The position holder will work with closely and report to the Agriculture Livelihoods Technical advisor. The position holder provides technical assistance and capacity building climate sensitive and gender sensitive interventions for increasing and diversifying income sources and building and protecting the asset base of targeted households including but not related entrepreneurial and employment options that promote greater income security in rural area setting. The position holder will coordinate IGA and jobs market assessment studies, identify key opportunities and gaps and provides high quality guidance, approaches and tools for training, and also coordinate the design, planning and implementation of income generating interventions under the designated project operational areas. S/he will work with other technical areas to ensure harmonization and appropriate sequencing of interventions to ensure that approaches are suitable for the households targeted by DFAP and are based on facilitating long-lasting skills development and relationship building.

II. Roles and Responsibilities

Provide technical assistance/Program planning and implementation (40%)

• Provide quality technical support to consortium partners, government counter-parts, private sector actors and project participants;
• In close collaboration with the Agriculture Livelihoods Technical Advisor, develop and lead the design and implementation of a climate change, gender and youth sensitive IGA and jobs assessments, identify key opportunities and gaps and design a high quality and evidence based approaches including coaching, relationship building, business understanding and innovation- including avenues for jobs market information delivery system to beneficiaries;
• Participates in DFAP detailed implementation planning (DIP), and annual reviews, to ensure that proper practices, tools and guidelines are adopted throughout the life of the project.
• Establishes all necessary relationships with market actors to ensure that buy-in for evidence based and sound practices and share lessons.
• Support social change processes in relation to changing attitudes related to livelihood and markets and market actors;
• In collaboration with the Gender and Youth Technical lead, ensure that all guidelines and implementation tools resonate with the needs of and are uniquely placed to facilitate empowerment of women and youth;
• Support identification and promotion of innovative approaches and interventions to achieve project objective and suited to the particular conditions and needs of diverse target groups in diverse geographic location and social norms;
• Support with the implementation of appropriate monitoring systems and provide/compile report on program activities;
• Ensure DFAP incorporates innovative, cost effective and equitable practices and mechanisms that have potential for social transformation, learning and scaling up.
• Monitor progress and provide on-going feedback and recommendations to project management.
• Actively engage with, maintain a productive relationship and be deeply familiar with all aspects of the relevant job market actors, entrepreneurial skill development partners/stakeholders (formal and informal) and the wider market system supporting poor households and are in a position to provide income generating/expansion options;
• Support coordination and linkages among private sectors actors and business stakeholders, including government offices to support sound implementation of sound and fair job market facilitation approach;
• Proactively engage with the learning agenda partners to identify and explore learning opportunities and issues;
• Advise and ensure technical area initiatives are consistent with sustainable development principles and are equitable.

Capacity building and Monitoring (40%)

• Conduct capacity assessment and based on the findings advise or plan for consortium partners to develop key competencies and skills to produce quality results and nurture commitments to apply new skills;
• Establish on-going induction and training processes on the technical area for staffs and market actors and other partners on facilitative job creation and skill development approach;
• Provide support, guidance and training to program staff to understand the technical requirements and best practices that promote and support behavioral changes to enhance engagement in and maintain appropriate level of proactive initiation and skills for IGAs or jobs available in the locality;
• With the leadership of the technical lead, closely works with the DFAP M & E staff and Collaborative Learning partners and CARE program quality and Learning (PQL) unit to ensure that learning and monitoring evaluation systems are in-sync with global agendas and needs, as required.
• Actively participate in regular team planning and review meetings; identify follow up activities based on findings of previous activities and implementation;
• Ensures productive relationships are established and maintained with all consortium partners, market actors, governmental and non-governmental organizations at all levels and with expert institutions;
• Proactively develop and maintain a good learning platform with all stakeholders and ensure that good practices are shared widely;

Learning, documentation and sharing (15%)

• With the support of the technical lead and supervisor, identify, record and share lessons on program processes, practices and results with internal staffs, consortium partners and other stakeholders;
• With support of the technical lead ensures productive relationships are established and maintained in the area of IGAs and income with all consortium partners, donor, other DFAP implementing partners, governmental and non-governmental organizations at all levels and with expert institutions;
• Lead IGA/WAGEs related activity of DFAP consortium and represent CARE and other consortium partners in income generation and sustenance forums at different levels;
• Ensure the program captures and responds to up-to-date information about markets/jobs, regulatory, policy and investment initiatives and developments;
• Establish and ensure proper sex and age disaggregated database is in place to track the effective engagement with job/employment option providers/actors;
• Organize opportunities and forums for experience sharing and learning;
• Prepare and maintain up to date information on the IGA and jobs situation of each operational area and evidence based best practice lessons locally and internationally;
• Prepare reports as deemed necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned (5%)

Job Requirements

Education/Training

Required:

• BSc in livelihoods, business development, marketing or related field with experience on IGA diversification and/or job market promotion.

Desired:

• Masters in livelihoods, business development, marketing or other closely related field with experience in IGA diversification, livelihood promotion.

Experience

Required:

• 5-7 years of work experience in IGA and/or livelihood diversification and management, local economic development and familiarity with food security and rural development.

Desired:

• Experience in business development and entrepreneurship development programmes, evaluation of IGA based projects and working in the NGO sector.

Technical Skills

Required:

• Language proficiency in written and spoken English;
• Proficiency in computer (Word, Excel & Access);
• Knowledge on marketing and value-chain;
• Effective interpersonal skills, maturity, initiative, tact and a high sense of responsibility, 
• Ability to work harmoniously with people of different educational and cultural backgrounds;
• Ability to analyze technical issues, to write clear and concise reports and make effective oral presentations;
• Demonstrated technical ability and skills to work effectively with project staff and partners at all levels;
• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, and empowerment;
• Good understanding of participatory approach and sustainable development;
• Proven training and facilitation skills;

Desired:

• Knowledge of livelihood diversification and rural jobs market development;
• Strategic and operational planning experience;
• Knowledge of Afan Oromo;
• Training materials development and facilitation skills;
• Project design, monitoring and evaluation skill;

Competencies:

CARE core values (respect, accountability, courage, and excellence), building partnerships, and managing performance for success, initiating action, interpersonal skills, contributing to team success, pro-active problem solving, organizing and flexibility.

 Contacts/Key Relationships

The incumbent is expected to establish and maintain good relations with all CARE, and DFAP consortium partners’ staffs at all levels. S/he will also be expected to have productive and professional relations with operational and functional units in CARE office and other key stakeholders (e.g. government counterparts, civil society and private sector). S/he will be expected to work from World Vision and CARE offices within agreed days in a week.

Level of Travel Required

This position is based in Addis Ababa with 50 % travel to DFAP implementation areas under the three consortium partners.

CARE Ethiopia is committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework. CARE Ethiopia has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners.

CARE Ethiopia reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.

By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no objection to CARE Ethiopia requesting the information specified above. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks.

How to Apply

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 pages) and cover letter (not more than one page) through CLICK HERE

NB: Upload your CV (not more than 3 pages) and cover letter (not more than one page). Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the requirement are strongly encouraged to apply, especially women. CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.