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Vacancy Announcement #086/2024
Private Sector Development (PSD) Advisor
Access to Finance (A2F) Specialist
Private Sector Development in Ethiopia
Contract Duration: September 30, 2025
Application deadline: 28/07/2024
Duty station: Addis Ababa
The private sector plays a key role in the ‘Homegrown Economic Reform Agenda’ of the Ethiopian Government. Although SMEs are key players in economic development and job creation, the landscape for the promotion of these target groups and political responsibilities are however much fragmented. In addition, poor legal and regulatory framework conditions and a lack of needs-oriented business development services inhibit the growth opportunities of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), start-ups, and Small & Growing Businesses (SGBs).
The Technical Cooperation project “Private Sector Development in Ethiopia” (PSD-E) aims to improve the growth opportunities of MSMEs, start-ups and SGBs and focuses on five intervention areas: 1) Strengthening the institutional capacities of public institutions to improve the legal and regulatory framework focusing on SMEs, start-ups and SGB by involving the private sector via public-private dialogue formats; 2) Strengthening chambers and associations to improve their range of services including their role as a representative of the private sector; 3) Building the capacity of intermediaries to develop viable innovative and future-oriented organizational and business models to support start-ups and SGBs; 4) Strengthening the market for Business Development Services (BDS) through supply- and demand-side interventions; 5) Direct support to MSMEs and entrepreneurs affected by conflicts and crises.
In addition to Addis Ababa, the project implements measures in the regional states Afar, Amhara, Dire Dawa, Harari, Oromia, Sidama, Somali, South Ethiopia and Tigray.
The project has a complex partner structure. It cooperates with Ethiopian public and private institutions, other projects, international consultancies, and international organizations.
The project is looking for a dynamic, proactive PSD Advisor (m/f/d) with expertise in the area of access to finance for MSMEs to support the project management of intervention area 5 of PSD-E.
Intervention area 5, which is co-funded by Germany, the European Union, and the Dutch Government, aims to directly support MSMEs and entrepreneurs in Afar, Amhara, and Tigray affected by recent domestic conflicts or global crises. The businesses are enabled through different support measures like business development skills training and coaching/mentoring to sustain their business operations, to ensure the recovery and even future resilience of their companies. Through specific finance training and matchmaking with financial service providers, businesses shall become creditworthiness and able to obtain third-party funding.
The specific tasks of the PSD/Access to finance advisor include:
Responsibilities and Duties
The specific tasks of the PSD/Access to finance advisor include:
Any other responsibilities upon demand
Qualifications:
Required qualifications, competencies, and experience.
Professional experience
Other knowledge, additional competencies
Good IT skills (MS Office, in particular, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams)
How To Apply
Application procedure:
Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their recent CV via Email: hreth@giz.de
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Please make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title # 086/2024 Private Sector Development (PSD) Advisor in the subject line of your email application. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might be disqualified.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Please refer to our brochure to learn more about GIZ’s attractive benefits package.
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