Mercy Corps is an International Humanitarian organization operating Water and Sanitation, Economic Development, Livelihoods, Capacity Building, Emergency Response, Health and Nutrition, and similar sectors in the regions of SNNPR, Somali, Oromia, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. Mercy Corps works with communities, public and private sectors to implement appropriate relief, recovery and development interventions. Mercy Corps Ethiopia invites motivated and qualified candidates to apply for the following vacant position.
Position Title: Project Officer
Duty Station: Gode, eTHIOPIA
Post Position: One
GENERAL POSITION SUMMARY:
BRACED project officer is a member of the Building Resilience and adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) Program team working under the direction and management of Project Coordinator and provides the coordination and integration of BRACED Program activities at Zonal and district levels. And assist Project coordinator and to get accurate information on district level and zonal market and financial services systems and actors to design and implement activities to improve create access to finance for the poorest while maximizing investment from the private and public sector and building their capacities. The BRACED project officer must have good understanding about financial market system particularly in the area of micro finance, sharia compliant financial products, RuSSACOs and village –level savings and credit association and other financial service institutions.
Mercy Corps is looking for individuals who will have responsibility to support technical teams in targeting, monitoring of activities, performance checking, and outcome monitoring.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
SUCCESS FACTORS:
· Fluent in English, and capable Somali language is strong benefit.
· Business minded, entrepreneurial, curious, great problem solving skills, unafraid to ask questions, and results motivated.
· Excellent communication, facilitation and networking skills with a wide range of actors across geographical areas
· Computer literate especially in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
· Ability to foster solid working relationships with Government, beneficiary communities, and partner organizations
· Strong organizational skills.