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Introduction

SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

SNV is a global development partner, deeply rooted in the countries where we operate. We are driven by a vision of a better world: A world where across every society all people live with dignity and have equitable opportunities to thrive sustainably. To make this vision a reality, we need transformations in vital agri-food, energy, and water systems. SNV contributes by strengthening capacities and catalysing partnerships in these sectors. We help strengthen institutions and effective governance, reduce gender inequalities and barriers to social inclusion, and enable adaptation and mitigation to the climate and biodiversity crises.
Building on 60 years of experience we support our partners with our technical and process expertise and methodological rigour. We do this in more than 20 countries in Africa and Asia with a team of approximately 1,600 colleagues. By being adaptable and tailoring our approaches to these different contexts, we can contribute to impact at scale, resulting in more equitable lives for all.

For more information on our operations in Zambia visit our website: www.snv.org /zambia

Overview of position :

SNV is implementing the second phase of the Scaling Up Youth Employment in Agriculture Initiative Opportunities for Youth Employment (OYE)+ project in Zambia The four-year OYE+ Phase II project builds off successes, lessons learned and evaluations to date from the Phase I project in Zimbabwe and Zambia, other SNV youth employment projects and the OYE program in the Africa region. The OYE+ Phase II program aims at fostering a strengthened approach to youth employment programming by addressing structural barriers, offering tailored support, and promoting collaboration among community, private sector, and government stakeholders to create dignified livelihoods for young people.

The key objectives of the project are to:

1. Increase access to employment and entrepreneurial skills development opportunities.
2. Match young people to economic opportunities in their communities, using market development and increased financial inclusion.
3. Contribute to and support an enabling environment via company partnerships, community engagement, and improved government coordination.

The project employs the Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (YEE) Pull-Match-Pull-Enable framework approach that brings together partners from the private sector, service providers, and government to focus on employability, entrepreneurship, and business access for youth. Project seeks a Market Systems Officer to be part of OYE-project team within SNV Zambia. The Market Systems Officer will provide essential support and work under the direction of the Project Manager to ensure successful implementation of OYE II project, Market systems officer will be responsible for all aspects of on the ground implementation applying market systems development tools and approached in order to catalyse inclusive services and facilitate linkages between market actors in the project areas. This includes identifying and leading youth entrepreneurship interventions in partnerships with private and public sector actors in the assigned project areas.

The Market Systems Officer core responsibilities encompass monitoring of quality project delivery, facilitating collaboration between young people,private and public sector, timely and accurate quality reporting.