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PROGRAM/DEPARTMENT SUMMARY:
Mercy Corps is one of the four partners in a four-year program, entitled Expanded Livelihoods Improvement for Women and Youth (Expanded LI-WAY) Project. is prepared to expand the current LI-WAY program. The expanded LI-WAY program will be financed by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) in Ethiopia. EKN is interested in creating jobs and improving the incomes of poor women and youth in Addis Ababa through expanding the current LI-WAY program. led by SNV-Netherlands Development Organization. The program utilizes a market Systems Development approach to contribute to sustainable poverty reduction and social stability in Addis Ababa. LI-WAY will work to mobilize, catalyze and enable market-based solutions to create jobs and increase income for women and youth. The consortium, led by SNV, additionally comprises Techno-serve and Save the Children. The program aims to improve market functions, support-service effectiveness, and the business environment. Mercy Corps will lead all activities related to Labor Market system development.
The Market System Development Coordinator will lead implementation of the extended LIWAY program in the labor market systems intervention areas and activities in close relation with Growth, Microenterprise, Skills and other potential Market systems including financial services for LI-WAY. In addition, He/she will be responsible to coordinate, support and lead the LIWAY MSD advisors and MSD specialists and provide the necessary technical support for the effective implementation of the designed interventions in the labor market system.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Market Systems Development project coordinator is primarily responsible for the coordination of implementation of intervention areas and program activities under the Labor Market sector. The Market System Development Coordinator will work closely with Mercy Corps Program Team leader and team members across consortium partners. She/he will engage in an ongoing deep sector analysis to identify intervention ideas and design activities. The Market Systems Development coordinator will provide timely reports and assistance to the Program Team leader to ensure that financial resources are used efficiently and effectively.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
The MSD project coordinator is responsible for overseeing the implementation of priority intervention areas primarily in extended LIWAY Labor Market systems and ensuring cross sectoral integration with other sectors led by the other consortium partners.
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