Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: Director, Monitoring Learning and Evaluation Team
Term of Employment: Regular
Duty Station(s): Addis Abeba
Required Number: One
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: May 3, 2017
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 the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Development and is Secretary to the Transformation Council chaired by the Prime Minister.
The programmatic focus of the Agency responds to a core set of needs identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Development and the Transformation Council. Within the Agency, issues are divided into four different pillars: Production and Productivity which includes Inputs and Crop Protection, Livestock, Research and Extension, Mechanization and Rural Finance; Environmentally Sustainable and Inclusive Agricultural Growth including Sustainable Irrigation and Watershed Management, Sustainable Land Management, Gender and Nutrition, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Targeted Livelihood Support, Biodiversity and (temporarily) Planning and MLE; Agribusiness and Markets including Market Support Services, Commercial Farming, Agro-processing & Market Development, and Cooperatives Development; and Enhanced Implementation Capacity which includes ICT, Private Sector, and Organizational and Human Capacity. In addition, the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters Initiative is another critical focus area for the Agency. 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 prospective candidate will lead ATA’s Monitoring Learning and Evaluation (MLE) team, which supports the broader agricultural sector, focusing on two main areas of activity. On the one hand, the team works directly with partners (e.g., the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MoANR) and its affiliate agencies (EIAR, FCA, etc.), Regional Bureaus of Agriculture (RBoAs), the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MoLF) and its affiliate agencies as well as regional counterparts) to build capacity and systems for enhanced planning, monitoring and evaluation and knowledge management within the sector. On the other hand, it seeks to support the Agricultural Commercialization Cluster (ACC) Initiative to link learning, monitoring/evaluation within the ACC initiative with broader sectoral systems. As a direct advisor to the MoANR/MoLF and other partners’ planning and programming directorates, the MLE team’s role thus extends to one of shaping the development of a sector-wide Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) system.
The Director will be responsible for and lead the work a team of experts (currently the team comprises of two senior technical experts seconded to the MoANR and MoLF’s Planning and Programming Directorates, a senior technical expert within ATA, a team of international consultants, a senior IT expert and an analyst—but will change as per resource availability) who support sectoral partners in moving forward the sector-wide M&E, planning and knowledge management systems transformation.
The ATA seeks a Director who possesses a passion for improving the lives of smallholder farmers, familiarity with Ethiopia’s agricultural sector, expertise in planning, M&E and knowledge management functions, and extensive experience in management and leadership levels in organizations that are results driven. S/he would also possess the entrepreneurial ability to identify opportunities, catalyze change, mobilize stakeholders across the system, be innovative and drive practical change on the ground that will lead to transforming the sector’s M&E system.
This position will report to the Senior Director of the Environmentally Sustainable and Inclusive Growth (ESIG) Vertical.
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