Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: Data and Reporting Officer, MoANR / MoLF / ORPO Delivery Units
Term of Employment: 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 Data and Reporting Officer will report to the Delivery Team Leader and focus on supporting design, development and roll out of enhanced planning, project management and reporting templates, tools, processes and systems. He / she will also focus on troubleshooting data collection and reporting tools, systems and activities, producing value added reports for decision-making through analysis and synthesis of data, and advising implementing partners on data and reporting activities required to support timely and effective reporting to senior leadership. The Data and Reporting Officer will be supported by senior ATA staff working in this area including receiving initial and ongoing training and regular guidance and coaching, and will also work closely with the Planning and Programming functions in each partner institution given the various touch points of these teams with the Delivery Unit.
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 expertise with data collection, management, analysis, and reporting, including developing and/or supporting roll out and troubleshooting of new data and reporting tools, processes and systems, preferably in large organization and working senior leaders. The ideal individuals will also demonstrate strong attention to detail, and excellent written and verbal communication, problem solving and project management skills. He/she will also have the ability to exercise good judgment in a variety of situations, multitask and work under pressure and competing priorities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
· Working together with other DU staff, senior staff at ATA and others, support design, development and roll out of enhanced planning, project management and reporting templates, tools, processes and systems, and serve as a liaison and resource person for the DUs and host institution staff in these areas
· Troubleshoot data collection and reporting tools, systems and activities
· Apply data analysis and statistical techniques to assess trends, forecast future performance, and generate insights from data
· Producing value added reports for decision-making through analysis and synthesis of data, and provision of recommendations
· Develop data management and information exchange manuals and guidelines for effective data collection, storage, analysis and interpretation
· Serve as point person in the DU to track progress and provide support on data collection and reports preparation
· Continuously monitor and identify challenges to timely, accurate and effective reporting, and propose and support implementation of enhancements to tools, processes and systems to address these challenges
· Support engagement and alignment with the Planning and Programming functions in each host institution in the areas of data collection and management systems, data analysis and reporting
· Advise DU host institution staff and implementing partners on data collection, management and reporting activities required to support timely and effective reporting to senior leadership
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
· Bachelors or Master’s degree in computer science, information systems, statistics, business administration, or social sciences
· At least 5 years of work experience with Bachelor’s Degree, or 3 years experience with Master’s Degree, with at least 2 years of this experience specifically focused on data collection, management, analysis and reporting activities in a large international NGO or private company setting
· Experience with design, development and roll out of enhanced planning, project management and reporting templates, tools, processes and systems
· Experience working with multiple types of data sources systems, tools and formats, extract, structure, process, analyze and synthesis data
· Ideally some experience also preparing dashboards, performance reports and documents for senior leaders
· 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 position.