Development Expertise Center (DEC) is a National Civil Society Organization (CSO) that aspires to see all marginalized children properly fostered. The organization has four major programs; Child Development, Gender and Life Skill Development; Skills and Entrepreneurship Development and Lobby & advocacy. DEC works in five National Regional States of Amhara, Afar, Gambela, Oromia Benishangul, and Addis Ababa City Administration. DEC would like to recruit for the following position:

Job Summary

Youth Economic Empowerment Officer is responsible for working within the program staffs to successfully implement the organizations and the project’s objectives in the areas of the project planning, organizing, executing and reporting of economic strengthening and livelihood improvement interventions under IYA. She /he is exclusively responsible for leading the design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the project’s economic empowerment activities of the project to improve the livelihoods of the target youth beneficiaries through financial Responsibilities.

• Support field level needs assessments; youth led community project identification, and business proposal development activities.

• Participate in preparation of detail implementation plan in collaboration with other project team particularly on youth economic empowerment activities 

• Establish working relationships and partnerships with government partners, donors, private actors and other stakeholders to enhance structured opportunities on youth economic empowerment.

• Organize and facilitate youth mobilization, registration and awareness creation events on the importance and role of youth SACCOs.

• Provide capacity building trainings to the coalition leaders and members on different themes, cascade different ToT trainings organized by Kefeta HQ and ensure quality of economic strengthen interventions.

• Promote and support youth groups and coalitions to innovative and/or create different ways to generate income such as fundraising initiatives and external funding via grants and sponsorship to ensure sustainability of the youth centres and community projects.

• Support planning, organization and implementation of  events including workshops, awareness-raising campaigns, and experience sharing opportunities of youth economic empowerment   

• Support and facilitate  the implementation of entrepreneurship related activities as per set work plan and methodologies

• Support the engagement of youth in opportunities from the private sector within the target cities

• Coordinate with relevant sector offices within the targeted cities and collate the relevant technical and expert support e.g. SACCO registration, and training support.

• Support the registration and establishment of the youth SACCOs in the respective cities

• Prepare a package of YFS in relation to youth economic strengthening in close collaboration with other program staff and relevant grassroots stakeholders including the youth themselves.

Required Number  1

Age  Below 35

Sex:  Female and Male; 

Job Requirements

Qualification and Experience

•  Masters/Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Accounting, Development studies, Cooperative Management, Economics, Agribusiness, and other related fields.

•  3- years prior work experience and demonstrated practical skills in working with youth Own  enterprises, one stop centers matching service   

Technical and other Skill

• Certifications, training courses on saving skills, business development and SACCO

• Able to mobilize out-of-school youth and the ability to work with young people at their preferred time including out-of-working hours.

• Able to read and write proficiently in the targeted city instructional languages.

• Excellent written and verbal communication in both local and English languages.

• Willing to work at youths’ preference time including on the weekend and evening

How to Apply

Submit your CV, cover letter, educational records, work certificates via email: youtheco@decethiopia.org 

Incomplete applications will not be accepted.

Please note that only short-listed applicants will be contacted

Copies of CV + supporting documents are non-returnable. 

Female applicants will be encouraged.