Skill Development Advisor – RAYEE II Project

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Background of the Project

SNV Ethiopia will be implementing an anticipated flagship programme focused on enabling 800,000 rural young women (RYW) to access dignified and fulfilling jobs. The programme will target high-potential agricultural value chains (e.g., horticulture, poultry, dairy), using a market systems development approach in seven regional clusters.

It emphasizes transformative gender and social inclusion (GESI) and aims to address structural and socio-cultural barriers that limit young women’s participation in economic life. Implementation will be decentralized, with strong collaboration across local TVETs, youth centers, community organizations, and public service institutions.

Summary of the position

The Skill Development Advisor provides technical leadership at the cluster level to design, coordinate, and oversee inclusive, gender-responsive, and market-relevant skills development interventions for rural young women (RYW) and persons with disabilities. The role involves engaging and strengthening local training providers, supporting woreda facilitators, and promoting the integration of digital, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy training into existing systems, strengthen the local skills ecosystem, enhance access to training and improve service quality.

The Advisor ensures training is accessible and responsive by introducing flexible delivery models, embedding inclusive practices, and customizing content to the local context. The position also supports quality assurance, contributes to learning and reporting, and represents the program in cluster-level coordination platforms to align training supply with market demand and youth aspirations. The role reports to the Cluster Coordinator and is technically guided by the Skill System Advisor at national level.

Cluster Skills Planning and Implementation

• Lead planning, design, and rollout of cluster skills development interventions in line with approved annual and quarter work plan and national program strategy.
• Coordinate implementation of entrepreneurship, agribusiness, digital and financial literacy, and value chain technical training packages for rural young women and persons with disabilities.
• Support training and capacity building activities  for Youth Savings and Loan Associations (YSLA).
• Provide technical guidance to woreda facilitators on service provider engagement, and follow-up
• Participate in contextualizing and adapting training manuals and materials to local needs.

Training Provider Engagement, Quality and Inclusion

• Identify, assess, engage and strengthen A/TVETs, youth centres, OSSCs, universities, private training providers and other local skills service providers.
• Support local service providers to co-develop and deliver inclusive, gender responsive and digitally integrated training.
• Monitor training quality and materials for different groups, service providers and TOT participants.
• Promote flexible delivery models, including mobile training, community-based learning and digital advisory services.
• Promote and support the adoption of digital advisory and learning tools in collaboration with training providers.
• Work with GESI and safeguarding colleagues to address barriers for rural young women, persons with Disabilities and young mothers, including childcare, assistive devices and safe spaces.

Systems Strengthening, Monitoring and Field Support

• Embed digital literacy, entrepreneurship, financial literacy and mentorship in woreda government offices, A/TVETs, youth centres, OSSCs and community institutions.
• Promote adoption of digital advisory and learning tools with training providers.
• Conduct regular field visits and coaching with zonal coordinators, woreda facilitators and skills service providers.
• Collaborate with MEAL to develop and use tools and indicators to track training participation, completion and outcomes.
• Provide timely feedback and follow up on implementation quality and improvement actions.

Knowledge Management, Coordination and Reporting

• Capture lessons learned, document success stories and contribute technical inputs to cluster progress reports, learning briefs and annual work plans.
• participate in multi-stakeholder dialogue and represent the programme in cluster forums, skills networks and coordination platforms.
• Support alignment of training supply with labour- market demand and youth aspirations.
• Undertake other responsibilities within the program that contribute to achieving the desired results.

• Bachelor’s degree in education, Agriculture, Youth Development, TVET, Social Sciences, or a related field. Preferably master’s degree in the field mentioned.
• 8 years of relevant experience in skills development preferably in rural youth employment and agricultural value chains.

• Proven experience in working with TVET institutions, private training providers, and public skill development systems.
• Strong understanding of GESI, safeguarding, and inclusion approaches in training.
• Experience in coaching and capacity building of field staff and local actors.
• Proven expertise in adult learning methodologies and youth entrepreneurship experience in tracking training quality and gathering field data.
• Fluency in English  language and advantageous if she /he understand the local languages widly used in the clusters Gamogna, Wolita etc.
• Willingness to travel extensively within the assigned cluster.

Additional Information

Contract Type: National

Expected start date: January 1,2027

Duty Station:  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Contract Duration: The contract is for one year, with the possibility of extension based on performance and budget availability.

How to Apply

If you believe that your credentials meet the outlined profile, we invite you to apply by uploading your CV and a letter of motivation before/on 30th October 2026.

 Please submit your application only via: >> Smart Recruiters. All information will be kept in the strictest confidentiality.

If we see that your experience and skills match the requirements of the position, we will contact you to advise on the next steps in the recruitment process.

Working at SNV

SNV offers a challenging work environment, opportunities to lead and innovate, and a commitment to growing your skills in a fulfilling and diverse working environment. Our staff benefit form and contribute to, an internal and global network of experts.

At SNV, inclusivity is at the heart of our ethos. We celebrate the diversity of our workforce and uphold a policy of non-discrimination based on factors such as disability status, religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, and more.

Vetting

SNV carries out rigorous background and reference checks concerning possible safeguarding incidents for all candidates applying for both national and International determined positions. As SNV participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, all reference checks include a request to past employers to fill in a questionnaire regarding Misconduct (sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, or sexual harassment), the “Statement of Conduct“. This Statement of Conduct adopts the definitions used in the Scheme.

SNV is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are encouraged to apply.