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) 5’s “Big Push” initiative and has the overarching goal of strengthening resilience among vulnerable households in Ethiopia’s 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
Job Responsibilities
- Provide relevant and impactful guidance, advice, valuable feedback and directions to the business and livelihoods of PSNP households within the intervention areas.
- Provide continued TA and also serve PSNP beneficiaries as their role model, teacher, advisor, advocate and ally.
- Serve as a valuable source of inspiration and motivation to the project beneficiaries
- Share their knowledge and advice PSNP households to create effective solutions, listen to their ideas and encourage them to come up with resolutions to any difficulties they face
- Create PSNP communities with a resilient mindset who sees challenges as opportunities to learn new things, not a moment of failure.
- Create a wide network of connections and opportunities to any business and provides PSNP households with practical knowledge and skills.
- Providing knowledge through various ways which includes giving practical advice offering emotional support and providing practical resources.
- Follow up and support PSNP communities to increase their on-farm, off-farm and employment income through facilitating the market systems that required demand for goods and services.
- Collect, document and manage data of all activities, beneficiaries, and other related components for the use of local levels.
- Be part of team and help to promote team work while providing mentoring and coaching services and supports.
- Undertake regular visits to PSNP households and providing mentorship services
- Provide regular progress reports to immediate supervisors
- Collaborate with program team members to achieve program objectives
- Undertake other relevant duties as tasked by the project required therefore seeking to hire qualified and experienced professional for the following vacant Position.
Job Requirements
Required Qualification and Professional Experience:
- Minimum of MA/MSc/ BA/BSc in Economics, agri-business, social work, sociology, and social science related field
- Minimum 2/4 years of previous job experience relevant to the function
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;
- 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.
Field Associate
Project Summary:
The USAID-funded Highland Resilience Activity (HRA)-will continue to the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) 5’s “Big Push” initiative and has the overarching goal of strengthening resilience among vulnerable households in Ethiopia’s 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:
A field Associate is responsible to accomplishes daily tasks and follows up performance of PSNP activities in the field and moving from place to place where the project is operating. By closely working with Program Coordinator, S/he provide array of support and facilitation for smooth program implementation of the program at all level. . The Field Associate will undertake the following responsibilities under the overall supervision of the head of the respective Zonal Coordination office. 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. S/he facilitates partnerships with other implementing partners and the private sector at Woreda level to ensure complementarily with existing activities, while ensuring the alignment of HRA implementation in line with the program’s overall approach.
Job Responsibilities:
- Provide continued support for the smooth program implementation and impactful result
- Provide support to both program and support staff and facilitate all logistics when required for different event
- Work closely with Zone program coordinator and MSD team in budget planning, implementation and monitoring in line with MSD policy and donor requirements.
- Conduct field visits to provide knowledge and skills through various ways which includes giving practical advice offering emotional support and providing practical resources.
- Follow up and support PSNP communities to increase their on-farm, off-farm and employment income through facilitating the market systems that required demand for goods and services.
- Collect, document and manage data of all activities, beneficiaries, and other related components for the use of local levels.
- Be part of team and help to promote team work while providing mentoring and coaching services and supports.
- Monitor the situation in the PSNP communities, collect data and other information relevant to the program and report to the supervisor/s accordingly.
- Undertake regular visits to various sites in order to assess needs of PSNP beneficiaries, with particular attention to vulnerable households.
- Keep regular contact with local authorities and implementing partners as requested by supervisors
- Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer key skills
- Provide regular progress report to program team
- Ensure that projects PSNP households most in need of protection, explore and asses new and better ways to assist.
- Lead field level need assessments to identify gaps and opportunities and submit comprehensive assessment report to the program team
- Submit regular reports on field work progress
- Collaborate with program team members to achieve program objectives
- 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.
- Undertake other relevant duties as required
Reports Directly to: MSD Project team and Zonal Coordinator
Work directly with: Zonal HRA project team, Mercy Corps Project Team, Partners, Consortium Team and MSD Program Team.
Career Level: Middle Level (5+ 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: Two (one)-1-South Gondar (Debretabor) & 1-North Wollo (Woldia)
Job Requirements
Required Qualification and Professional Experience:
- MSc/MA; BSc/BA degree in Agriculture , Sociology, business Administration, Development Studies, Social Works, Economics, or other related fields from recognized universities;
- Minimum of 2/4 years proven & relevant work experience,
- NGO experience with strong exposure to USAID funded projects (i.e. PSNP Program) is preferable.
- 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 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
Enterprise and Saving Coordinator
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 program’s 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.
Enterprise and Saving Lead
Job Summary
The Enterprise and Saving Lead will be stationed in Debretabor towns where the project is operating. She/he is responsible for the overall planning, coordination, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the enterprise and saving related activities of the HRA activity at Zonal and Woreda level. 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 Village Enterprise, donor organization, field level technical team and stakeholders to ensure that HRA project objectives are implemented effectively through each objective. The Enterprise and Saving Lead working relationship will be with all technical unite including government offices, business facilities, private enterprises and PSNP program participants to ensure program activities are carried out according to the highest standards and remain responsive and appropriate to the local context. The Enterprise and Saving Lead 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 program’s overall approach.
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible for the development of work plan, activities, targets, standards for measuring progress and results and determine the processes, tools and methodologies to be used to ensure effective and efficient program implementation and operations.
- Responsible as the on ground point person for integration of Graduation and Market Systems Development for PSNP households.
- In-charge of ensuring that activities of Private Sector Actors are properly layered sequenced and integrated into implementation of Graduation
- Work closely with the Program Manager, Field Coordinators and Business Mentors to ensure that Enterprise entrepreneurs are taking on the different selected value chains.
- Design and implement activities that build Field Coordinator and Business Mentors capacity to deliver on the integration of Graduation and Market Systems Development.
- Ensure working together with relevant local government , private sector and civil society actors to build a more resilient community, and ensuring that programs are responsive to and influence by PSNP communities and stakeholders
- Provide guidance for the resilience of PSNP communities through market systems development for improved livelihoods, access to food, and safe and clean water to them in the face of crises.
- Increasing their on-farm, off-farm and employment income through facilitating the market systems that required demand for goods, and services in PSNP communities.
- Organize and represent MSD in forums that are relevant to the position including saving group approaches, microenterprise support, market linkage, etc.
- Lead in identifying the core drivers of business success and build innovations around it that deepens and improve business and savings group performance for PSNP households.
- Develop strategies to identify, evaluate and appraise business for grant allocation in collaboration with the project team.
- Build staff capacity to identify and support impact at the business group and business savings group level.
- Gather analyze and act on quantitative and qualitative market and business performance data for HRAs
- Responsible for assuring data flows to the appropriate decision makers connected directly to the beneficiaries’ business success.
- 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: USAID HRA Zone Program Coordinator / MSD Project Manager
Work directly with: Zonal HRA project team, Mercy Corps Project Team, Partners, Consortium Team and MSD Program Team.
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 Market System, Business Administration, Program Management, Economics, or other related fields from recognized universities;
- Minimum of 6/4 years proven & relevant work experience, NGO experience with strong exposure to USAID funded projects (i.e. PSNP Program) is preferable.
- Previous experience in Graduation Market Systems Development;
- Deep experience with supporting those in extreme poverty through microenterprises, Saving Groups, Market and financial linkages and familiarity with Poverty Graduation approach
- 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;
- Computer literate and proficient in basic Microsoft packages and email and other technology 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
Interested an qualified applicants can send their CV which is not more than 3 pages through [email protected] with the subject line of position and Duty station in which you are applying for.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Female Candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
The deadline for application is 7 days of this advertisement.
