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INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Advisor: Livelihood and Gender
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Date: November 18, 2020
Vacancy No. 061/20
Position: Advisor: Livelihood and Gender
Grade: 9C
Salary: USD 1,564
No of positions; 1 (one)
Type of Employment- Definite
Unit/program: Advancing Women Enterprises
Duty base : Head Office/Addis Ababa
Dead Line: 10 days from the date of advertisement
I. JOB SUMMARY
The Advisor: Livelihood and Gender for Advancing Women Enterprises in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Project will lead the quality design and implementation of initiatives that address enterprise development, women empowerment, and gender equality issues under the project. S/he will be responsible for the implementation of the main aspect of the project, delivering different trainings and business development service package and applying a gender transformative approach, tools, and best practices. It is envisioned that this will first be achieved through a hands-on approach that will require outstanding skills in planning and facilitation/provision of training, workshops, coaching and mentoring, and an ability to influence and facilitate change through high level interpersonal and communication skills. The incumbent will work closely with other CARE technical advisors and program staff to ensure program quality and impact in line with the project goals and objectives.
II. RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
Job Responsibility #1: Program planning and implementation,
§ Identify and map institutions that provide services to MSEs, including government institutions, financial service providers, and training bodies, TVETs as well as other market actors including suppliers and trade associations.
§ Conduct a situational analysis to map the lingering barriers within these actors, reflecting on the challenges identified through various assessment and MSE engagement activities.
§ Conduct a detailed stakeholder mapping and engagement analysis, a specific gender analysis, and skills-gap assessment, and setting up the foundations of a proper M&E framework, tools and learning strategies.
§ Design a gender transformative strategy and youth engagement strategy to implement project activities.
§ Develop selection criteria and map women-led enterprises and related CSO/CBOs.
§ Conduct a thorough assessment/ analysis to identify implementation areas and avoid duplication and find leverage points for successful implementation.
§ Design demand driven skills training packages in collaboration with women in enterprise and training providers.
§ Facilitate/ provide basic business skills, advanced entrepreneurship, and life skills training to the target groups of the project.
§ Provide different packages of business development services tailored to the businesses of the project targets.
§ Organize business to business forums and frequent targeted technical assistance on business development processes as required by the participant.
§ Facilitate/provide further business trainings tailored to the businesses of each target.
§ Facilitate promotion, access to information, and network and market linkage with various market players.
§ Facilitate and follow-up the provision of vocational skills training to selected business owners.
§ Conduct quarterly periodic joint sessions where women can share experiences and receive coaching from successful women business leaders.
§ Identify mentors/role models willing to share their business knowledge, skills, experience, and most importantly, serve as respected role models and seasoned entrepreneurs.
§ Set-up new Village and Savings and Loans Association (VSLA), strengthen existing VSLAs and link them with MFs.
§ Support VSLA’s to manage group savings for individual investment in business growth.
§ Support VSLA members to set-up member-owned formal financial institutions such as Saving and Credit Cooperatives that avail different services to its members.
§ Manage the Innovation Fund and support selected grantees throughout the implementation of their grant.
§ Link members with formal financial institutions including Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs) to facilitate access to loans.
§ Manage and follow-up the ongoing Social Action and Analysis with targeted women in enterprise, their families and communities.
§ Provide gender training to men families of the targets
§ Lead the male engagement activity; provide training on male engagement to men engagement facilitators and advocators; follow-up the implementation
§ Provide a Gender, Equity, and Diversity Training for service providers and market actors that are engaged in the project to change attitudes and deep-rooted norms.
§ Select service providers to offer quality products and services necessary and appropriate for the development of micro and small women-led enterprises.
§ Conduct role model campaigns and support women and youth rights associations to conduct advocacy campaigns aiming at promoting equal opportunities for all.
% of Time: 65%
Job Responsibility #2: Networking and Representation
§ Establishes and maintain productive relationships with other actors.
