Cooperative Development & Business Promoter 113 views1 applications

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an International Catholic Organization and the work of the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits). JRS was founded on 14^th November 1980 in Rome, Italy.  Over the years, the work of JRS has expanded globally to incorporate the ever-changing needs of refugees, internally displaced persons, migrants and other forcibly displaced persons.  The JRS-Ethiopia programme was established in 1982 two years right after the international office establishment to assist thousands of displaced people (Internal and external), driven from their homes by political unrest and natural disasters. JRS wants to hire qualified professionals for vacant posts of its Addis Ababa, Mai-Aini (Shire) and Dollo Ado operation offices.

Part of the Positions’ Responsibilities

• Set-up refugee based saving and credit cooperative,
• Organize awareness raising events to recruit cooperative members from refugee communities;
• Organize periodical meeting of management and members of the cooperative;
•  Manage  finance tasks of the cooperative,
• Lead registration and  legalization process of the cooperative,
• Arrange and provide cooperative management and other trainings for cooperative leaders & members;
• Assist the cooperative in increasing its members and capital;
• Build the capacity of cooperative leaders, and establish working;
• Facilitate auditing of the cooperative;
•  Establish good working relationship and partnership between the cooperative with Addis Ababa and sub-city cooperative promotion office and other agencies etc.

Terms of Employment One Year with renewable Contract based on Performance & availability of fund

Qualification

• B.A or M.A in Cooperative management/Business Management, Social Work, related field

Work Experience

• 6 /4Years for B.A /M.A relevant work experience

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience conducting research including designing written surveys, conducting interviews, and analyzing data
• Leveraging the resources of national governments and partners/ building strategic alliances and partnerships
• Knowledge of project cycle management and sphere standards;
• Only Women will be accepted for Position # 6
• Experience in developing assessment tools (e.g. questionnaires, focus group discussions);
• Demonstrated experience and capacity in conducting field-level data collection, data entry, and data analysis;
•  Strong communication and presentation skills
• Ability to write clear and well-argued reports;
• Excellent organization, time and general management skills
• Knowledge of normal child and adolescent development and issues affecting youth;
• Ability to provide leadership and healthy role modeling to youth;
• Critical thinking, strong analytical skills and objective judgments;
•  High degree of competency using Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
•  Self-motivated, highly organized team player
• An entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit
• Understands cooperative business principles in other sectors:;
• Experience in Project  writing or PCM and reporting
• Familiar with different methods of meeting facilitation, event planning experience and decision-making processes
• Good interpersonal and communication skills;
• Commitment to high level of confidentiality with sensitive information.
• Speaking and writing in a second language: French, Arabic , Tigrigna are advantageous