Mercy Corps Jobs vacancy
Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a global team of more than 6,000 humanitarians who work in further than 40 countries around the world working together on the frontal lines of today’s biggest crises to create a future of possibility, where everyone can prosper.
Employee Benefits
• Mercy Corps works to build a better world where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, free of exploitation, importunity, and bias.
• Toward that end, we've made it a global priority to assess — and where necessary strengthen our culture, policies, and procedures related to gender, diversity, and inclusion, as well as sexual misconduct in any form.
• We're committed to creating an inclusive, psychologically, and physically safe, and responsible work environment where every voice is respected and heard.
• Getting this right is critical to achieving our vision for transformational change.
Position 1: Value chain and business development expert
The Position (General Position Summary)
The expert will work closely with stakeholders to strengthen value chains, foster the inclusion of vulnerable populations into financial systems, and design innovative financing mechanisms to create sustainable profitable opportunities. By facilitating platforms for information exchange between communities and businesses, the expert will support refugees, internally displaced persons( IDPs), returnees, and host communities in structure adaptability and contributing to original profitable development.
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Essential Responsibilities( Example Section Below – Adapt to Specific part)
Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills
Qualifications and skills
• Master’s Degree in economics, or business studies, or a applicable, directly related discipline, or, in its absence, original applicable professional experience of minimal 10 years.
General professional experience
• Minimum 5 years professional experience in support to value chains development in Sub Saharan Africa;
• An excellent verbal and written command of English is required.
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Specific professional experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience relating to inclusion of vulnerable population into fiscal services;
• Minimum 3 years of experience relating to value chains analysis;
• Minimum 3 years of experience relating to design or implementation of innovative backing mechanisms;
• Minimum 1 year experience relating to creating strengthening platforms services for information exchange between communities and business servicescross-border.
Required Skills
• Communication
How To Apply
All qualified individuals are invited to apply for the advertised position. All applications, including a CV, three references, and all applicable official papers, must be sent electronically.
Only candidates that are short- listed will be acknowledged and called for interviews.
Position 2: migration and forced displacement
Minimum Qualification & transmittable Skills
Qualifications and skills
• Master’s Degree in development studies, or social anthropology, or sociology, or political sciences, or migration studies, or a applicable, directly affiliated discipline, or, in its absence, original applicable professional experience of minimal 10
General professional experience
• Minimum 5 years professional experience in assignments with governments or development partners in promoting Durable Solutions for forcibly displaced people and in migration issues;
• Minimum 5 years professional experience in premonitory services or project management in Sub- Saharan Africa. Applicable experience in Ethiopia would be an advantage;
• An excellent verbal and written command of English is
Specific professional experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience on producing context, political, conflict and environmental analysis of refugee/ host community relations and programming;
• Minimum 3 years of experience( even in different assignments) on mixed migration( refugees, IDPs, internal and external migration flows including root causes of migration) affiliated issues
• Minimum 3 years of experience( indeed in different assignments) in designingre-integration pathways for returnees with a focus on socio-economic opportunities and/ or learning pathways;
• Minimum 2 years of experience( even in different assignments) on programmes interventions engaging diaspora communities associations in colorful forms of support to their original communities;
• minimum 1 assignment on the implementation or/ and operationalisation of the HDP Nexus in the field of mixed migration flows and/ or
Durable Solutions;
• Must have conducted at least 3 assignments relating to training of officials in the field of sector reforms on reintegration of returnees, legal migration pathways for implicit migrants, socio- profitable integration of displaced population and their host communities and other applicable topics.
Success Factors
The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, engaging effectively with different stakeholders, including government officials, private sector actors, and community groups. They will exhibit strong leadership and coordination abilities, fostering collaboration across teams in complex political and social contexts. Adaptable and resourceful, they can manage competing priorities and deliver results under pressure. With a strategic mindset and commitment to gender equity and inclusion, they will integrate these principles into programme design and implementation. Proficiency in facilitation, capacity building, and problem- solving will support nonstop improvement and effective stakeholder engagement. Fluency in English is essential for clear communication and report writing.
Living Conditions Environmental Conditions
The position is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and it may require up to 40 travel to support country programme, which may include travel to insecure locations where freedom of movement is limited and areas where amenities are limited. Housing for this role is in individual housing and staff will have access to good medical services and the living situation is of a high standard.
How To Apply
All qualified individuals are invited to apply for the advertised position. All applications, including a CV, three references, and all applicable official papers, must be sent electronically.
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Position 3: Monitoring, Evaluation, Responsibility and Learning Expert
Responsibility
Reports Directly To Key Expert 1 Team Leader
Works Directly With Programme team (Key andNon-Key Experts), country leadership and heads of Finance, Operations and HR departments.
Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
• Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to transnational standards guiding transnational relief and development work. We're committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field systems.
Qualifications and skills
• Master’s Degree in statistics, economics or a applicable, directly affiliated discipline, or, in its absence, original applicable professional experience of minimum 10 years.
General professional experience
• Minimum 5 years professional experience in designing and/ or implementing MEAL systems and tools for donor- supported programmes;
• Minimum 5 years professional experience in Africa is a requirement. Applicable experience in Ethiopia would be an advantage;
• An excellent verbal and written command of English is required.
Specific professional experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience relating to MEAL in forced displacement contexts;
• Minimum 3 years of experience relating to MEAL capacity development (development of MEAL package, training, capacity structure, coaching).
Success Factors
• The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional coordination, and relationship- building skills, with a particular focus on fostering collaboration among different stakeholders in value chain development. They will excel at facilitating partnerships and driving innovative approaches to engage and include vulnerable populations in profitable systems. A strong ability to navigate complex challenges, think strategically, and adapt to evolving priorities is essential.
• The ideal candidate will possess excellent interpersonal andcross-cultural communication skills, enabling them to build trust and maintain productive relationships with community members, business leaders, and development mates. A commitment to inclusivity, flexibility, and openness to new ideas will support nonstop improvement and invention in value chain initiatives. A positive attitude, a cooperative spirit, and the ability to inspire and motivate teams will be crucial to achieving success. Fluency in English is essential for clear communication and report writing.
Living Conditions Environmental Conditions
• The position is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and it may require up to 40 travel to support country programme, which may include travel to insecure locations where freedom of movement is limited and areas where amenities are limited. Housing for this role is in individual housing and staff will have access to good medical services and the living situation is of a high standard.
How To Apply
All qualified individuals are invited to apply for the advertised position. All applications, including a CV, three references, and all applicable official papers, must be sent electronically.
Only candidates that are short-listed will be acknowledged and called for interviews.
