Plan, implement and facilitate IMC’s ARC-program capacity building related interventions in the refugee camps and host community areas;
Support the implementation of self-help group formation and income generating activities in the project area, especially targeting women and the youth in the refugee camps and host community area;
Create linkage and partnership with NGOs and Go’s to mobilize resources like employment opportunities and training after capacity building support and alternative income generating activates;
Conduct training for individuals and/or other groups on best practice savings methods, Financial literacy, Business skill and support their saving and loans initiatives;
Identify the opportunities and challenges that might impact on the undertaking of individual IGAS; Group IGAS ;
Understand the existing policies and institution in Ethiopia that have implications on the target groups;
Establish linkages between private companies and TVET-graduates (job fairs);
Establish linkages between project beneficiaries individual /group with financial institutes for access to (soft) loans;
Establish partnerships with selected employers for job placements
Facilitate, through close cooperation with the responsible stakeholders, community and the IMC ARC-program team members, the establishment of self-help groups;
Assist established self-help groups to identify on what type of jobs are in demand by the employers and to develop market links for their products;
Strengthen and furnish existing women's and youth skill training centers, information center and mobile information dissemination unit; ;
Develop appropriate start-up grants transfer system to project beneficiaries in collaboration with the ARC program team and maintain accurate records of the same;
Facilitate provision of start-up grant to young women and girls/self-help groups for small business;
Support the Identification of existing training opportunities within selected TVET-Institutes and connect their skills to the labor demand of potential employers and the market;
Support ARRA and local government institutions to create and allocate funds to services that receive additional caseload of refugees;
Monitor and follow-up promoted income generating activities in the alternative skills sector, including the economic benefit of potential migrants both in the refugee camp and host community;
Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual work plan and activity based reports as per agreed formats;
Regularly monitor and evaluate the projects performance, provide timely inputs, feedback and impact of the livelihoods interventions in Dollo Ado;
Maintain flexibility to take on added responsibility as and when needed.
Job Requirement
Experienced professionals in a relevant field BSc Degree in the area of Economics, Business management or other relevant fields with at least 5 years of relevant work experiences.
Have experience working with youth at risk or potential risks of migration, and networking with diaspora community or returnees
Technical ability in Refugee capacity building for migrants/refugee programs;
Thorough knowledge and in-depth understanding of irregular/regular migration, refugees and out-of-camp issues in Ethiopia at community and macro-level
Commitment to IMC’s mission- Improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity.
Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
Working knowledge of English (spoken and written) while ability to speak local working language (Somali) will be an asset