Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Manager
Term of Employment: Fixed
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Required Number: One
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: Dec 16, 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:
The Partnerships Manager (PM) will be leading a team that works to create, maintain and facilitate effective partnerships between ATA and its collaborating partners, namely donors, GOE organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. The PM with the oversight of the Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Director will liaison ATA program teams in coordinating concept note/proposal development, solicitation of relevant development partners, timely resource mobilization, and follow up on the entire sub-grant process as well as timely reporting to relevant organization. The PM will work closely with technical focal point in respective Development Partners and Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC) to mobilize/secure fund/budget and to provide update on implementation progress of projects/programs to relevant bodies.
The performance of the PM will be evaluated primarily on the input provided and result achieved in securing additional funding to finance the transformation agenda deliverable and the partnerships established with implementing partners to support the execution of projects as well as on the quality of report submission to funding partners in a timely fashion.
The PM will report to the Director of Partnerships & Resource Mobilization.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
The specific duties of the Partnerships Manager will include the following: