Enterprise and Saving Coordinator

πŸ“ Business and Administration, Management, Social Sciences and Community
πŸ•’  Mar 20, 2024
πŸ—ΊοΈ Zonal Level_ Debretabor (South Gondar) & Woldia (North Wollo)

Job Information

πŸ‘‰ Salary : Negotiable subject to organizational salary scale and project budget
πŸ‘‰ Employment Type:
πŸ‘‰ Job Level : Unfilled πŸ‘‰ Deadline : Mar 27, 2024
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Job Description

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 therefore seeking to hire qualified and experienced professional for the following vacant Position.

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.

Job Summary

Reporting to Enterprise and Saving lead, the coordinator is responsible to plan, organize and coordinates enterprise and saving related activities monitors their progress and reports outcomes. S/he communicates and collaborates with different teams, provide administrative and operational support resolve issues and analyze market trends. S/he is responsible to the overall management of Enterprise and saving programs, information/communication, Network at Zonal and district and development of HRA program. Determine compliance with policies, procedures, regulations and donor requirements. S/he ensures all project initiatives are implemented to achieve maximum impact as per program and project objectives while remaining on schedule and budget. S/he will work with the implementing partner, donor organization, field level technical team and stakeholders to ensure that HRA project objectives are implemented effectively through each objective. The Enterprise and Saving Coordinator facilitates partnerships with other implementing partners and the private sector at Zonal and Woreda level to ensure complementarily with existing activities, while ensuring the alignment of HRA implementation in line with the programs overall approach.

Job Responsibilities

  • Responsible for planning , organizing , supervising , controlling and reporting of Enterprise and Saving related works and all oversight tasks for designated Woreda/s
  • Responsible to ensure quality works in providing vocational trainings and employment linkage, enterprise development training and services, linkage with the market, supporting to introduce appropriate technology, maintain database of all training programs in terms of inputs, training delivery and total employment generation and the income to the pre-selected HHs as per the annual plan of the HRAs in the designated woredas.
  • Coordination with other thematic group members in the Woreda to determine input/output for programmatic collaboration among different HRA initiatives.
  • Guide and supervise PSNP households to Saving and enterprise development verifications
  • Collect, document and manage data of all activities, beneficiaries, and other related components for the use at local levels.
  • Be proactive to fulfil responsibility towards successful implementation of PSNP activities
  • Be part of team and help to promote team work while providing professional inputs and support.
  • Assess and recommend potential contacts, networks, resources, and tools to support maximum impact and outreach of the HRA initiatives.
  • Monitor/track the use of resources as planned and verify compliance with organizational guidance, rules and regulations, and standards of ethics and transparency.
  • Ensure timely and quality delivery of quarterly and annual project performance reports internally to HRA MEL/ Regional team.
Reports Directly to: MSD Project Manager and Zonal Coordinator
Work directly with: Zonal HRA project team, Mercy Corps Project Team, Partners, Consortium Team and MSD Program Team.
Career Level: Medium Level (4+ year experience)
Employment Type:One year contract, with possibility of renewal depending on merit and job continuity.
Gender:Both male and female are invited, and women are highly encouraged to apply
Staff required: 1 (one) -South Gondar (Debretabor)

Job Requirements

Required Qualification and Professional Experience:
  • BSc/BA or MSc/MA degree in Management, Business Administration, Social Science, Economics, or other related fields from recognized universities;
  • Minimum of 4/2 years proven & relevant work experience in Rural Livelihood based development, enterprise creation and livelihood base income generation/poverty reduction program.
  • NGO experience with strong exposure to USAID funded projects (i.e. PSNP Program) is preferable.
  • Previous experience on managing complex project or consortium an added advantage;
  • Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal communication and problem-solving skills.

Required Skills & Competencies:

  • Strong organizational skills, and ability to lead a team of work;
  • Proficient writing and verbal communication skills;
  • Ability to work independently as well as in cooperation with a multicultural team;
  • Ability to think creatively and strategically;
  • Relevant computer skills;
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate closely with government staff, effectively manages their expectations and build capacity;
  • Proven ability to set priorities, multi-task, and work collaboratively across technical disciplines.
  • Ability to work in teams, in a fast pace environment, where information needs to be communicated, requested, and shared.

Language:

  • Fluency (written and spoken) in English is compulsory
  • Knowledge of Amharic is an advantage.

How to Apply

Applicants can send their CV which is not more than 3 pages through mahiberehiwotvacancy@gmail.com with the subject line of position and Duty station in which you are applying for.
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
The deadline for application is 7 days of this advertisement.

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