Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking to fill the role of Environmental Health Coordinator.
IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation.
Responsibilities
- Support the overall country programme in development and delivery of IRC Ethiopia Strategy Action Plan (SAP)
- Assess and communicate opportunities for key programme or management improvements, including adjustment to team structures, operational systems, etc
- Ensure effective engagement and teamwork across IRC technical units
- Promote responsive and sustainable programming, ensuring donor, client, and partner accountability across EH/WASH programmes
- Represent the IRC programme in various forums and coordination meetings with local client communities, government departments, international agencies, local partners and donors as the need arises
- Facilitate donor and partner site visits as needed
- Actively participate in WASH cluster and other relevant WASH coordination meetings and communicate developments with EH/WASH team and senior management regularly
- Nurture strategic partnerships and opportunities to use the combined capacity of IRC and other organisations towards common EH/WASH objectives
- Develop and incorporate innovative programming approaches in line with the IRC strategies, priorities, and organisational objectives
- Ensure EH/WASH staff provide timely inputs of high quality to the Grants and Partnership Unit (GPU)
- Ensure all IRC project proposals are aligned with the country programme strategy based on evidence of need in targeted client communities
- Build a skilled and motivated EH/WASH team through robust recruitment and performance evaluation and capacity strengthening
- Provide appropriate, relevant on-the-job mentoring and identify capacity development needs and interest among EH/WASH staff, and facilitate targeted capacity building in coordination with HR and senior management
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Health, or a similar field with fours years, minimum, of relevant work experience; or first degree in Civil or Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Health, or a similar field with eight years, minimum, of relevant work experience
- Experience in managing water and sanitation infrastructure project
- Experience with an international NGO in a similar role
- Strong technical design skills and experience in writing funding proposals
- Knowledge of major donors’ rules and regulations, including USAID, OFDA, ECHO, DFID
- Strong grasp of grants management processes and requirements
- Excellent written and oral English skills
- Demonstrated leadership and facilitation skills, with strong coordination, diplomacy and networking skills
- Demonstrated experience in staff capacity building and mentoring
- Experience with performance/milestone-based contracts and other contract funding mechanisms is a plus
To apply and for more information, click here.
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