Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: Senior Project Officer, Energy Efficient & Water Saving Technology Promotion Integrated Shallow Groundwater Irrigation Development Project
Term of Employment: Project
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa
Required Number: One
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: November 1, 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: Crops & Natural Resources which includes Inputs and Plant Protection, Soil Health & Fertility, Irrigation and Drainage, and Mechanization; Cross Cutting Initiatives, which includes Inclusive Growth, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, and Planning and MLE; Livestock, which includes Animal Health and Genetic Improvement and Feed & Feeding; and Agribusiness and Markets including Market Development, Rural Finance, ICT, and Private Sector. 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:
ATA in collaboration with its partners will do in depth analysis to define the critical bottlenecks in Irrigation and Drainage sector including and come up with implementable recommendations. Some of the interventions identified in Transformational Agenda deliverables could be managed by ATA as a project when these interventions have no natural host institutions, require engagement of different stakeholders, and these interventions are new. One of these projects in ATA is Integrated Shallow Groundwater Irrigation Development (ISGWID) Project under Irrigation and Drainage program. Integrated Shallow Groundwater Irrigation Development Project SPO I is responsible to the effort in the identification of critical bottlenecks, designing of different components of ISGWID project specifically in promotion of energy efficient and water saving technologies, and defining implementable recommendations in ISGWID project. This SPO will review policies and regulations pertinent to irrigation and drainage existing in the country and also review other countries experience in the sector in relation to energy efficient and water saving technologies. The SPO manages the execution of the work plan of energy efficient and water saving technologies promotion component of ISGWID project with the support of a high performance team of coordinators and contact persons from external implementing institutions, mainly the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity, and Regional Bureaus of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Oromia Irrigation Development Authority, Regional Bureaus of Water and other stakeholders through Regional ATA’s.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
The Senior Project Officer of ISGWID Project will be responsible for;
1) Problem Solving: Support the effort in the identification of critical bottlenecks, designing of different components of ISGWID project ,and defining implementable recommendations in ISGWID project
2) Work plan execution: Manage the execution of the work plan of ISGWID project with the support of a high performance team of coordinators and contact persons from external implementing institutions, mainly the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, and Regional Bureaus of Agriculture, Regional Bureaus of Water and other stakeholders
3) Coordination: ensure alignment and complementary primarily with other implementation areas of the irrigation and drainage program, and secondarily, with other program areas that have direct linkages with irrigation and drainage program with ISGWID project,
4) Implementation support: Identify areas where there is a need to support partners and design an implementation support strategy to enable partners execute their deliverables with the required quality and timely manner
5) Capacity building: ensure sharing of competencies for building the capacity of implementing institutions
6) Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning: support design and execution of MEL strategy/plan for each deliverables/activity in Irrigation and Drainage sector in accordance with ATA’s overall MEL framework.
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