First Aid/Emergency Medical Technician Trainer – Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) Vacancy Announcement

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Job Description

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

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.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities 

• Promotes  first aid and medical emergency training programs;
• Conducts training needs assessment;
• Collects training need request and organizes training programs;
• Delivers training of both first aid and emergency medical service;
• Evaluates training sessions;
• Organizes and facilitates training related documents;
• Organizes training materials for Fist Aid and Emergency Medical  training programs;
• Organizes data of trainers pool, selects and proposes trainers as deemed necessary;
• Conducts post training assessment and proposes appropriate action for the improvement of the quality of the services as per the standard;
• Participates and organizes first aid and emergency medical training designs and manual development;
• Ensures compliance with local policies and medical direction requirements of the regulatory authority;
• Ensures training materials and facilities are ready for training;
• Maintains records of training activities;
• Prepares activity reports and submits to the training and consultancy service coordinator;
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities of the job as assigned by the Training and Consultancy Service Coordinator

Work Unit፡-   Center of Capacity Development for Humanitarian Services

Terms of employment:-   Permanent

Place of Work:-   ERCS,CCDHS

Job Requirements