Capacity Building and Workforce Development Specialist

About Heifer International Ethiopia

Since 1944, Heifer International has empowered over 46 million smallholder farmer families globally to overcome hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. Our goal is to close the Sustainable Living Income gap for 10 million more households by 2030.

Heifer Ethiopia's contribution to this global target is to help 1,000,000 of Heifer Africa's 6.745 million households achieve sustainable living income by 2030. The organization's maiden Signature Program focuses on dairy, poultry, small ruminants, and horticulture.

Position Overview

The Capacity Building and Workforce Development Specialist reports to the Project Team Leader and leads, coordinates, and oversees all capacity building, skills development, and workforce strengthening interventions under the Transforming Horticulture through Responsive and Inclusive Technical and Vocational Education in Ethiopia (THRIVE-HORT Ethiopia) Project.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure youth, smallholder farmers, commercial enterprises, and service providers engaged in horticulture value chains are equipped with relevant technical, business, and employability skills aligned with market demand
• Design and implement demand-driven capacity building strategies
• Conduct training needs assessments and skills gap analyses
• Perform institutional capacity assessments
• Design and implement market-based skills development programs in the horticulture sector
• Ensure capacity development interventions are effectively monitored and evaluated

Equal Opportunity

Heifer International is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.