IRC

Emergency Assistant

IRC عدن ٢٨ أكتوبر ٢٠٢٦ رمز الوظيفة: JR00005633

الوصف الوظيفي

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Additional Notes & Policies


  • Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct (Integrity, Service, and Accountability). Policies include Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
  • Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
  • Diversity and Inclusion: IRC strives to build a diverse and inclusive team at all levels.
  • Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions and offers enabling benefits including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols, and other supportive benefits.
  • Female Candidates: Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
  • Client Responsiveness: Staff play an important role in supporting client-responsive programming by raising awareness about feedback mechanisms, access, and eligibility.

Job Description / الوصف الوظيفي


  • Job Title: Emergency Assistant
  • Band / Level / Grade: 9A
  • Department: Emergency
  • Location: Aden

Background


  • The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives.
  • Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
  • Operating in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions.
  • IRC Yemen began its programs in October 2012, growing from a small implementing project to handling large-scale emergency and relief operations in southern governorates (Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Shabwah, Al Dhale) and later expanding to Sana’a and Hodeidah in the north.
  • Currently operating in eight governorates through direct programming and local partnerships in Health, WASH, Nutrition, Economic Recovery Development, Education, Child Protection, Gender and Women Protection and Empowerment.

Scope of Work


  • The Emergency Assistant is a field-level position within the IRC Yemen emergency response team in Aden.
  • Supports the implementation of emergency responses addressing immediate needs of food-insecure, malnourished, and crisis-affected households through cash and voucher assistance (CVA) and distribution of non-food items (NFIs).
  • Includes supporting rapid assessments, community sensitization, household registration, distributions, cash and voucher reconciliation, and monitoring, with significant time spent in the field with communities, local leaders, and participants.

Job Summary


  • Under the supervision of the Senior Emergency CVA Officer, assist in planning and delivering IRC cash, voucher, food assistance, and NFI activities.
  • Support the coordination of daily workers’ tasks and attendance.
  • Help prepare transfers and distributions, engage relief committees and village elders on project objectives and selection criteria.
  • Support household registration, complete M&E forms, handle participant records and redeemed vouchers confidentially, and support cash and voucher reconciliation in line with fraud prevention and separation-of-duties requirements.

Working Relations


  • Reports to: Senior Emergency CVA Officer.
  • Works directly with: Emergency team, Nutrition, Protection, and Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) teams.
  • Works indirectly with: Finance, Supply Chain, Safety and Security, and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) teams, plus partner organizations and field staff.
  • External contacts: Relief committees, village elders, local authorities, community members and participants, vendors, and financial service providers.
  • Supervision: Direct supervisor for any daily workers participating in project implementation.

Main Responsibilities


  • Emergency response: Assist in planning and implementing IRC CVA, NFI, and related emergency response activities.
  • CVA and NFI preparation: Assist in preparing requirements for cash, voucher, and NFI distributions.
  • Community engagement: Conduct sensitization sessions with relief committees, targeted communities, and village elders.
  • Targeting and registration: Support household selection and registration based on agreed criteria.
  • Distribution: Support fair, transparent, orderly, and safe distributions.
  • Reconciliation: Support reconciliation of cash transfers, redeemed vouchers, and NFI distributions.
  • Records and confidentiality: Handle participant records and redeemed voucher/cash/NFI receipts confidentially.
  • Monitoring and reporting: Support on-site coordination, monitoring, accurate data collection, and post-distribution monitoring (PDM).
  • Daily workers: Coordinate daily workers' tasks and attendance.
  • Fraud prevention: Adhere to conflict of interest and fraud prevention requirements, including separation of duties.
  • Protection and accountability: Refer feedback, complaints, and protection concerns through appropriate channels.
  • Emergency readiness: Adapt work practices and hours during emergencies.
  • Promote team engagement, inclusion, cohesion, honest dialogue, and reflection.
  • Educate and raise awareness among community and clients about feedback mechanisms.
  • Perform other relevant tasks assigned by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications & Experience


  • Education: Diploma or university degree in social work, development studies, humanitarian studies, business administration, or a related field.
  • Experience: 4 years of relevant work experience, including field experience in emergency response. Previous NGO/INGO experience in CVA programming or NFI distribution is preferred.
  • Skills and Abilities: Excellent communication and engagement skills, ability to perform in fast-paced environments, strong teamwork and problem-solving skills, ability to travel between field locations, and attention to detail.
  • Proficiencies: Good written and spoken Arabic and English, digital literacy (MS Office, KoboToolbox), working knowledge of CVA processes, familiarity with M&E tools, and understanding of humanitarian principles, safeguarding, and PSEA.

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