Solomon Debebe

Experience

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  Engineering College

  Jul 2005 - Oct 2011

  Lecturer and Social Science Section Head

  PDP Training Coordinator and Business English Instructor• Composition of the internal quality and audit report quarterly per annum• Establishment of business contacts• PDP Training• English classes with focus on conversation as well as general & business English

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  Admas university College

  Aug 2009 - Sept 2011

  Sociology Department Head and Lecturer

  plan, organize and excute the overall activities of the department

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  New Life Community Organization

  Sept 2011 - Dec 2013

  Trainer

  • Composition of the internal quality and audit report quarterly per annum• Establishment of business contacts• PDP Training• English classes with focus on conversation as well as general & business English

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  Bonafide Consultancy P.L.C

  Sept 2012 - Jun 2014

  Consultant and Deputy Manager

  • Consultancy service on:- Community Development- HIV/AIDS-Gender and Development-Migration and Displacement-Emerging Social Issues-Education and training

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  World Vision

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2019

  • Providing technical leadership in design, development, planning, and implementation; and capacity-building in quality technical community engagement and youth volunteerism. • Leading community engagement strategy sessions to help build strong community engagement and youth volunteers.• Building partnerships with local governments and mobilize the private business community, government, CTEs to support community outreach and youth volunteers engagement activities. • Advising and leading on the design, development and delivery of youth volunteers training on saving.• Guiding and developing a well-studied community mobilization approach/methodology to sustained community and youth volunteers.• Lobbying CTE, community and business community for local incentive scheme for to enhance sustained volunteerism.• Ensuring that project strategies and activities addressing youth volunteers are evidence-based and in line with state-of-the-art, globally recognized best practices• Providing guidance on field operations, which may include support for setting up youth volunteer operations. • Supporting capacity building activities to local partners (CSOs) and the participating schools• Promoting collaboration and lead coordination amongst CSO partners• Compiling reports as per the USAID requirements Show less

  • Youth Development and Community Engagement Advisor

    Jun 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Adolescent/Youth Development Specialist

    Sept 2014 - Jun 2018
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  Catholic Relief Services

  Feb 2019 - May 2021

  Program Manager I- Workforce Development and Off-farm

  Managing workforce development and off-farm programming in the Country Program (CP) for Feed the Future Ethiopia Livelihoods for Resilience – Oromia (LRO), designing and implementing interventions advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work in serving the poor and vulnerable. The job’s management skills and knowledge will ensure that the CP delivers high-quality programming and continuously works towards improving the impact of its programming.

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  International Rescue Committee

  Mar 2021 - Sept 2021

  Senior Youth Employment and Livelihoods Advisor

  Develop strategy for youth livelihood program in line with the portfolio strategy using market system development approach and ensure appropriate methodologies and technical approaches are developed for all program activities.

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  Plan International

  Sept 2021 - Jun 2023

  Thematic Sector Lead: Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship

  Demonstrate leadership in relation to Plan International policies and practices with respect to SOYEE, overall technical leadership on youth employment and entrepreneurship programming, policy influencing & advocacy, capacity building, people development, partnership, representation, studies and evaluations of the SOYEE sector.Provide leadership and oversight in the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all youth employment and entrepreneurship project activities; assess the outputs, outcomes and impact of program interventions and activities. Act as resource person in the organization for SOYEE and keep oneself up to date with developments happening in this field both nationally and internationally.Lead in formulating country specific policies, strategies and objectives on youth employment and entrepreneurship for quality programming.Regularly develop and submit progress reports, status updates and briefs on emerging issues to relevant team members. Represent the organization in relevant national and regional forums and platforms at international level concerning youth employment and entrepreneurship programs.Develop strategic partnerships with key constituencies to elicit support for and maximize impact of Plan’s workDevelop and implement policy advocacy action plan related to youth employment and entrepreneurship theme using all relevant tools and techniques and in close collaboration with the Influencing and Communications team. This will include, but not be limited to, developing policy briefs, advocacy messages, organizing conferences and seminars, etc. Proactive engagement in internal and external environment, networks, collations and alliances (Plan international regional forums, SOYEE and related technical working groups) Show less

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  SOS Children's Villages International

  Jun 2023 - now

  Regional Youth Development Advisor