GOAL JOB DESCRIPTION

OVERALL DESCRIPTION

General Description of the Role
GOAL has been working in Ethiopia since 1984 implementing a range of development and emergency response activities, including working with street children, pastoralists and rural small holders. Since 2004 GOAL has implemented development programmes in three rural areas of Ethiopia where GOAL had conducted emergency activities in 2002-03 as well as a Street Children’s project in the capital, Addis Ababa. Following a strategic planning exercise in 2005-2006 GOAL will continue with these programmes for the period from 2007-2011 with a focus on health, education, nutrition, watsan, livelihoods, food security and HIV/AIDS, with  particular emphases on integration of activities and community participation as a core feature of activities.. Cross cutting issues include gender, the environment and HIV/AIDS.  GOAL Ethiopia utilises a strengths based approach to all development activities. Most GOAL management staff are Ethiopian, reflecting the duration of the country operation and the difficulty in obtaining work visas. Currently 278 local and 3 expatriate staff work for GOAL in Ethiopia.

In 2005 GOAL, in partnership with USAID/OFDA, established the Rapid Response Programme (RRP) to respond to emergency nutrition situations in Ethiopia. Through this programme, GOAL has developed significant expertise in Community based Therapeutic Care (CTC), including capacity building of MoH staff, nutrition surveys and assessments and supplementary feeding activities. GOAL is OFDA’s primary emergency nutrition partner in Ethiopia. To date GOAL has received $6.25 million from OFDA.

Currently GOAL Ethiopia's major funders are USAID/OFDA, USAID/Child Survival, Irish Aid/MAPS, Irish Aid/EHAF, Comic Relief and GOAL, with occasional additional funding from other donors such as BandAid, the Bank of Ireland, Alphabet Ball and private donors. The overall budget of GOAL Ethiopia in 2008 is currently €5.4m, and this is expected to rise to around €7m, including anticipated emergency funding from OFDA and ECHO.

A severe drought is affecting the nutritional and health status of millions of people living in southern Ethiopia. The impacts of this drought are likely to continue until at least September 2008, and possibly into 2009. As a result GOAL will significantly expand nutrition activities, whilst also undertaking emergency health and watsan responses. GOAL is requesting an additional $1.2m to support the current drought response from OFDA and €0.65m form ECHO. €1m has just been approved by Irish Aid/EHAF for this same purpose.

General Description of the Role:
The Management Advisor, Emergency Response, will work closely with the locally employed RRP Project Manager, who is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the RRP. The overall emphasis will be to ensure quality management of the significant increase in project activities. The Management Advisor will focus on comprehensive activity planning, donor liaison, report and proposal writing and emerging hop-spots response management.  This is a support/capacity building role that includes liaising with GOAL’s support departments – Human Resources, Logistics, and Finance.

Overall objectives of the position:
To ensure the effective implementation GOAL Ethiopia’s 2008 emergency drought response.

Key Duties:

• Oversees the emergency response programme, with a particular emphasis on quality rollout to new areas of operation, and new activities, including emergency health and watsan responses.
  
• Works very closely with the RRP Project Manger, akin to a counterpart role, to enhance the development of this person’s management/reporting and planning skills.
  
• Preparation of detailed implementation plans, including the allocation of individual donor funding to activities and ensuring accurate forecasts and spends.
  
• Work closely with RRP technical staff (nutritionists, logisticians, finance personal) and GOAL.
  
• Liaise with in-country donors.
  
• Responsibility for the preparation of reports and proposals.
  
• Host and assist in donor, media and GOAL Headquarter visits.
  
• Other tasks as required by Country Director

Requirements: (educational, language, etc.)

• Master Degree and three years experience in managing large scale, complex emergency responses in East Africa.
• Four or more years of senior management experience in a related development/emergency field.
• Able to develop and manage a budget of €2m per year.
• Able to motivate, organise, and train a staff of 40+ individuals.
• Inter personal skills and work with expatriate staff, managers, government, donors and non-government organisations;
• English fluency and writing skills;