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| Company | : | General Job Post Account-16 |
| Company Name/ Contact Person | : | Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute |
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| Phone | : | NA |
| Job Details | ||
| Job Title | : | Project Officer II - Cluster Coordinator |
| Date Posted/Updated | : | Friday, March 3, 2023 |
| Application Deadline | : | Thursday, March 9, 2023 |
| Job Type | : | Contract |
| Category | : | Agriculture |
| Job Code | : | NA |
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Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute
Vacancy Announcement Position: Project Officer II - Cluster Coordinator • Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension • Duty Station(s): Oromia (Arsi Zone) • Required Number: One • Application Deadline: March 09, 2023 RESPONSIBILITIES: Specific responsibilities for the cluster coordinator in the Cluster Development Project include, but not limited to: • Mainstream use of planning, program management and reporting processes and tools developed by the National and Regional cluster development teams and by other local stakeholders, to ensure effective decision-making, • Coordinate planning (including preparation and circulation of meeting agendas, presentation decks, and cluster reports) and facilitating of cluster commodity value chain alliance meetings and other activities within the cluster and its follow ups, • Ensure strong program management within the FPC/ACC through driving day to day coordination of interventions and reporting, verifying status and progress of interventions, proactively identifying issues and solution options, working with stakeholders to ensure effectively joint problem-solving, • Escalate issues and needs which cannot be addressed at the ACC level to regional director where appropriate, including support around coordination, resources, capacity-building, policy, and other systemic interventions, • Oversight and tracking of relevant ATI-owned interventions implemented by other ATI team, • Follow up woreda focal persons and VC members and report regularly on progress, • Coordinate DAs for periodic and yearly FPC assessment, • Ensure upward reporting meets needs for Regional and National stakeholders, • Record and document cluster level basic ATI bases including cropping system and all agricultural ATI and information’s, any ATI intervention projects and ACC Woreda agricultural basic ATI • Engage on delivery of full package training for Zonal and woreda experts and DA’s in collaboration with Zonal and Woreda office of agriculture • Provide FPC technical support/backstopping, implementation monitoring and supervision in collaboration with Zonal and Woreda Agricultural office • Actively participate on clusters level monitoring • Organize learning field days for ACC/FPC participant farmers in collaboration with the Zonal Office of Agriculture • Document best practices in collaboration with the Zonal Office of Agriculture and share to other areas • Facilitate market linkage platforms for FPCs with potential buyers to enhance contract farming/marketing Other • The cluster coordinator is responsible for additional tasks assigned by the Regional Agricultural Commercialization Cluster (ACC) Program Director to meet the team’s functions. How to Apply: • We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to submit (i) a cover letter and (ii) CV (maximum 3 pages) to https://apply.ATI.gov.et • It is mandatory to mention the position title in the subject line of your cover letter. • Please DO NOT submit scans of educational and experience certificates with your application. • Women are highly encouraged to apply. • Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. |
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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:
• Master’s degree in Agronomy, Crop Science, Plant Science, Agriculture, Crop Protection, Plant Breeding, Irrigation Agronomy, Dryland Agriculture, Rural Development, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, and other relevant fields with four years of directly relevant experience. The cluster coordinator is expected to have in-depth knowledge of agriculture and rural development, particularly on Agricultural policy and regulatory framework in Ethiopia including specifically: – • In-depth experience and knowhow of agricultural commercialization, agri-business / agro-industry, or industrial cluster or corridor initiatives in Ethiopia, • possess excellent stakeholder management skills including knowledge and understanding of various public and private stakeholder relationships in the ACC, extensive experience in facilitating dialogue with them, • strong knowledge and skill on identifying and problem-solving challenges to agricultural value chain development, as well as best practice program and project management approaches and monitoring and evaluation activities, • understanding of the private sector, commercial farming, market-based experience with a particular focus with smallholder farmers, • Excellent oral and written communication skills, with highly collaborative working style • Experience in working within multi-cultural teams • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills • Fluency in English and local language of the working places are essential. Knowledge of Amharic language is a plus |
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| Education Level | : | Master's |
| Experience | : | 3-5 years |
| Location | ||
| City | : | Arsi |
| State | : | Oromiya |
| Country | : | Ethiopia |
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| Min. Monthly Salary | : | Pay Scale |
| Max. Monthly Salary | : | Pay Scale |
