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Project Overview and Role:

CATALYZE is a $250 million 5 to 8-year program designed to mobilize $2 billion in private capital, especially to underfinanced social sectors, such as education, and higher risk countries around the globe, particularly low-income and post-conflict countries. The program is complemented by a cross-cutting inclusion of gender-lens investing and will provide services to many missions and bureaus that “buy in” to tap the CATALYZE investment and pay-for-results project management expertise. Our aim is for investors to explore and find commercially viable opportunities and approaches to creating jobs, developing sustainable social services, tightening, and rationalizing supply chains, and advancing inclusive growth.
USAID CATALYZE Ethiopia: MS4G is designed to benefit the Ethiopian people, build community resilience, and strengthen rural-urban linkages in the areas of food security and WASH. MS4G invests in developing strong relationships with private sector players, co-investing in inclusive business models, advisory services, digital solutions, and market-based initiatives that increase the resilience and sustainability of Ethiopian enterprises and employment for women and youth.

MS4G uses a market systems approach to address key food security and WASH sub-systems and the impact of economic shocks, including COVID-19 and political instability, by stimulating adoption, adaptation, broad expansion, responsive institutionalization, and scaling of approaches and business models to transform the lives of Ethiopians.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

The MS4G Operations Officer will report to MS4G Operations Manager. Key responsibilities include:

• Provide financial, logistical, and other required support as required.
  
• Support operations team during busy periods, including support for travel and logistics, reporting, and budgeting.
  
• Provide support on due diligence checks of vendors and consultants.
  
• Monitor and liaise with vendors/service providers to ensure all payments and invoices are processed on time.
  
• Responsible for the overall office maintenance.
  
• Responsible to initiate and follow up on operational procurements.
• As well as additional tasks as assigned by the Operations Manager.

 Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field
  
• 2+ years experience in operations preferred
  
• Strong business acumen
  
• Acute understanding of resource allocation
  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite and other operational software
  
• Experience developing and modeling human resources
  
• Effective problem solver and decision maker
  
• Excellent communicator both orally and in writing
  
• Detail-oriented
  
• Diligent and proactive
  
• Respectful of deadlines