Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Positions: Senior Delivery Analyst, Delivery Units at MoANR, MoLF and ORPO
Term of Employment: until end of June 2020
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Required Number: Three (3), with one position in each Delivery Unit
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: Open, rolling basis
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 interventions are part of the GTP II Agricultural Transformation Agenda, and are overseen by the Agricultural Transformation Council chaired by the Prime Minister.
ATA is supporting the placement of Delivery Units in the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MoANR), Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries (MoLF), and Oromia Regional President’s Office (ORPO) to support these partner institutions efforts to further strengthen their coordination and implementation activities. Delivery Units (DUs) have been successfully introduced in over 20 countries including recently in Ethiopia, to enhance and accelerate implementation for high-priority government initiatives. DUs are therefore fundamentally program management offices mandated to work in partnership with existing institutions to ensure effective delivery in critical areas. The MoANR and MoLF Delivery Units will focus specifically on GTP II Agricultural Transformation Agenda activities for which these Ministries are the primary owner and accountable institutions in the agriculture and livestock sectors, and will be jointly overseen by each Ministry’s and the ATA’s senior management through the end of GTP II. The ORPO Delivery Unit will focus on the Regional Government’s top priority initiatives
These Delivery Units will be active in a number of key areas:
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Delivery Analyst will report to the Delivery Team Leader and focus on supporting the DU Coordinator and Delivery Team Leader on planning and prioritization of the Delivery Units activities, and working closely with a significant number of initiative owners and/or their team members to ensure effective planning and target-setting, timely and accurate reporting, proactive identification of performance issues, identification, prioritization and problem solving of underlying challenges, and prompt escalation to senior leadership where appropriate. Senior Delivery Analysts will be involved in providing light analytical problem solving support to senior leadership on high priority requests, such as analysis of trends, strategic planning or policy analysis, including leading complex modules and analysis Finally, Senior Delivery Analysts will support strengthen execution and day-to-day project, activity management / execution, problem solving and reporting capacity of other staff through preparing and delivery trainings.
Candidates for these roles must therefore bring an entrepreneurial, can-do attitude, and enjoy working in a fast paced organization that is mission and results driven. They will have very strong analytical and critical thinking skills, and experience applying these in diverse contexts for strategy development and initiative design, planning, reporting and problem-solving. The ideal individuals will also demonstrate strong attention to detail, and excellent written and verbal communication, project management and stakeholder management skills. Strong candidates will also have the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, multitask and work under pressure and competing priorities. Senior Delivery Analyst will receive one month of initial refresher training, ongoing trainings, and regular guidance and coaching from the Delivery Team Leader.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
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· Support DU Coordinator and Delivery Team Leader in planning and execution of DU activities while ensuring effective partnership with internal and external stakeholders
· Take on key responsibilities of the Delivery Team Leader when he or she is on leave or out of office
· Facilitate and support planning and target-setting by initiative owners and/or their teams, including through proactively identifying and providing analysis and recommendations on key issues to inform these activities
· Undertake regular follow-up and monitoring of the activity management and reporting for significant number of assigned initiatives, working closely with initiative owners and/or their teams
· Work proactively and independently with initiative owners and/or their teams to identify strategic and operational issues hindering achievement of targets, and support problem-solving to identify high-impact, and feasible solutions
· Ensure critical issues are effectively escalated to Delivery Team Leader and/or Delivery Unit Coordinator
· Working closely with the Delivery Team Leader, provide light analytical problem solving support to senior leadership on high priority requests, including leading complex modules and analysis
· Propose and support development and roll out of enhancements to planning, tracking, reporting and escalation processes in the DU and in collaboration with the data and reporting officers and initiative owners and/or their teams
· Develop training materials, lead trainings and provide other capacity building support on planning, activity management / execution, reporting and problem-solving
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Bachelor’s or Master's degree in any field with minimum GPA of 3.0 and above
· 25 to 60 months of experience in a management consulting setting or other roles focused on applied analysis, strategy development and project design, or project management and reporting
· Proven record of structuring and delivering challenging projects or work streams in a range of areas, and ability to use diverse applied analytical methods and tools to develop new insights
· Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills
· Very strong skills with Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access) required, experience with database systems preferable
· Self-starter with strong motivation, ownership and commitment to drive transformation
· Exhibits an innovative and high-performance mindset and culture, and can perform at a high level under pressure and in challenging environments
· Can act as a champion for change and can effectively support change management efforts
· Strong team player with excellent relationship building and management skill, ability to promote dialogue and communicate clearly and confidently, and a network of professional contacts
· Proactively seeks and acts on feedback to drive own development and contributes to others’ development through active coaching and sharing knowledge and best practices
· Strong set of personal values including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service
· Fluency in English and Amharic languages. Fluency in Oromiffa required for ORPO Delivery Unit
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