Dollo Ado, Somali
Mercy Corps Ethiopia
About Mercy Corps Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.  Mercy Corps is an International Humanitarian organization operating Water and Sanitation, Economic Development, Livelihoods, Capacity Building, Emergency Response, Health and Nutrition, and similar sectors in the regions of SNNPR, Somali, Oromia, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. Mercy Corps works with communities, public and private sectors to implement appropriate relief, recovery and development interventions.  Mercy Corps Ethiopia invites motivated and qualified candidates to apply for the following vacant position. Mercy Corps Ethiopia invites motivated and qualified candidates to apply for the following vacant position.   Position Title:   Market Systems Advisor   Duty Station:  Dollo Ado   Open Position:  One Program / Department Summary Mercy Corps is a consortium member for a program, Innovative Approaches to Building Resilience for Vulnerable Populations in Ethiopia, funded by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and led by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Somali Region.  The program comprises four components; within this consortium, Mercy Corps’ role is in the third and fourth components which involve strengthening market systems in Somali Region:  for pastoralists in Shabelle Zone and for refugees and host communities in Dollo Ado.   POSITION SUMMARY   The Market Systems Advisor will lead market system related activities of the project through its second phase, from assessment validation and activities selection and planning to implementation of activities to providing recommendations to represent Mercy Corps and WFP in scaling up and rolling out activities even further.  This position requires key skills in M4P; relationship management within the team, with partner organizations stakeholders, and community members; and project management.   The Market Systems Advisor will also be a member of the MC Economic and Markets Development (EMD) Team, which uses market systems development to stimulate economic growth to create wealth and jobs for the poorest while maximizing investment from the private and public sectors. As a member of the EMD team, the Market Systems Advisor will contribute analytical thinking and innovative approaches and will support integration and harmony of approaches across all Mercy Corps Ethiopia market-driven programming.  The EMD team is also expected to contribute up to 20% of its collective time towards new program development.   The Market Systems Advisor will be the highest ranking Mercy Corps staff solely dedicated to the program and will be expected to represent Mercy Corps in programmatic excellence, leadership, vision and core values. S/he will be responsible for leading a multi-disciplinary and multi-location team delivering all project activities in Mercy Corps geographies (Shabelle Zone and Dollo Ado); for taking technical advisor of market systems strengthening in all project areas.  S/he will support overall project management and planning, donor reporting, coordination of inputs from knowledge partners, and other stakeholders. He/she will be responsible for M&E, financial and operational management, and project management of the Mercy Corps team.     ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:   The Market Systems Advisor is responsible for management and implementation of MC’s thematic areas of financial systems development.  Key job functions include the following:   ·         Coordinate and organize market assessment validation and activities planning workshop which will involve all key stakeholders. ·         Advise/guide the project team to develop detailed plan for implementation of selected activities, including roles, timeframe, desired outcomes ·         Develop, implement, monitor progress of work plans that can be adaptively managed ·         Lead MC’s component of the project by guiding implementation of activities as implemented by WFP ·         Facilitate key relationships within the four market systems. ·         Ensure that market systems work captures and responds to up-to-date information about market developments within respective market systems and global best practices for Economic & Markets Development. ·         Manage all required documentation and reporting required by the donor ·         Develop final report providing summary of activities and recommendations for the next phase of the project which will be implemented by WFP. ·         Regularly visit field activities to assess progress and provide formal and informal feedback. ·         Adhere to Mercy Corps, donor and government policies and procedures