SNV Ethiopia is recruiting a Woreda Facilitator for the Realizing Aspiration of Youth in Ethiopia through Employment (RAYEE II) program in Gamo Zone, Merab Abaya Woreda, South Ethiopia. RAYEE II is a five-year (2025-2030) youth employment project implemented with Mastercard Foundation, aiming to secure 800,000 dignified job opportunities for rural young women through a market systems approach in horticulture, poultry, dairy and related value chains, with gender equity, social inclusion and safeguarding integrated throughout.
The Woreda Facilitator provides technical and organizational support to program implementation at woreda and kebele level, facilitates community engagement, and builds partnerships with one-stop service centres, youth centres and A/TVETs. The role ensures proper targeting of young women (90%) and disadvantaged groups (persons with disabilities, returnees, internally displaced people), and works closely with the zonal coordinator and cluster-level advisors.
Key responsibilities:
- Targeting and mobilization: apply program targeting criteria, work with One Stop Service Centres and woreda/kebele taskforces to identify unemployed youth, collect unemployment data, run awareness sessions, facilitate young women-led VSLA groups, and establish Youth Advisory Groups.
- Establishment and growth of young women-led MSEs: facilitate formation of MSEs in poultry, dairy and horticulture; ensure soft and technical skills training; integrate GESI and safeguarding; link MSEs to financial institutions and services; support start-up grants follow-up; organize peer coaching and experience sharing; promote improved technologies; support business plans and record keeping; monitor field implementation and compile MSE data.
- Documentation and reporting: contribute to annual, quarterly and monthly plans and progress reports; document learning briefs and impact stories; maintain program database.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture or related fields.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in agricultural value chain development or agribusiness, with practical experience working with youth and women in rural contexts.
- Experience in youth employment, establishing youth-led MSEs and YSLA groups; community outreach and mobilization; facilitating business linkages with private sector actors and cooperatives.
- Ability to work with local stakeholders, TVETs, OSSCs, disability organizations and government institutions.
- Proficiency in English and the local community language; willingness to travel frequently within assigned woredas and kebeles.
- Computer and data management skills; motorbike driving skill with a valid license is mandatory.
Contract: National, full-time, one year with possible extension. Expected start date: December 1, 2026. Duty station: Merab Abaya Woreda, Gamo Zone, South Ethiopia.
Closing date: 2026-11-02
HOW TO APPLY:
Upload your CV and a letter of motivation via SmartRecruiters on or before November 2, 2026. Applications are accepted only through SmartRecruiters.
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