§ Represents CARE and contributes, Enterprise Development related forums and discussions at different levels.
- Work with different units within CARE, PQL staff and others to scale up the good practices and draw lessons from others;
% of Time: 15%
Job Responsibility #3: Learning, Documenting and Sharing
§ Initiates researches/studies and share results for wider audiences in and outside CARE to enhance program quality;
§ Liaison with different programs in Ethiopia and other country national programs in the area of VSLA, microfinance, and enterprise development.
§ Keeps up to date with developments in the sector, including best practice examples within the country and internationally, and ensures ongoing personal development and learning;
§ Identify/ extract good practices and learning areas related to Enterprise Development and and Gender for further program impact
§ As appropriate record and document lessons from program processes and achievements
- Share good practices and learning’s to CARE and relevant partners
- Organize forums and experience learning visits to extract/share success stories and challenges
§ Prepare the project quarterly, bi-annually and annually reports.
% of Time: 15%
Job Responsibility #6: Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
% of Time: 5%
III. PROBLEM SOLVING (THINKING ENVIRONMENT)
While the incumbent will face all three levels of problem-solving, the biggest challenges belong to category number three. The incumbent must use interpersonal skills to pick and choose the right strategy to address a given problem and also has to deal with variable solutions, which need analysis, problem definition and development of alternative solutions. The project that the incumbent will work will be with women between the ages of 18-35 who have established businesses but struggle to reach their own business goals. This will require an understanding and use of different tools and programming approaches for identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, implementing and evaluating those interventions with the highest potential for empowering low-income young women economically and socially to run financially-sustainable businesses with potential for growth.
A) EDUCATION/TRAINING
Required:
§ Master’s Degree BA and equivalent experience in international development field of study directly related to enterprise development, business development service, micro finance or a related field.
Desired:
· Academic experience and familiarity with issues related to Livelihood economy and Gender in enterprise development related with Ethiopia.
B) EXPERIENCE
Required:
§ 8 – 10 years of experience in development of livelihood programs, enterprise development interventions, job creation for youth programmes, and program management.
Desired:
§ Significant exposure to projects involving networking and multiple partnerships, particularly related to enterprise development, business development service provision and gender;
§ Experience in the design and delivery of micro finance programs and the Village Savings and Loan Association methodology;
§ Working knowledge of programming in resource-poor youth urban communities.
C) TECHNICAL SKILLS
Required:
§ Outstanding skills in planning and facilitation/provision of training, workshops, coaching and mentoring
§ Fluent in verbal and written English, proposal development, strategic and operational planning, budget planning and management, monitoring and evaluation, report writing;
§ Proficiency in standard office software package;
§ Demonstrated leadership ability to inspire and empower others;
§ Good interpersonal communication skill and ability to effectively liaise with government, community leaders and other stakeholders;
§ Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, and conceptual understanding of participatory approach and sustainable development.
Desired:
§ Knowledge of local languages;
D) COMPETENCIES
§ Respect, integrity, diversity, excellence, adaptability, stress tolerance, innovation, building partnership, communicating with impact, coaching, facilitating change, developing teams, initiating action, strategic decision making, planning and organizing, leading through vision and value.
V. CONTACTS/KEY RELATIONSHIPS
The incumbent is expected to establish and maintain open and cordial relationship with relevant government partners, local government officials, and other development organizations working in the Livelihood economy in order to obtain the required support and collaboration for the smooth coordination and implementation of program/project activities.
If you are interested to be part of our dynamic team, exciting work environment and contribute to CARE Ethiopia’s mission and vision, please send your CV (not more than 3 page) and cover letter (not more than one page) using one of the following options:
Please clearly write the position you are applying on “Advisor: Livelihood and Gender” the subject line of your email or envelope. Your application will be automatically disqualified if you failed to do so.
Please DO NOT SUBMIT copies of transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application. You will provide them upon request.
Due to the large volume of applications, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the job requirements are strongly encouraged to apply especially women.
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