Skill Development Advisor - RAYEE II Project

About the role

SNV Ethiopia is implementing the RAYEE II program, a five-year initiative aimed at reaching one million financially disadvantaged rural young women and securing employment for 800,000 youth through market systems development in dairy, poultry and horticulture value chains. The Skill Development Advisor provides technical leadership at cluster level to design, coordinate and oversee inclusive, gender-responsive and market-relevant skills development for rural young women and persons with disabilities. The role reports to the Cluster Coordinator and is technically guided by the Skill System Advisor at national level.

Key responsibilities

• Plan, design and roll out cluster skills interventions according to the annual and quarterly work plan and national strategy, and coordinate entrepreneurship, agribusiness, digital and financial literacy and value chain training packages.
• Support training and capacity building for Youth Savings and Loan Associations (YSLA) and give technical guidance to woreda facilitators.
• Engage and strengthen TVETs, youth centres, OSSCs, universities and private providers, and promote mobile training, community-based learning and digital advisory services.
• Monitor training quality and materials, embed digital literacy, entrepreneurship and financial literacy in local institutions, and conduct regular field visits and coaching.
• Work with MEAL to track participation, completion and outcomes, and capture lessons learned for cluster reports and learning briefs.
• Represent the program in cluster forums and skills networks, and ensure training supply matches labour-market demand and youth aspirations.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in education, agriculture, youth development, TVET, social sciences or a related field; a master's degree preferred.
• 8 years of relevant experience in skills development, preferably in rural youth employment and agricultural value chains.
• Proven experience with TVET institutions, private training providers and public skill systems.
• Experience in coaching and capacity building of field staff and local actors, and in adult learning and youth entrepreneurship.
• Fluency in English; knowledge of widely used local cluster languages is advantageous.
• Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned cluster.

The contract is national, starts on 1 January 2027, lasts one year and can be extended depending on performance and budget. Applications must be submitted through the organization's online recruitment system by 30 October 2026.