Team Lead-LIWAY Program Readvertised

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 teams 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.

Qualifications :

Educational Qualifications and Experience

• Masters 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.

Competencies:

• Leadership
• Conceptual and strategic thinking
• Coaching
• Planning and organising
• Decisiveness
• Persuasiveness
• Result orientation
• Focus on quality

Additional Information :

Contract Type: National Full-time

Expected start date: July 1 2026

Duty Station: Addis Ababa

Contract Duration: 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 May 8 2026. Please submit your application only via Smart Recruiters. All information will be kept in the strictest confidentiality.
If your experience and skills match the positions requirements 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 from 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 nationally and internationally 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.

We do not appreciate third-party mediation based on this advertisement.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time