Vacancy Announcement (re-advert)
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: Senior Project Officer – Soil Health and Fertility
Term of Employment: Project – One year with possibility of extension
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa
Required Number: One
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: November 6, 2016
BACKGROUND:
The Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has been established by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to identify and address systemic bottlenecks to Ethiopia’s agricultural development. The Agency does this through problem-solving, implementation support, and capacity building of stakeholders involved in implementation of interventions that address the systemic bottlenecks. The Agency reports to a Transformation Council chaired by the Prime Minister and whose co-chair is the Minister of Agriculture.
The programmatic focus of the Agency responds to a core set of needs identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Transformation Council. Within the Agency, issues are divided into four different groups: Production and Productivity which includes Inputs and Crop Protection, Livestock, Research and Extension, Mechanization, and Rural Finance; Agribusiness and Markets including Market Services, Market Infrastructure, Commercial & Contract Farming, Agro-processing & Market Development, and Cooperatives Development; Environmentally Sustainable and Inclusive Agricultural Growth including Sustainable Irrigation & Watershed Management, Sustainable Land Management, Gender and Nutrition, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Targeted Livelihood Support, Biodiversity and Planning and MLE; and Enhanced Implementation Capacity which includes ICT, Private Sector, and Organizational and Human Capacity. Across the programs, the ATA engages public, private and non-governmental stakeholders to support strategic planning, manage and strengthen implementation capacity and test innovative models.
Our Culture
We have an exceptional team of highly competent employees with a proven track record of success in managing complex activities and achieving transformational results. Our culture is one where talented, dedicated and adaptable individuals are committed to doing their best and exhibit great team work to achieve excellent results.
At ATA, we provide an exceptional platform for people who want to achieve their highest potential and make a meaningful contribution in changing the country’s agricultural sector. We offer rewarding work in a young, fast-paced growing organization with passionate, committed, motivated colleagues and excellent career development and training. We recognize our most valuable assets are our staff and are committed to providing our employees with the tools, training and mentorships necessary to achieve their career goals.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Project Officer (SPO) in the Soil Health and Fertility Program and Fertilizer Blending Project focuses primarily on providing local technical content and practical support to implementing partners in mapping out and strengthening the Soil Health and Fertility system in the agricultural sector. The SPO is mainly responsible to lead the implementation support in blended or compound fertilizer formulations (based on the digital soil fertility status survey and fertilizer recommendation results), refining or preparing new fertilizer specifications including leading the process of getting them registered by the Ethiopian Standards Authority, integrated acid soil management practices and blended or compound fertilizer demonstrations that promote solutions to address soil fertility and acidity related production and productivity problems in the country and coordinate the activities of stakeholders working together with ATA in the soil sector. This SPO will also be engaged to increase the national knowledge and capacity to address the growing demands for integrated acid soil management practices and customized fertilizers demonstration and initiate collaborative project with partners. Moreover, the SPO will analyze and design integrated acid soil management input production and distribution schemes to address systemic bottlenecks observed in acid soil management.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
The SPO of soil health and fertility program will be responsible for:
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: