indicators.


• Review & escalate high value or suspicious transactions.


• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Project reporting:

• This role reports to the Supervisor.

Team management:

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Geographical experience:

• Minimum of 3 year of experience in Africa (essential).

Key competencies:

• Strong knowledge of transport economics, supply chain, logistics, engineering, business management or other related field, additional years of related work experience & / or training / courses.


• 3 years of experience working in humanitarian logistics & / or in the fleet management operations.


• Experience in commercial or humanitarian transportation sectors.


• Experience monitoring & reporting on transport & freight market conditions & trends.


• Experience in communication & reporting.


• Experience in working with logistics systems (databases, software).


• Fluency in oral & written communication in English.

Other relevant information:

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.

Overview of CTG:

• CTG support and manage humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world. With past performance in 15 countries – from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and Central and South America – we offer a holistic fabric of project management, implementation and support. Skilled in emergency response to crises such as the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, we have the ability to act quickly (crisis response teams can be on the ground in 24 hours) and to establish structured operations in high-risk environments. CTG recruit and manage qualified, skilled teams with extensive experience operating in challenging conditions.

Overview of the position:

• With the evolving operational context in Tigray region, where our client is expected to serve upto 2.1 million beneficiaries with upto 40,000 MT of relief & nutrition cargo every round, our client is not looking into revamping operations to continue to move food assistance.


• They are now expected to also mobilize & manage dedicated fuel operations inside Tigray region to refuel commercial trucks to enable delivery of food, considering the lack of fuel availability in the commercial market inside Tigray region. Our client forecasts need to mobilize upto 0.5 million liters of fuel every round, to support their food operations.


• The incumbent is expected to coordinate the mobilization of fuel from upstream, receive, manage fuel & equipment on the ground & ensure timely refueling of trucks & accounting accordingly to support payment to service providers.

Role objective:

Fuel procurement / payment:

• Coordinate the fuel requirements & mobilization into Tigray region to allocated hubs.


• Liaise with Country Office (CO) in fuel requirements, replenishment plans & cycles, fuel modality (tankers, fuel stations, etc.).


• Establish protocols & SOPs in refueling trucks, ensuring proper accountability & accounting of fuel from receipt to deployment to trucks.


• Secure appropriate facilities on the ground to ensure an efficient refueling operations.


• On daily basis compile reports from all locations into the refueling report.


• Make sure there is adequate amount of funds available with fuel suppliers to avoid any disruption in the operation.


• Report fuel consumption, on fuel consumption, in details per truck / Driver name etc. to the Fleet Manager.


• Review of our clients overall payment balance to ensure that it is accurate.

Manage bulk fuel program:

• Ensure all bulk fuel deliveries are scheduled on time, that all fuel equipment & storage meet the needs of each sub office.


• Based on CO leadership guidance, ensure adequate fuel reserves in case of emergency.


• Coordinate with fuel company personnel to ensure consistent fuel supply.


• Follow appropriate internal controls & protocols.

Inventory management:

• Create daily fuel inventory & usage reports to share with the Country Fleet Manager.


• Upon receipt of fuel tankers, properly account & confirm the quantities received to support payments to suppliers.


• Ensure daily fuel burn rate is monitored & all utilization is properly accounted for.

Training & compliance:

• Provide fuel management training.


• Train Sub Office Fuel Clerks in inventory management & Quality Control (QC).


• Ensure that minimum Health, Safety & Environmental (HS&E) requirements are met in full.


• Train Drivers on use of bulk fuel facilities & equipment (as needed).

Contingency planning:

• Develop fuel management contingency plans in case of fuel shortage or other supply chain disruption.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Advise management on the fuel pipeline status, opportunities for cost savings & potential areas for improvement, conduct price forecasting.


• Occasional travel, as required to support with fleet trucks operations management, in support to Tigray emergency & our clients operations.


• Support in the analysis, identification & procurement process & paper work for fuels for our clients fleet trucks.


• Support in the management of the Fleet Management System (FMS) & associated data entry & management in the system regarding the trucks & fuel.


• Reconcile fuel data in the Fleet management System (FMS), LESS & GPS to ensure that the amount of fuel used matches the distance travelled.


• Support in the monitoring & reporting on the vehicle performance indicators.


• Review & escalate high value or suspicious transactions.


• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Project reporting:

• This role reports to the Supervisor.

Team management:

• This role has no team management responsibility.

Geographical experience:

• Minimum of 3 year of experience in Africa (essential).

Key competencies:

• Strong knowledge of transport economics, supply chain, logistics, engineering, business management or other related field, additional years of related work experience & / or training / courses.


• 3 years of experience working in humanitarian logistics & / or in the fleet management operations.


• Experience in commercial or humanitarian transportation sectors.


• Experience monitoring & reporting on transport & freight market conditions & trends.


• Experience in communication & reporting.


• Experience in working with logistics systems (databases, software).


• Fluency in oral & written communication in English.

Other relevant information:

• Qualified female candidates are encouraged to apply for this role.

BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH

IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS, and manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction, and development contexts. REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). The organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.

We are currently looking for a Senior Assessment Officer to support our REACH team in northern Ethiopia.

Position: Senior Assessment Officer

Unit: Humanitarian Situation Monitoring (HSM) Unit – Tigray

Contract duration: 6 months

Location: Mekele and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Starting Date: ASAP

COUNTRY PROFILE

The humanitarian access situation in Tigray remains volatile, with active hostilities reported across the region. The presence of multiple armed groups further complicates movement of humanitarian convoys and personnel. Access to rural areas remains particularly limited or in some case impossible, preventing the expansion of humanitarian interventions to the so-far unreached areas and preventing accurate assessment of needs.

Overall, food security has deteriorated across the region, especially since the conflict erupted during the harvest season. The interim Regional Administration has estimated that 5.2 million people are now in need of food assistance. Further deterioration is expected as the conflict continues through the typical ‘lean season’ months for the region, while simultaneously disrupting the next planting season. Nutrition partners have expressed concern that the significant number of moderately malnourished cases identified so far will become severely malnourished unless the food and nutrition responses are urgently scaled up. Of the 117,035 children screened from February until mid-April, more than 25,647 moderately malnourished (MAM) and over 3,458

severely malnourished (SAM) cases have been identified. This lack of operational access has made real-time monitoring of food security and establishing representative samples at cluster level extremely difficult. These barriers have led to critical information gaps in terms of the food security on the Tigray population overall.

REACH is planning on running a dual assessment approach that aims to provide multisectoral analysis with a food security and nutrition focus on both inaccessible and accessible areas. This is designed to provide as near comprehensive coverage of the region as possible considering the current access constraints and one element of this approach has already been started in the Humanitarian Situation Monitoring project.

POSITION PROFILE

FUNCTIONS

Under the supervision of the Research Manager, the Senior Assessment Officer will be responsible for the management and implementation of multiple rounds of a food security and nutrition focused assessment, including activity design, strategic engagements, and external coordination. S/he/they will also be responsible for related logistics, partner coordination, reporting and finance requirements and will be required to provide input to the strategic development of IMPACT/ REACH in country and region.

Summary

The REACH Senior Assessment Officer shall be responsible for:

· In coordination with the Research Manager, serve as the technical lead on designing and implementing REACH thematic assessment cycles on household food security and nutrition;

· Ensure that assessment approaches are implemented in a structured and aligned with response-wide information needs and decision-making milestones;

· Directly line management of REACH Assessment Officer(s), with cross-team support to GIS, Data, and Field teams;

· In coordination with the Research Manager and other team members, assure external representation of REACH with donors, partners and the wider aid community through clusters and sectoral working groups;

· Coordinate timely and accurate reporting to IMPACT Headquarters.

1) ASSESSMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION 1.1 Management of assessment processes

· The SAO is responsible for designing the methodology and tools associated with each assessment, according to REACH requirements and principles. S/he/they will manage the planning, implementation, and follow-up of all REACH and project specific assessment activities conducted.

· The SAO is responsible for contributing to the implementation of assessment projects, and providing support to the development of assessment, database and GIS tools with the REACH team. This will specifically include, designing of data collection tools (household surveys, focus groups, and more); development or review of databases; contributing to GIS data collection procedures; and analysis of information to contribute to reports.

· The Senior Assessment Officer is responsible for consolidating all analyses and conclusions from each assessment into IMPACT products such as factsheets, reports and briefs using standard

formats. S/he/they must ensure the writing of timely and accurate assessment reports and factsheets, ensuring the quality and accuracy of technical information provided as well as the confidentiality and protection of collected information. S/he/they will ensure that assessment reports contribute to aid coordination and planning and add to the general base of field knowledge in the country for all organisations working in the areas.

· The Senior Assessment Officer will also store, organize and disseminate assessments, project documents and best practices among partners and potential partners. S/he/they will coordinate timely and accurate reporting to IMPACT.

· The SAO is responsible for managing logistics, financial, administration and HR processes directly related to REACH and liaise accordingly with the relevant support counterpart.

2) TECHNICAL REPRESENTATION

· The SAO is responsible for regular attendance and participation in Rapid Response Working Groups and response-wide prioritization workshops, providing support for the group in analysing and interpreting response-wide food security indicators, including REACH humanitarian situation monitoring data, market data, and other data sources to provide a nuanced understanding of priority areas for immediate FSL and nutrition responses.

· The Assessment Officer will further represent IMPACT vis-a-vis current and potential donors and communicate relevant information to the IMPACT Country Coordinator. S/he/they will participate in inter-NGO meetings and those of UN agencies and any other relevant inter-governmental institutions at the national or provincial level.

· More generally, the Assessment Officer is expected to contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organisation, notably through the application of IMPACT’s mandate, ethics, values and stand-point with regard to other actors.

3) INTERNAL COORDINATION

· The Senior Assessment Officer is responsible for day-to-day management of assessment officers working within the portfolio. S/he/they are expected to guide and direct IMPACT staff and prepare and follow up workplans with each staff member that directly reports to him/her. This will include the preparation of ToRs, observation of recruitment procedures by planning recruitment needs in advance, and undertake interviews. S/he/they is also responsible for the learning and growth of individuals under their direct management as well as informally across the team.

· The SAO shall provide technical support to Research Manager and Country Coordinator in terms of the preparation of new project proposals, development of programme strategies, implementation of project activities, and any other required reporting mechanisms.

· The SAO is responsible for the timely and accurate preparation of narrative and financial reports related to REACH activities in country through close liaison with the Project Development and Finance departments.

ACCOUNTABILITY TO COMMUNITIES AND BENEFICIARIES

The staff member is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities we work are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner. Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about IMPACT programme objectives, activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies. This is the responsibility of every IMPACT staff member.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND DATA PROTECTION

All IMPACT / REACH staff are expected to maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. S/he/they will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners, or collected during his/her assignment with IMPACT.

REQUIREMENTS

· At least 3 years of relevant working experience in humanitarian settings such as operational research, Food Security or Nutrition programming, coordination;

· Excellent academic qualifications, including a Master degree in relevant discipline;

· Excellent analytical skills;

· Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting;

· Excellent team management skills;

· Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;

· Familiarity with the aid system, and understanding of donor and governmental requirements;

· Prior knowledge of the region an asset;

· Fluency in English required;

· Ability to operation Microsoft Word, Excel and Project Management Software;

· Ability to operate R (or related statistical programming), and/ or GIS an asset;

· High level of autonomy and ability to work independently.

BACKGROUND ON IMPACT AND REACH

IMPACT Initiatives is a humanitarian NGO, based in Geneva, Switzerland. The IMPACT team comprises specialists in data collection, management and analysis and GIS, and manages several initiatives, including the REACH Initiative. REACH’s purpose is to promote and facilitate the development of information products that enhance the humanitarian community’s decision making and planning capacity for emergency, reconstruction, and development contexts. REACH facilitates information management for aid actors through three complementary services: (a) need and situation assessments facilitated by REACH teams; (b) situation analysis using satellite imagery; (c) provision of related database and (web)-mapping facilities and expertise.

REACH was born in 2010 as a joint initiative of two International NGOs (IMPACT Initiatives and ACTED) and the United Nations Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT). The organizations have a strong complementarity formalized in a global partnership, enabling IMPACT to benefit from ACTED’s operational support on its fields of intervention.

We are currently looking for a Senior Assessment Officer to support our REACH team in northern Ethiopia.

Position: Senior Assessment Officer

Unit: Humanitarian Situation Monitoring (HSM) Unit – Tigray

Contract duration: 6 months

Location: Mekele and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Starting Date: ASAP

COUNTRY PROFILE

The humanitarian access situation in Tigray remains volatile, with active hostilities reported across the region. The presence of multiple armed groups further complicates movement of humanitarian convoys and personnel. Access to rural areas remains particularly limited or in some case impossible, preventing the expansion of humanitarian interventions to the so-far unreached areas and preventing accurate assessment of needs.

Overall, food security has deteriorated across the region, especially since the conflict erupted during the harvest season. The interim Regional Administration has estimated that 5.2 million people are now in need of food assistance. Further deterioration is expected as the conflict continues through the typical ‘lean season’ months for the region, while simultaneously disrupting the next planting season. Nutrition partners have expressed concern that the significant number of moderately malnourished cases identified so far will become severely malnourished unless the food and nutrition responses are urgently scaled up. Of the 117,035 children screened from February until mid-April, more than 25,647 moderately malnourished (MAM) and over 3,458

severely malnourished (SAM) cases have been identified. This lack of operational access has made real-time monitoring of food security and establishing representative samples at cluster level extremely difficult. These barriers have led to critical information gaps in terms of the food security on the Tigray population overall.

REACH is planning on running a dual assessment approach that aims to provide multisectoral analysis with a food security and nutrition focus on both inaccessible and accessible areas. This is designed to provide as near comprehensive coverage of the region as possible considering the current access constraints and one element of this approach has already been started in the Humanitarian Situation Monitoring project.

POSITION PROFILE

FUNCTIONS

Under the supervision of the Research Manager, the Senior Assessment Officer will be responsible for the management and implementation of multiple rounds of a food security and nutrition focused assessment, including activity design, strategic engagements, and external coordination. S/he/they will also be responsible for related logistics, partner coordination, reporting and finance requirements and will be required to provide input to the strategic development of IMPACT/ REACH in country and region.

Summary

The REACH Senior Assessment Officer shall be responsible for:

· In coordination with the Research Manager, serve as the technical lead on designing and implementing REACH thematic assessment cycles on household food security and nutrition;

· Ensure that assessment approaches are implemented in a structured and aligned with response-wide information needs and decision-making milestones;

· Directly line management of REACH Assessment Officer(s), with cross-team support to GIS, Data, and Field teams;

· In coordination with the Research Manager and other team members, assure external representation of REACH with donors, partners and the wider aid community through clusters and sectoral working groups;

· Coordinate timely and accurate reporting to IMPACT Headquarters.

1) ASSESSMENT IMPLEMENTATION AND COORDINATION 1.1 Management of assessment processes

· The SAO is responsible for designing the methodology and tools associated with each assessment, according to REACH requirements and principles. S/he/they will manage the planning, implementation, and follow-up of all REACH and project specific assessment activities conducted.

· The SAO is responsible for contributing to the implementation of assessment projects, and providing support to the development of assessment, database and GIS tools with the REACH team. This will specifically include, designing of data collection tools (household surveys, focus groups, and more); development or review of databases; contributing to GIS data collection procedures; and analysis of information to contribute to reports.

· The Senior Assessment Officer is responsible for consolidating all analyses and conclusions from each assessment into IMPACT products such as factsheets, reports and briefs using standard

formats. S/he/they must ensure the writing of timely and accurate assessment reports and factsheets, ensuring the quality and accuracy of technical information provided as well as the confidentiality and protection of collected information. S/he/they will ensure that assessment reports contribute to aid coordination and planning and add to the general base of field knowledge in the country for all organisations working in the areas.

· The Senior Assessment Officer will also store, organize and disseminate assessments, project documents and best practices among partners and potential partners. S/he/they will coordinate timely and accurate reporting to IMPACT.

· The SAO is responsible for managing logistics, financial, administration and HR processes directly related to REACH and liaise accordingly with the relevant support counterpart.

2) TECHNICAL REPRESENTATION

· The SAO is responsible for regular attendance and participation in Rapid Response Working Groups and response-wide prioritization workshops, providing support for the group in analysing and interpreting response-wide food security indicators, including REACH humanitarian situation monitoring data, market data, and other data sources to provide a nuanced understanding of priority areas for immediate FSL and nutrition responses.

· The Assessment Officer will further represent IMPACT vis-a-vis current and potential donors and communicate relevant information to the IMPACT Country Coordinator. S/he/they will participate in inter-NGO meetings and those of UN agencies and any other relevant inter-governmental institutions at the national or provincial level.

· More generally, the Assessment Officer is expected to contribute to the creation of a positive image and overall credibility of the organisation, notably through the application of IMPACT’s mandate, ethics, values and stand-point with regard to other actors.

3) INTERNAL COORDINATION

· The Senior Assessment Officer is responsible for day-to-day management of assessment officers working within the portfolio. S/he/they are expected to guide and direct IMPACT staff and prepare and follow up workplans with each staff member that directly reports to him/her. This will include the preparation of ToRs, observation of recruitment procedures by planning recruitment needs in advance, and undertake interviews. S/he/they is also responsible for the learning and growth of individuals under their direct management as well as informally across the team.

· The SAO shall provide technical support to Research Manager and Country Coordinator in terms of the preparation of new project proposals, development of programme strategies, implementation of project activities, and any other required reporting mechanisms.

· The SAO is responsible for the timely and accurate preparation of narrative and financial reports related to REACH activities in country through close liaison with the Project Development and Finance departments.

ACCOUNTABILITY TO COMMUNITIES AND BENEFICIARIES

The staff member is responsible for ensuring that all relations with the communities we work are conducted in a respectful and consultative manner. Due attention must be paid to ensuring that communities are adequately consulted and informed about IMPACT programme objectives, activities, beneficiary selection criteria, and methodologies. This is the responsibility of every IMPACT staff member.

CONFIDENTIALITY AND DATA PROTECTION

All IMPACT / REACH staff are expected to maintain the strictest confidentiality on all data collected and related processes. S/he/they will actively take measures to prevent the unauthorized sharing of any information and data belonging to IMPACT and its partners, or collected during his/her assignment with IMPACT.

REQUIREMENTS

· At least 3 years of relevant working experience in humanitarian settings such as operational research, Food Security or Nutrition programming, coordination;

· Excellent academic qualifications, including a Master degree in relevant discipline;

· Excellent analytical skills;

· Excellent communication and drafting skills for effective reporting;

· Excellent team management skills;

· Ability to operate in a cross-cultural environment requiring flexibility;

· Familiarity with the aid system, and understanding of donor and governmental requirements;

· Prior knowledge of the region an asset;

· Fluency in English required;

· Ability to operation Microsoft Word, Excel and Project Management Software;

· Ability to operate R (or related statistical programming), and/ or GIS an asset;

· High level of autonomy and ability to work independently.