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The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) is an international development, research and training organization with over 80 years of grassroots experience working in people-centered, sustainable development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. IIRR maintains a strong presence in Eastern Africa and Southeast Asia. IIRR’s Headquarters and Regional Centre for Asia are located in the Philippines, with the Africa Regional Centered located in Kenya, and country offices in Ethiopia, Kenya, Southern Sudan, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

IIRR-Ethiopia is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Capacity Building Officer for Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development in Amhara (EWESDA), a project funded by Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) and jointly implemented by II RR and Amhara Women Entrepreneurs Association (AWEA). EWESDA has an overall goal of contributing towards poverty reduction efforts of Amhara Region through sustainable promotion of sustainable women’s entrepreneurship and institutional capacity building by working in seven major zonal towns of Amhara Region.

Job Title: Capacity Building Officer

Place of Work: Bahir Dar (with travel to other zonal towns of Amhara Region)

Contract: For one year with possible extension

Salary and Benefits: Salary negotiable, benefits are as per IIRR HR policy

Application close: August 15, 2015

Position Description

As Capacity Building Officer, your key focus will be to assess institutional capacity needs of AWEA, plan and implement the capacity building component of EWESDA project, and document lessons learned in the process. The successful candidate will have integrity, competence, be highly motivated and enjoy working in a team.

The Officer will liaise with AWEA, manage the capacity building component of the project and maintain positive working relations to achieve the organizations objectives and outputs in accordance with the schedule and work plan.

Reporting to the IIRR EWESDA Project Manager – key responsibilities include:

Selection Criteria

Education

• Postgraduate and comparable qualifications in a field of relevance (Social sciences, Business management etc.)

Experience;

• Proven experience (5 years minimum) in developing and implementing organizational capacity development processes;

• Proven experience in supporting capacity development at the project level on economic development related initiatives;

• Demonstrated experience in developing strategic, processes and plans to improve operational effectiveness;

• Experience working in close inter-organizational partnerships

Knowledge

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