Sr Psychosocial Support Officer

Internal / External Vacancy Announcement

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) wants to recruit employees in the following vacant positions the details of which are mentioned below.

About the Ethiopian Red Cross Society

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) was established in 1935 and is one of the oldest and largest humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia. ERCS provides services to communities affected by natural and manmade disasters through the provision of emergency responses, ambulance and first aid, family reunification, essential drugs, water and sanitation, and other humanitarian services. ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs with the aim of creating resilient households and communities. Currently, the ERCS has a structure consisting of 12 Regional Offices, 34 Zonal Branches and 131  District/Woreda Branches, 599 Woreda Red Cross Committee, and 5871 Kebele Red Cross committees.

ERCS also runs disaster risk reduction programs relating to food security, climate change adaptation, livelihood diversification, and institutional capacity-building interventions, with the aim of creating resilient households and communities. ERCS works in partnership with the Ethiopian Government, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC), International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), partnering National Societies, members, volunteers, and the communities we serve.

Key performance area

• In consultation with the MPC, design strategy, detailed works plan, and support the timely execution of the PSS component of the project.
• Participate in the technical design of assessments for PSS for the migration project with a focus on supporting migrants and their communities in reintegration and return processes.
• In collaboration with the M & E officer and other team members actively participate in the plan-based periodic joint monitoring of the activities of the project.
• Adapt and avail referral linkage template and reporting materials on psychosocial support from the RC Movement to relevant regional contexts.
• Supports field staff ( officers and project coordinators ) in their engagement of PSS, Social inclusion, and cohesion service for the target beneficiaries.
• Device systems and strategies that can foster networking among local actors and the community working on PSS service.
• Ensure participation from beneficiaries in a project needs assessment and review meetings.
• Coordinate the PSS aspects of the migration project with other ERC, HQ departments (DPR, Health, HD, Volunteer development act).
• Adapt training material from RC movement, develop and conduct PSS technical training of staff and volunteers on the project within the focus on minimum standard, efficiency, and quality.
• Document best case practices, case studies, and other relevant data of the PSS service and share information on field-level successes and challenges with the coordinator of Migration and others.
• Establishing and maintaining a weekly and monthly work plan and writing weekly and monthly reports. 

Reporting to: Migrant project coordinator, MRFL unit

Terms of employment: contract one year  

Grade: XI

Job Requirements

Qualification and Professional Experience

• Second/First degree in psychology, counseling sociology, or social work.
• 6/8 years related work experience
• Experience with working for Red Cross and international organizations experiences. 

How to Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out the employment application form from the official website of the Ethiopian Red Cross in the vacancy menu http://www.redcrosseth.org/get-involved/vacancy and email to [email protected] before the closing date of this announcement on Nov 27, 2021.

Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply! 

Please note that we ONLY consider those who filled in the application form and send us back. We regret to inform you that we do not accept CVs at this stage.