International Development Enterprises (iDE) is a non-profit headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA; with iDE Ethiopia being part of the global iDE family. iDE is committed to powering entrepreneurs to end poverty through various agricultural and WASH projects implemented in several parts of the country. For 40 years, iDE has been a leader in market-based approaches to development, helping more than thirty seven million people navigate their way out of poverty. iDE’s successes since our founding in 1982 have demonstrated that entrepreneurs are everywhere. Given the right technology and access to open markets, struggling populations can increase their income and rise out of poverty.

Currently, iDE has secured a three-year funding for implementation of the project known as ‘Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forested Landscape in Southwestern of Ethiopia’. The Project will be implemented in five adjacent zones and one special woreda of Oromia and Southwest Ethiopia Peoples’ (SWEP) Regional States. The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable management of biodiversity rich natural forests of the Southwest Ethiopia for enhancing ecosystem services and livelihoods improvement of communities living in and around the forest landscapes in Southwest Ethiopia.

Summary

Hence, iDE is currently looking for a highly qualified and experienced personnel for the positions that fulfil the requirements specified hereunder. Interested individuals who meet the specified requirements are invited to apply for the following job opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

The Project Coordinator is responsible to provide solid technical expertise in a wide array of livelihoods, conservation and social inclusion and gender equality approaches of the aforementioned project. The tasks include the design and development of diversified and sustainable economic opportunities for target beneficiaries/clients that have conservation significance, oversee innovative, livelihoods nexus conservation objectives and opportunities such as green job-creation (self-employment pathways) with the focus on Women Empowerment (WE), with a particular emphasis on youth and poor women. Moreover, the task involves reporting, liaison role, coaching, monitoring and mentoring project staff and project activities, conducting value chain analysis; facilitating farmers’ access to market information on regular basis; organizing women farmers into business groups and cooperatives; creating market linkages; identifying capacity building needs of women smallholder farmers and their organizations; and building their capacity to improve marketing capabilities, competitiveness and business management skills. He/she is expected comply with iDE’s GESI policy.

Duty station: Addis Ababa, with frequent travels to project districts.

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

• MA/MSc (desirable) or BA/BSc Degree in Natural Resource Management/NRM, Participatory Forest Management, Climate change, Agriculture and Resource Economics, value chain development, developmental economics, business administration, agribusiness, and development studies, Marketing Management, Business Management or related fields.
• At least 3 years for MA/MSc and 5 years for BA/BSc direct experience on NRM, smallholder farmers’ agri business and livelihood development.
• Knowledge and skills in the following areas is required: value chain analysis; market systems development; value chain financing and investment; and producer/marketing cooperatives, financial Inclusion, enterprise development, women empowerment etc
• Knowledge and skill in GIS and related soft skills
• Good interpersonal relationships and team work skills in a multi-cultural environment
• Proactive, participatory and result oriented approach to work
• Excellent networking skills with the ability to establish good relationships, confident in engaging with colleagues, partners and stakeholders
• Constructively critical, and analytical
• Entrepreneurial, affinity to creativity and innovations
• Open minded and flexible in approach
• Effective communication
• Cross cultural sensitivity
• Readiness to work outside of the framed job description
• Availability to work outside normal hours to meet deadlines and travel to project sites and within the region and outside when necessary and sometimes on short notice.
• NGO or private sector experience is preferable.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.