CARE is an international NGO with local staff and community partners in more than 90 countries. We create local solutions to poverty and inequality and we seek dignity for everyone every day and during times of crisis. These solutions have a broad range, from clean water to access to education; from microfinance to ensuring that everyone has nutritious food; from agriculture and climate change to disaster response. CARE puts women and girls at the center of everything we do because they have proven to be the best hope for creating lasting change in the world. Our staff live where they work, which makes us effective at understanding the challenges they face. We’ve been doing this for over 70 years, since World War II. It started with the world’s first CARE Package® of food for the post-war hungry in Europe. Our work today is as important as ever, we believe that poverty and inequality are historic injustices that we can end within a generation, for good. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as the lead Financial Inclusion advisor for the project.
• Work alongside colleagues as a financial inclusion specialist to develop effective strategies for advancing program participants’ access to both informal and formal financial services, including women, youth, and other target groups.
• Develop technical resources including guides, case studies and other learning tools to strengthen capacity in financial inclusion.
• Provide technical support and strengthen capacities of program teams and partners (public, private, non-profit) to ensure project activities are effectively delivered and continually improved.
• As a Subject Matter Expert on issues pertaining to financial inclusion, ensure that global best practice and innovation are shared and integrated into the project as appropriate.  
• Ensure strong linkages and integration with other program components and activities.

Job Requirements

• Master of Arts in development or related subject, or Master of Business Administration, or equivalent expertise
• 7-8 years of relevant experience on a related field
• Deep awareness of and proven track record in applying market facilitation concepts, practices, and principles
• In-depth understanding of key concepts in financial inclusion, experience applying these to market systems development and livelihoods programs.
• Deep, practical understanding of villages savings and loan associations or similar savings group modalities and linking groups and their members to other financial service providers
• Ability to build relationships with private sector actors and quickly establish credibility and relevance
• Knowledge of the financial services ecosystem, as well as the Productive Safety Net Program in Ethiopia, is an advantage. Established industry connections and an ability to quickly access senior decision makers at financial service providers in the country is an advantage
• Ability to build relationships with and navigate government agencies to identify and work effectively with key decisions makers.
• Ability to support and advise and coach non-specialist colleagues, communicate complex ideas clearly, and facilitate learning and reflection activities.
• Ability to summarize and synthesize learning into straightforward English for a wide range of audiences.
• Strong negotiation, influencing and networking skills.
• Strong project management and budgeting skills.
• Understanding of principles of participation, gender equity, women’s empowerment, and youth engagement.
• Understanding of quality monitoring and evaluation and basic understanding of statistics.
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of Gender, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and PSEAH (safeguarding) as evidenced in previous management positions and programming. 
• Experience applying development approaches that promote gender equality, women’s economic empowerment and youth engagement.
• Excellent, high-level, demonstrated written and oral communications skills in English is required.
• Ability to travel to program areas as may be required and as the security situation allows.

How to Apply

CARE Ethiopia is committed to preventing all unwanted behavior at work. This includes sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, and child abuse. We expect everyone who works for us to share this commitment by understanding and working within the CARE Safeguarding Policy and related framework. CARE Ethiopia has a zero-tolerance approach to any harm to, or exploitation of, a vulnerable adult or child by any of our staff, representatives or partners.

CARE Ethiopia reserves the right to seek information from job applicants’ current and/or previous employers about incidents of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment the applicant may have been found guilty to have committed or about which an investigation was in the process of being carried out at the time of the termination of the applicant’s employment with that employer.

By submitting the application, the job applicant confirms that s/he has no objection to CARE Ethiopia requesting the information specified above. All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks. 

If you are interested to be part of our dynamic team, exciting work environment and contributing to CARE Ethiopia’s mission and vision, please send your CV (not more than 3 pages) and cover letter (not more than one page) through CLICK HERE

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Passionate and dedicated candidates who meet the requirement are strongly encouraged to apply, especially women!

CARE seeks to improve the lives of the most marginalized, particularly women and girls. Our diversity is our strength. We encourage people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.