Business Mentors

MSD is a non-profit, civic society organization founded in 1999 to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Since then, MSD works to strengthen the socio-economic development of the wider community, and the nation at large. Working with partners and stakeholders, MSD advance the voice of citizens and community structures in service delivery, identifying priority needs, provide support and services to target groups with education, skills and promote opportunity to get along with assets. Aligned to its vision, mission and strategic objectives, MSD has been working in different development, emergency and humanitarian endeavours including HIV Prevention, care and support, Orphan and vulnerable children (OCV) care and support, Sexual and Reproductive health (SRH),Family Planning (FP), Gender Based Violence (GBV), migration, child protection and environmental protection. Through these technical area and services, it reached different hard to reach target groups including early married girls, GBV survivor, OVCs, refugees, PLHA, commercial sex workers and their clients, waitresses, long truck drivers, CSOs, CBOs and the community. At community level, the organization works with community members and community based social service providing institutions, schools, health facilities, government line offices, marginalized groups and professional associations.

MSD is a child safe organization and all successful applicants will be required to sign the Safeguarding Code of Conduct. The safety and wellbeing of children and at-risk adults are priorities of MSD. The organization provides a safe environment in all its programs and activities. It has strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in its programmes.

Currently, in partnership with Mercy Corps, MSD is implementing a five-year HRA projects with the fund obtained from USAID through Mercy Corps at eight woredas in North Wolo and south Gonder in Amhara region. It is the Project Summary

The USAID-funded Highland Resilience Activity (HRA)-will continue to the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) 5s Big Push initiative and has the overarching goal of strengthening resilience among vulnerable households in Ethiopias Highland , resulting in 120,000 PSNP households reaching the graduation threshold. HRA will support these households in moving above the graduation threshold and to where they no longer require social safety net programming for household food security and have the capabilities and assets to withstand regular and predictable shocks. The activity will achieve this goal by directly supporting households in increasing their on-farm, off-farm, and employment incomes while facilitating improvements in the market systems required increasing demand for goods and services in PSNP communities. HRA is a five-year program that starts in January 01, 2024.

Business Mentors will be stationed in Debere Tabor & Woldia towns USAID HRA Coordination offices. She/he is responsible to support network to combat challenges faced by the PSNP households on their entrepreneurial journey. Business Mentor is responsible to assist and offer direction to their mentees (PSNP households), helping them run and grow their business and encouraging them to develop the skills they need to be successful. The advice comes from Business mentors own knowledge and experience, which is extremely valuable to PSNP beneficiaries. Reporting to the USAID HRA Zone Program Coordinator & MSD team, he has the following responsibilities:

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