Vacancy Announcement
OROMIA REGIONAL’S PRESIDENT OFFICE DELIVERY UNIT – SUPPORTED BY THE ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: Head, ORPO Delivery Unit
Term of Employment: 2 years
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Required Number: One (1)
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: Open
BACKGROUND:
The Oromia Regional President’s Office (ORPO) is aiming to further strengthen their coordination and implementation activities through the deployment of an ORPO Delivery Unit (DU) focusing on the Regional Government’s top priorities: (i) Road and Potable Water Infrastructure, (ii) Unemployment and (iii) Urban Land Management. 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 ORPO Delivery Unit will be active in a number of key areas:
The deployment of the Delivery Unit at the Oromia Regional President’s Office is supported by the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA). 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 in the sector.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Head of the Delivery Unit will be seconded to the Oromia Regional President’s Office (ORPO) and report to the Oromia Regional President, with a second functional reporting line to the Senior Director of Analytics at ATA. He/she will work closely with the Oromia Regional President to align on DU priorities, agree annual plans and targets, put in place regular performance monitoring and management routines, seek feedback on DU performance, and escalate critical issues that require the senior leader’s involvement. The DU Head will also be responsible to produce a monthly performance report on the DU for the first year, and likely thereafter at lower frequency, to ensure issues in implementation of this new model can be quickly identified and enhancements proactively made.
The DU Head’s primarily responsibility is to effectively deliver against the agreed priorities for the DU through day-to-day management of DU staff and activities, and establishing strong relationships with and regularly engaging relevant internal external senior stakeholders and initiative owners to ensure strong buy-in and support achievement of targets for priority initiatives. The DU Head will oversee or directly manage a number of DU staff including a Manager, several Associates, and a Data & Reporting Officer. The DU Head will also work closely with other senior members in the Oromia Regional President’s Office to ensure effective engagement with the DU to support delivery.
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 leadership, senior stakeholder management, and team management experience, and a track record of effectively leading planning and execution of major programs, projects or initiatives. They will also demonstrate very strong analytical and critical thinking skills, attention to detail, and excellent written and verbal communication, and program and project 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.
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