Internal/EXTERNAL VACANCY Announcements
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: Employment & Entrepreneur Ship (EEO) Officer
OPEN POSITION: 1 (one)
DUTY STATION: Negelle in Guji zone of Oromiya Regional State
PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:
Employment & Entrepreneurship Officer is a member of the Economic and Markets Development team, specifically working under an intermediate result of alternative livelihood. The EMD Team uses market systems, community-led approach to stimulate economic growth creating wealth and jobs for the poorest while maximizing investment from the private and public sectors.
POSITION OBJECTIVE:
The Employment and Entrepreneurship Officer immediate objective is to develop/facilitate a clear pathway of the employment and entrepreneurship component in the southern cluster, identify opportunities and constraints of the EE sector in the southern cluster and communicate this with the FL EMD advisor and Addis based EMD advisory team. S/he must collaborate with local and national partners to develop employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the area. S/he must familiarize themselves and project partners to actively engage in initiating the sector related CNs, ensure employment and entrepreneurship related CNs originated by project partners in the cluster are effectively supported, cascaded, reviewed by EMD FLA, program coordinator and approved by the Addis-based EMD Advisory, closely follow up field level activity execution and reporting processes.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
· Becomes intimately familiar with all aspects of the employment and entrepreneurship market systems component is targeting including key actors (producers, traders, employer, information service providers, warehouses, transporters, financiers, intermediary and terminal markets); governance frameworks (formal and informal); and all support markets and functions;
· Coordinates and ensures excellent quality for the designs, execution, measurement and documentation of assessments of targeted markets;
· Develops key monitoring and measuring indicators, milestones and plans in close collaboration with supervisor and M&E team, and solely responsible for monitoring and reporting all output, outcome and impact indicators for respective market system(s);
· Ensures the program captures and responds to up-to-date information about market developments within the employment and entrepreneurship market systems and global best practices for market systems strengthening.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:
· Experience in private sector is strongly preferred
· Bachelor degree in agribusiness, economics, business administration or other related field, or commensurate private sector or field experience is required
· Above 3 years’ experience in private sector or working with other agencies in market systems facilitation, agribusiness or financial services
· Ability and willingness to drive motorcycles greatly preferred.
SUCCESS FACTORS:
· Fluent in English, and in two of the following languages: Oromifa and/or Amharic (capable in all three a 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)