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In Ethiopia, CRS has a long and rich history of providing emergency relief and development assistance to the people of Ethiopia since 1958. At present, CRS/Ethiopia implements multiple projects through different partner organizations. CRS/Ethiopia has a highly diverse portfolio currently focusing on community-based food and livelihood security through activities in agriculture, health, peacebuilding, WASH, emergency relief, and savings and lending. CRS is active in nearly all regions of Ethiopia: Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region (SNNPR), Somali, Benishangul Gumuz, Afar, and Dire Dawa Regions.
CRS strictly adheres to its Policy on Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults among its staff, consultants, volunteers, and affiliates. CRS is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer: women, minorities and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
As part of CRS family, you will join the more than 5000 strong and vibrant individuals working globally to accomplish the mission of CRS. CRS/Ethiopia invites you, the qualified candidate, to apply for the following positions;
Position Title: Livelihoods & Employment Advisor
Department: CRS Ethiopia Programs
Duty Station: Addis Ababa,
Employment type: Full time position contingent upon funding of the LRO Program.
Reports To: LRO Chief of Party
Position Purpose:
CRS Ethiopia is seeking highly experienced and skilled Livelihoods & Employment Advisor for the five-year Feed the Future Ethiopia Livelihoods for Resilience – Oromia program. This project works to support Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) IV households to improve their sustainable economic well-being, across eight woredas in Oromia. The Livelihoods & Employment Advisor will provide strategic vision, management and technical expertise in leading the activities of one of the key purposes of the LRO scope of work: increasing income from gainful employment. The incumbent will have a strong background in livelihood generation with a particular focus on the employment pathway. The Livelihoods & Employment Advisor work closely with implementing partner Meki Catholic Secretariat in identifying employment opportunities, identifying barriers (especially for youth), making clients employment-ready, and facilitating linkages between clients and employers.
Summary of Duties and Responsibilities:
Leadership and Representation:
Under guidance of COP, oversee overarching vision for facilitating entry into employment livelihood pathway;
Forge partnerships with willing businesses to provide apprenticeships to LRO beneficiaries;
Oversee market and labor assessments and analysis in each woreda before identifying the skills in which future graduates will need to have to be employable in the market;
Identify and address barriers that youth and women face in securing and retaining employment;
Identify and establish partnerships and linkages with woreda government stakeholders;
Manage relationship with Agricultural/ Technical Vocational Education and Training (A/TVET) colleges;
Provide appropriate technical and management support to counterparts at Meki Catholic Secretariat;
Represent CRS at employment and other livelihood-focused technical working groups;
Provide technical input to CRS new business development efforts; and
Provide TA and Coordinate employment-focused programming across other CRS programs.
Implementation
Conduct Labor Analysis, with focus on youth;
Conduct unemployed youth employment barrier analysis;
Conduct assessment to identify and assess capacity of available potential A/TVETS, FTCs, private TVETs;
Facilitate placement of clients in appropriate short term trainings based on skills of youth and market needs;
Facilitate placement of clients in appropriate businesses for apprenticeships
Organize career fairs; and
Strengthening and collaborating with labor institutions to enable them to offer quality services that match labor market demands and needs of youth.
Required qualifications:
Education:
Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Community Development, or other relevant technical discipline.
Experience:
5 years of experience for Master’s and 8 years for Bachelor’s degree in employment programing, preferably with youth focus;
Demonstrated leadership, management, and training capabilities.
Strong skills in planning and organization, partnership and collaboration.
Experience in working in large scale complex programs, in challenging environments, with strong emphasis on poor and vulnerable populations
Knowledge of USAID and USG grant regulations, procedures and reporting requirements is preferred.
The successful candidate will have exceptional verbal and written communication skills, and be a strong trainer and facilitator.
Have good working relationship with national and Oromia government
Previous experience and understanding of Productive Safety Net Program principles and implementation guidelines
Have a strong network of employment and youth experts
Fluent in English and Oromifa (both oral and written)
High level of computer literacy
Agency-wide Competencies:
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