🌦️ #JobHuntMondays | World Vision Ethiopia is hiring an Early Warning Coordinator in Addis Ababa, to help Ethiopia’s Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC) strengthen the national early warning system and act before disasters strike.

🌍 What World Vision is doing: World Vision works in nearly 100 countries to help the most vulnerable children overcome poverty. In Ethiopia, it’s supporting the EDRMC at federal, regional and local levels to modernise early warning data, improve coordination and link forecasts to early action.

💼 In this role, you’d:
📡 Help upgrade data collection and forecasting tools for floods, droughts, locust outbreaks and other hazards, with the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute and Ministry of Water and Energy
🗄️ Support a unified national disaster and early warning database, linking federal, regional and local levels
⏱️ Help roll out impact-based early warning and the common framework for drought anticipatory action
🎓 Lead training and capacity building for government early warning staff and communities
🤝 Coordinate partnerships with the EDRMC, UN agencies, NGOs and technical working groups

📋 Strong fit if you have:
✅ A master’s in disaster risk management or reduction, climate science, environmental science, geography, meteorology, food security, natural resource management or a related field (a bachelor’s with substantial experience may be considered)
✅ 5+ years in disaster risk management, early warning, anticipatory action, climate risk analysis or food security monitoring
✅ Experience working with government disaster management institutions, ideally the EDRMC
✅ Hands-on experience with early warning data, triggers, thresholds and early action protocols
✅ Fluent English (Amharic or other Ethiopian languages are an advantage)

📌 The role includes travel to Amhara, Tigray, Afar, Oromia, Somali and access-constrained areas, subject to security clearance. Open to local applicants only.

💚 IMVELO Impact: Early warning only saves lives when it leads to early action. Strengthening the link between forecasts and response helps Ethiopian communities prepare for droughts and floods before they hit.

📍 Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (with field travel)
💼 Contract: Local, fixed-term
⏰ Deadline: 30 October 2026

🔗 https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WorldVisionInternational/job/Early-Warning-Coordinator_JR52447

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