Title: Economic Recovery Officer – Agriculture, NRM & DRM

Location: Dolo Ado

Employment Category: H2

Salary Range: As per the organization scale

Reporting To: Economic Recovery Manager

Contract Duration: 1 Year

Posting date: July 31, 2024

Required Employee: 1

INTRODUCTION

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC), an international non-governmental organization (NGO), has been providing relief and development services in the Horn of Africa since 1997.

DRC promotes and supports solutions to the problems faced by refugees, internally displaced people (IDPs), and migrants.

The organization has offices across the region and has been operational in Ethiopia since 2009. With funding from bilateral and multilateral donors, DRC is currently implementing a range of activities across Ethiopia and Djibouti, including WASH and shelter provision, child and youth protection, gender-based violence response, awareness-raising of migration risks, protection monitoring of migration routes, and livelihoods support for returning migrants or those at-risk of migration.

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

The Agriculture, NRM& DRM Officer will be responsible for the development, and implementation of overall agricultural; practices, DRM plans, Emergency Management, and early warning Information systems from the woreda up to the community level.

He/she will be also responsible for developing strategies for integrated disaster risk treatment, supporting local stakeholders and partners in DRM plan development, overseeing risk management projects, and providing technical advice on risk assessments and mitigation activities.

Moreover, the role holder will be responsible for establishing and Strengthening of Social institutions like Natural Resource management committee, Early warning Commitee and the Disaster Risk Managment committee in operational areas of the project and create information communication system between kebele, woreda and Zonal level.

The Economic Recovery officer (Agriculture, NRM & DRM) is expected to have strong experience of crop and livestock production, soil and water conservation practice both in physical and biological conservation areas, creation of durable livelihood solutions through improved natural resource management practise ice is among the expected qualities for the incumbent.

Experience of managing communal and private based natural resource and integrating with disaster risk management system is among the other requirements. The position holders is expected to have a proved experience of integrated watershed management especially in low land context.

Knowledge of GIS and delineation of watershed areas proposed for different conservation practice, knowledge of production of improved forage with integration of the soil and water conservation practice is among the other requirement for the post holder..

Main Responsibilities:

Programme Management (technical) , Development, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Conduct initial assessments of climate vulnerability, livelihood and conflict sensitivity and community capacity analysis with special emphasis on resources on traditional disaster risk management and decision-making structures.
• Conduct consultative community meetings on project interventions related to agriculture, irrigation, and agronomy.
• Provide support to agro-pastoralists and follow up the agronomic practices irrigation water management, and livestock production and management.
• Facilitate farmer’s field day and demonstrate agronomic practices, and irrigation water management to improve agro-pastoralist practices.
• Work closely with government AEWs, community leaders, and local authorities to ensure community engagement and support for agriculture and livestock activities.
• Mapping of situation of natural resource management practice, identify challenges and bottlenecks for improved conservation practice and propose possible improvement plan on the findings.
• Identify and propose different and appropriate types of conservation structures based on the nature of the landscape of affected areas.
• Provide training on physical and biological conservation practice for Development Agents and communities of the targeted area.
• Delineation of catchments and watershed areas for soil and water conservation practice and production of improved forage varities.
• Develop and implement natural resource management plans and disaster risk reduction strategies
• Provide technical and advisory support to Community based Structures to Implement and monitor Disaster Risk Reduction Action Plans,
• Conduct environmental assessments and hazard/risk mapping and support the development and delivery of climate risk information services, coordinating multi-hazard risk assessments,
• Coordinate with government stakeholders and agencies, NGOs, and communities on resource management and disaster preparedness
• Support disaster information management systems, guide community-planned resilience-building initiatives, and emergency fund/crisis modifier through establishing criteria for targeted beneficiaries.
• Provide guidance and leadership during the establishment and, Strengthen NRM committees
• Support the promotion of climate-positive technologies based on local appropriateness (e.g.