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 resilience 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 resilience 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.

Main Duties and Responsibilities 

• Clerical Support services such as typing ,scanning and photocopying of documents and memos
• Purchasing of Air tickets by going to the Ethiopian Airlines ticket offices when the ERCS Protocol officer is off duty or on leave.
• Handling routine administrative office matters( eg. Restocking ran out stationery materials, etc
• Monitoring that the office equipment and utensils are in good function and hygiene as swell as reporting to concerned departments when malfunctions occur.
• Supporting PNS delegate offices in directing them to ERCS relevant Departments, running interoffice errands and delivering.
• Interoffice memos, messages, packages , materials and overall similar assignments

   

Details of the vacant position 

• Job Title:   Office Assistant 
• Work Unit:    PNS Service Delivery 
• Reporting to: PNS, Service Delivery Unit
• Terms of employment:  Contract for one year
• Place of Work:  Addis Ababa
• Salary: As per the organization salary scale