Overview
The Senior Officer, Socio-Economic Empowerment will lead the design, contextualization, and monitoring of entrepreneurship and livelihoods strategies for Community Health Workers under the SECURE program in the Central African Republic.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive the entrepreneurship strategy of the SECURE programme.
- Coordinate multi-stakeholder contributions and technical resources.
- Develop and monitor annual work plans, budgets, procurement pipelines, and technical schedules.
- Oversee the development and contextualization of inclusive entrepreneurship training modules.
- Facilitate the deployment of sectoral business development.
- Design the transparent administration of CHW's seed grants.
- Forge strategic partnerships with MFIs, mobile money operators, and banks.
- Lead the design of a national CHW business mentorship model.
- Establish and expand CHW-led Communities of Practice (CoPs).
- Support the integration of CHW enterprises into local value chains and public procurement opportunities.
- Work with PMER and finance teams to track entrepreneurship KPIs.
- Analyse regular field data collection and learning sessions.
- Contribute to the program's quarterly, mid-term, and final reports.
- Lead the documentation of lessons learned and best practices.
- Represent the IFRC in national policy discussions on youth entrepreneurship, financial inclusion and community livelihoods.
- Develop policy briefs, technical notes and advocacy materials.
- Strengthen CRCA's institutional capacity to lead future entrepreneurship programs.
- Lead on national engagement with other national stakeholders.
- Participate in RCRC Movement coordination meetings.
- Participate in the regular coordination meetings with the Mastercard Foundation.
Required Experience
Minimum 5 years’ experience leading entrepreneurship, micro-enterprises, or livelihood programs at the national or regional level. Minimum 5 years’ experience working with youth, women, and vulnerable populations in business development or informal sector support. Experience working in multicultural teams and applying participatory approaches. Experience integrating entrepreneurship indicators into MEL systems and using digital tools. Experience setting up and managing milestone-based seed grants, monitoring business performance, and ensuring transparent processes.
Qualifications
University degree in business administration, entrepreneurship, development economics, international relations, livelihood or a related field. Master's degree in one of the above areas, with additional training or certification in microfinance, youth economic empowerment, or business development.
