SNV Team Lead LIWAY Program Jobs Ethiopia 2026 – NGO Jobs in Ethiopia

1. Lead Intervention Design and strategic planning

• Guide the development of market-based systemic interventions to ensure their efficiency and effectiveness in addressing system needs.
• Lead/co-lead the team members to design innovative solutions that align with project objectives.
• Ensure alignment of interventions across systems
• As required, facilitate specific interventions
• Develop comprehensive work plans and budgets that align with project goals and objectives.
• Ensure that system interventions are executed on schedule and within budget
• Monitor progress and adapt plans as necessary to achieve desired outcomes.

2. Stakeholder Engagement

• Identify strategic partners/stakeholders.
• Engage with relevant stakeholders to gather insights and foster collaboration that supports intervention success.
• Build and maintain relationships with key partners to enhance program impact.
• Work closely with key market players, including government agencies, private business companies, financial institutions, and business development service providers, associations, business and/or sectoral associations to enhance their performance in market systems improvement.
• Steer interventions that require a higher level/policy level engagement.
• Facilitate linkage with other relevant programs within and outside the organisation.

3.  Team Management

• Coach and mentor Market System Advisors, guiding their professional development.
• Monitor and evaluate team performance, providing constructive feedback to enhance effectiveness.
• Facilitate capacity building for internal and external market actors.
• Steers colleagues and coaches associated partners/ external stakeholders on quality within the context of assignments.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance in MSD and apply process improvements in projects.
• Handle team performance management process according to the organization procedure.

4. Coordinate Team Activities

• Facilitate collaboration among team members of partners to ensure complementary efforts and maximise overall efficiency.
• Organize team meetings and workshops to discuss progress, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
• Closely collaborate with other consortium members’ staff to achieve program objectives and goals.
• Ensure cross- learning and alignment among the consortium team members.

5. Reporting and Accountability

• Ensure regular reporting based on MSD pathway on progress and outcomes of specific system interventions.
• Prepare review and progress of high-level systemic changes and impacts
• Maintain accountability for the team’s performance and the impacts of interventions.
• Ensure timely performance and financial reporting and documentation as per donor and Organization timelines.
• Define and document best practices along the program implementation for further development of the program.

6. Knowledge Development

• Contributes to internal and external knowledge development.
• Ensures lessons learned are shared and applied in daily practice and may be appointed as (national) focal point of an expertise network.
• Initiates/coordinates the review process and evaluation of advisory services to collect lessons learned, proposes corrective measures and ensures identification of follow-up assignment
• Participates in knowledge development/expertise groups and in internal and external networks.

7. Project and process development

• Identifies and proposes technical process improvements to the project team. Acts on improvement areas within the organisation and processes, and gives feedback.
• Deliver other assignments as required.

Educational Qualifications and Experience

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in relevant disciplines such as International Development, Business, Economics, Trade, Financial Systems, or  Market systems.
• At least eight years of work experience in a market-based approach that aims for the livelihood improvement of target groups in urban and rural contexts
• Experience working with poor and marginalised groups, particularly youth and women empowerment
• Strong understanding of the Market Systems Development (MSD) approach
• Experience in private and public sector engagement
• Excellent analytical abilities with demonstrated experience in working within multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Full professional proficiency in spoken and written English, along with strong report writing and documentation skills.
• Ability to foster an open-minded and learning-oriented environment while adapting to dynamic working conditions.
• Proficient in computer skills and relevant technologies applicable to the role.