HOUSEHOLD CASE WORKERS SUPERVISOR

Main duties & Responsibilities

• Facilitate the targeting of the poorest and most vulnerable (especially women and landless HHs) 

• Coordinate assessments, surveys related to the program, data collection and compiling.

• Prepare participatory action plan with EWNRA stakeholders and perform work as the part of the team.

• Supervise Household Caseworkers as per their work plan

• Provide the required support to household case workers and seek support from program officers as per the need

• Demonstrate and implement extension massage and activities particular to the target beneficiaries

• Ensure that program resources are efficiently and effectively utilized at grass root level

• Encourage, supervise and provide proper technical support for community development worker to carryout planned activities according to the action plan

• Encourage beneficiary households to maximize their project benefit through provision of technical support.

• Build the capacity of kebele task force members, support groups to make them able to bring the intended behavioral change in the targeted beneficiaries.

• Facilitate the trainings of beneficiaries and community leaders at their locality as required

• Organize and attend Kebele Food Security Task Force (KFSTF) and other appropriate meeting at the kebele level.

• Substitute the role of community workers role at kebele level as appropriate by the line manager 

• Under the guidance of FIM, and Graduation officer directly responsible to ensure that all planned activities are implemented within the target Community micro watersheds and kebeles 

• Ensure that mainstreaming issues (Gender, HIV/AIDS, environment and DRR) are well integrated during the program implementation

• Adhere Safeguarding policies and guidelines across the target community including checking the effectiveness of Complaint Response Mechanisms (CRM) established in the operational areas.

HR

• Participate in household caseworker development through performance development review.

• Follow up where household caseworkers are performing their duty and stationed at the assigned working area.

Reporting

• Provide monthly activities report accurately and comprehensively to the project coordinator.

• Prepare feedback report following the visit in the assigned kebeles (Community micro watersheds)

Monitoring & Evaluation

• Prepare and implement monitoring plan at the respective working areas of the HH Caseworkers.

• Regularly assessing REGRADE II program impact in operational areas.

• Ensure that different activities are implemented according to the plan and integrated with respective woreda development plan including the PSNP

• Ensure the involvement of women in all areas of development process and decision-making activities

• Keep the project records, document and minutes of meeting in safe and accessible way.

• Prepare weekly and monthly work plan according to action plan

• Assign other duties appropriate to the position and assigned by the project coordinator.

Emergency responses 

• EWNRA is committed to Concern to support the donor’s actions in responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity including reallocation of all staff to contribute to Concern’s efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization

Gender Equality 

• Demonstrate understanding of EWNRA’s and Concern’s shared Gender Equality Strategy
• Contribute to ensuring that EWNRA is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect 
• Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities

Safeguarding

• Able to seek appropriate advice and report anxieties/worries, and feel confident that they have been understood.

• Understand and practice local safeguarding structures and arrangements and practices in a manner that reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.

• Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including careers, family members and children at risk.

• Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.

Accountability

• In line with EWNRA’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS): 

• actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E); 

• work with relevant colleagues to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; 

• Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behavior is disseminated among program participants and communities

Competencies:

• Previous work Experience on Integrated Development program (Health and Nutrition, Community Development, FIM and WASH 

• Good commitment to work & base and work in remote areas.

• Good written and spoken English.

• Having good communication & report writing skills.

Safeguarding: Code of Conduct and its Associated Policies

EWNRA has adopted Concern’s organizational Code of Conduct (CoC) with three Associated Policies: The Program Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of program participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the program and partner organization, and the standards of behavior expected of them. In this context, staffs have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with EWNRA’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with EWNRA will be expected to sign the EWNRA Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the EWNRA Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to rule themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, EWNRA is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with EWNRA is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.

Women and people with disabilities are particularly encouraged to apply
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
 

Reports to:    Project Coordinator

Contacts/Key Relationships:    House hold Caseworker, Kebele Watershed Committee; Community Micro Watershed Committee; Kebele Admin, HEWs, DAs, CBOs, SACCOs, MFIs,
 

Contract Details:    Definite Period Contract

Salary    Attractive Project scale

No of required      1 (one)

Posted date     February 10, 2025

Deadline    February 21, 2025
 

Person specification:

• Minimum College Diploma, in any related fields of study with a minimum of 3 years relevant work experience respectively.

• Short & mid-term training on rural development, health & nutrition, wash etc.

How To Apply

Interested applicants should send non-returnable C.V., application letter outlining how their experience and education fit this vacancy, to ewnra.vacancy@gmail.com by email: Please indicate the position in the

 subject line of the mail while sending your documents. 

or

Submit to EWNRA REGRADEII Project Office in Ghuala, East Bellesa District