Position Title: Project officer
Duty Station: Dollo, Kobe
Open Position: 1
Program / Department Summary
The DREAMS program aims to improve the well-being of 100,000 women, children, and men over five years for refugees and host communities in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Working with refugees and host communities in the Somali region of Ethiopia. The program will integrate two proven models – poverty graduation and Market Systems Development – layering these approaches in a new way that will ensure that the poorest households can improve their income and well-being significantly and maintain Mercy Corps will lead the Market Systems component of the program and will be responsible for developing market access pathways to ensure those businesses can be successful and supporting the operating environment for businesses and communities to thrive
General Position Summary
The Project Officer is responsible for the Dreams Project Strengthened Market Systems for Graduation Model and integrating the model MSD and Poverty graduation model The Project Officer guides the BSG or BG in developing an effective plan that stimulates the two approaches and maximizing investment from the private and public sectors. The Project Officer will be responsible for MSD activities ensuring that Implementation in the field is based on DREAMS objective, She/he will also be responsible for facilitating market assessments and/or research to be undertaken under the MSD approach and interrelated sectors, engaging in stakeholder analysis and identification partners.
Essential Job Responsibilities .
INFLUENCE & REPRESENTATION
Accountability
Reports Directly To: MSD coordinator.
Works Directly With other project program teams support staff and consortium member
Success Factors
GEDSI (GENDER, EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION)
Security
Organizational Learning
As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountability to Beneficiaries
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
All qualified individuals are invited to apply for the advertised position. All applications, including a CV, three references, and all applicable official papers, must be sent electronically.
Only candidates that are short-listed will be acknowledged and called for interviews.
“Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer promoting gender, equity and diversity. Qualified female and young candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We are committed to empower women and youth.”
DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATIONS: February 8, 2024, 4:00 PM
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