Lead Community Facilitator

Job Summary

The Lead Facilitator for Empowerment (Lead FFE) provides technical leadership and supervisory oversight for the Community Healthy Entrepreneurs (CHEs) pilot project at woreda and kebele levels. The role ensures quality implementation of health entrepreneurship activities, supervises FFEs, and strengthens institutional linkages with local health systems.

The Lead FFE systematically identifies program quality gaps, guides FFEs in planning and execution, and ensures accountability, gender equity, and inclusion across all interventions. The position involves consolidating reports, documenting lessons, and representing CARE in zone and woreda-level coordination platforms related to the CHEs project. The Lead FFE will work closely with health centers' pharmacies to ensure stock management and replenishment of healthcare products to community healthy entrepreneurs, including health extension workers and women development army leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Program Quality Implementation and Technical Leadership (40% of Time)

• Provide technical guidance to FFEs on facilitation, health commodity distribution, and entrepreneurship training
• Ensure program activities meet CARE standards, donor requirements, and government health extension protocols
• Conduct supervision visits, coaching, and performance reviews of FFEs and CHEs
• Validate kebele-level health action plans and ensure integration with woreda health systems
• Monitor adoption of new health practices and technologies, ensuring equity and inclusion

Supervision and Capacity Building of FFEs (30% of Time)

• Directly supervise FFEs, assign responsibilities, and monitor progress against targets
• Facilitate peer learning, refresher trainings, and professional development initiatives for FFEs
• Ensure accountability mechanisms (gender equity, participatory approaches, non-discrimination) are consistently applied
• Support FFEs in documenting case studies, lessons learned, and best practices

Location

Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia