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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 15 Regional Offices, Zonal Branches and District/Woreda Branches, Woreda Red Cross Committee  and 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.

Job Summary 

Under the general supervision of the Human Resource and Capacity Building Manager, the  records and archives clerk gives assistant to the officer in the activities of the Society’s records and archives of the Society; Provide help to the officer in filing system; follows up outgoing and incoming documents or letters on a separate registering logbook, depicting the content, address and other important details; ensure proper process is in place with respect to all incoming mails are delivered and outgoing ones dispatched to their appropriate destinations promptly; transmits letters received to the concerned work units or individuals; performs the overall archives clerical activities. 

Key performance area

• Give assistant in handling the activities of the Society’s records and archives of the Society; 
• Identifies and sorts out the incoming correspondences are properly dated, referenced, signed and sealed before confirming delivery;  
• Keeps the process of all incoming mails are delivered and outgoing ones are dispatched to their appropriate destinations promptly;
• Ensures that all outgoing correspondences are dated, numbered, properly referenced, addressed, signed and sealed before dispatching; 
• Keeps custody of official seals or stamps of the Society; Follows up and ensures the timely delivery of outgoing letters and documents; 
• Registers outgoing and incoming documents or letters on a separate registry depicting the content, address and other important details; 
• Ensure the file arrangement system and the documents remain legible and readily identifiable; Identifies and sorts out special documents and files to keep confidentially and carefully; 
• Transmits letters received to the concerned work units or individuals after proper registration and recording; 
• Ascertains that copy of outgoing letters are kept and properly filed; Provides access to files upon confirmation of front desk manager

Work Unit:                    Human Resource and Capacity Building Division 

Reports to:                     Human Resource and Capacity Building Division

Terms of employment:  Permanent after probation period 

Place of Work:              Addis Ababa

Salary:                           8,276.00 

Qualification Requirements:

• College diploma/TVET level IV in Records Management, Office Management, Management Information System and related field of study 
• 4 years related work experience.

How To Apply

We invite candidates meeting the required qualifications to fill out online employment application form 

With the indicated link  https://ee.ifrc.org/x/fqTf4qqW   before the closing date of this announcement on 9 June , 2025. 

Qualified women are strongly recommended to apply!