PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:
Mercy Corps is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization operating in the sectors of Emergency Response, Sustainable Peace and Development, and Economic and Markets Development. Mercy Corps currently has programs in the Regions of Afar, Somali, Oromiya, Addis Ababa and SNNP, and works through the principles of Accountability, Participation and Peaceful Change. Mercy Corps employs a community-led, market-driven approach as it works with partners at the community, government, private, and research institution levels. Mercy Corps Ethiopia invites motivated and qualified candidates to apply for the following vacant position.
POSITION: Market System Development Specialist
OPEN POSITION: 1 (One)
DUTY STATION: Gode, Somali Regional State
POSITION SUMMARY:
Market System Development Specialist will work with Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) site team. The project tests innovative market based tools to improve the resilience of economic and social system in Somali region which will enable vulnerable pastoral and agro-pastoral households and communities in rural and pre- urban areas to manage risk, and to successful transform their livelihood base, this project is working three woredas of Somali region named Gode, Kabridahar and Degehbour.
The Market Systems Development Specialist will also be a member of the MC Economic and Markets Development (EMD) Team, which uses market systems development to stimulate economic growth to create wealth and jobs for the poorest while maximizing investment from the private and public sectors. As a member of the EMD team, the Market Systems Development specialist will contribute analytical thinking and innovative approaches and will support integration and harmony of approaches across all Mercy Corps Ethiopia market-driven programming.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
The Market Systems Development Specialist is responsible for management and implementation of MC’s thematic areas of financial systems development. Key job functions include the following:
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE: