Mercy Corps Program Specialist Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

Mercy Corps Program Specialist Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

Mercy Corps Ethiopia looking for “Program Specialist”.

Applicants with a Bachelor’s Degree may apply on or before 11th March, 2024.

Mercy Corps is a global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental, social and political instabilities. The organization claims to have assisted more than 220 million people survive humanitarian conflicts, seek improvements in livelihoods, and deliver durable development to their communities.

The Mercy Corps has published a job vacancy announcement on 02nd March, 2024 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Program Specialist to be based in Mekele, Ethiopia.

Mercy Corps Job Vacancy 2024

Essential Responsibilities:

• Facilitation of all the regional field level engagement activities focusing on agriculture, technical and vocational skill training and BDS facilitation.
• Participate in sector research and analysis to design sustainable and scalable intervention ideas that would improve the economic condition of conflict-affected communities.
• Support development of a concept note, including viable business model to create a sustainable market system.
• Identify, assess and on board relevant key market players (implementing partners).
• Work with the community structures across IDPs, returnees and host communities to plan and implement effectively the deliverables of the intervention/program in line with work plans and targets in close collaboration with implementation partners.
• Facilitate implementation of the activities across ER-CAP implementation areas.
• Support developing and regularly updating of intervention strategies; logical framework, results chains in collaboration with program coordinator, MEAL manager and officer.
• Support the preparation of partnership agreement (sub grant agreements) and facilitate the signing process.
• Support in developing capacity building materials for partners as well as participate in capacity building sessions based on identified needs.
• Provide technical support and guidance for implementing partners during the implementation.
• Follow up and update intervention implementation progress against work plans.
• Monitor, follow up and update progress of public and private implementing partner’s work plans against achievement and report against key monitoring and result measurement plans.
• Contribute to the development of field activities and report writing.
• Proactively build and nurture partnerships with implementation partners, other organizations and key stakeholders including government offices and authorities as well as NGOs and private sector market players.
• Manage relationship with partners in conducting capacity assessment, track performance, ensure activities are in line to address systemic problem, identify potential intervention areas for expansion and scale up.
• Organize lesson learning workshops and other events and proper documentation for future programmatic actions.
• Representing the ER-CAP program, displaying courtesy and tact in all interactions with community members, sub-city and woreda level authorities and other stakeholders.
• Closely work with consortium partners (DRC&FC) organization to integrate the innovate and access to financial service and products.
• Closely work with DRC to integrate the priority protection issues across institutions, private and public sector partners
• Organize joint events and workshops whenever necessary.

Position in Organization:

• Position Title: Program Specialist
• Job category: Programming
• Requisition number: PROGR004724
• Posted: 01 March 2024
• Full-time
• Location: Mekele, Ethiopia
• Deadline: 11th March, 2024

Minimum Requirement:

Education:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in the areas: Economics, Agriculture (i.e. Plant/Animal Science), Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, Agribusiness, Marketing and other related subjects.

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in private sector or working with other agencies in market systems facilitation, livelihood programs, rural development, agribusiness or financial services.

Language:

• Fluent in English, Afar and one additional local language (capable in all required basic skills: reading, listening, speaking and writing).

How to Apply Mercy Corps Program Specialist Jobs 2024

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://recruiting2.ultipro.com/MER1024MERCY/JobBoard/7de55979-49d4-4f59-b61b-9c7d0e38d500/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=001dcd17-b4ce-4bff-8126-34a1db951913

The Closing Date: 11th March, 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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