Woreda Facilitator - Youth Employment Program

About the role

SNV Ethiopia is recruiting a Woreda Facilitator for the Realizing Aspiration of Youth in Ethiopia through Employment (RAYEE II) program in North Gojam Zone, covering Bahir Dar Zuria and Yilmana Densa Woredas. The role provides technical and organizational support to program implementation at woreda and kebele level, facilitates community and partnership work, and monitors activities at field level. The contract is national, full-time, for one year with possible extension, starting in January 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure program targeting of young women (90%) and disadvantaged groups (5% with disabilities, 5% others) is followed, working with One Stop Service Centres and task forces to identify unemployed youth and collect unemployment data.
• Create awareness among participants and stakeholders about program objectives and opportunities, and organize awareness sessions on business and employment prospects.
• Facilitate the formation of Young Women Led Savings and Loan Associations (YSLAs) and Youth Advisory Groups, and take part in their monitoring and evaluation.
• Support the establishment of young women-led micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in agribusiness value chains, ensuring soft and technical training, GESI and safeguarding integration, and business plans.
• Organize peer-to-peer coaching, demonstration and hands-on training, and build partnerships with local financial institutions for loans, premises and legal services.
• Monitor ground-level implementation, compile MSE data according to the program tracking system, and prepare monthly, quarterly and annual plans and progress reports.
• Contribute to learning briefs and impact stories, document the program database, and take other tasks that help the team achieve its goals.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Marketing, Agriculture or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in agricultural value chain development or agribusiness, with practical work with youth and women in rural contexts.
• Experience in youth employment, establishing youth-led MSEs and YSLAs, and community outreach and mobilization.
• Experience in business linkages, partnerships with private sector actors and cooperatives, and teamwork.
• Proficiency in English and ability to speak the local community language and know the local culture.
• Willingness to travel frequently within the assigned woredas and kebeles.

Required skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including working in a multicultural environment.
• Proven track record with local partners and community-based organizations.
• Computer skills and data management.
• Motorbike driving licence.

Candidates apply through the organization's online application portal by uploading a CV and a letter of motivation before 12 November 2026; applications are kept confidential and vetted through background and reference checks.