Background:
The International Rescue Committee, one of the world’s largest humanitarian international NGOs, provides relief, rehabilitation and development support to vulnerable people and communities over 30 countries. We began work in Ethiopia in 2000 in response to severe drought in Ethiopia’s Somali region and are currently providing assistance to Ethiopians and refugees in six regions in Ethiopia, implementing emergency and development programs in health, water and sanitation, economic recovery, and development (ERD), women’s protection and empowerment, education, child protection, and multi-sectoral emergency response.
Position Overview
IRC has developed livelihood program to enhance the resilience of South Sudanese refugee and their hosting community in Gambella region. It implements a range of livelihood strategy and interventions such as business and life skill trainings, vocational skill training, off farm, income generation, market system development in Kule and Tierkidi refugee camps and surrounding woredas and Gambella town for improving the lives of target vulnerable and poor youth (both refugee and host community) over the period. It aims to improve and develop marketable skills and capacities of youth to access and engage in decent work opportunities. In addition, it also intended to ensure the financial inclusion of youth and increase their access to relevant financial services. This helps to flourish business and relevant skills, access to decent employment opportunities, financial access and improved wellbeing for young refugee, host communities and IDPs.
The position holder will fully engage in and responsible for the day-to-day planning, implementing, and managing of financial access related activities. Job holder is fully responsible to organize vulnerable youth (refugees, host community and IDPs) and establish VSLA/VESA groups and ensure the proper and effective function and operation as per IRC standard quality. In addition, realize the financial inclusion of vulnerable groups that create access to the financial services through regular technical guidance and supervision support.
Major key Responsibilities:
Key technical tasks and areas of Accountability.
Accountability
Monitoring, Evaluation, Documentation and Reporting.
Coordination:
Integrity:
Equal Opportunities:
Overall:
Minimum Experience Required:
Skills Required
Preferable