Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) is an international Italian NGO established in 1965. Since then COOPI has been undertaking activities to help and empower the poor and needy in different countries. COOPI Ethiopia started its operation in 1995 and its activities include water resources development, Food Security, Human and Veterinary Health, Education, Agriculture, Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion & Awareness and Capacity Building.
COOPI based on the sub grant secured from Italian Embassy is currently implementing a 24-months project titled Stemming Irregular Migration in Oromia Regional State by Strengthening the Durum Wheat Value Chain in Sinana and Adaba Districts.
To this extent, COOPI is currently looking to hire Cooperative and Development Expert/Assistant project Manager (1), Senior Agricultural expert (1), Junior Agricultural extension (1), Value Chain expert (1) and Social Mobilizers (2) who will play a key role in the cooperative and development, agriculture, value chain and community development part of the project, to contribute for achieving the project overall objective.
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The Value chain expert will lead the activity specifically related to the cooperatives and the unions along with provision of training, Technical assistance (TA) and follow up activities. Moreover, he/she will support the targeted cooperative and cooperative union’s management comities and staffs to undertake sound agricultural value chain practises at the union, cooperative, member farmers’ and at private companies’ level.
The position holder shall be responsible for the technical backstopping of the suppliers, collectors, aggregators, whole buyers, unions and processors in the durum value chain. Activities related to this value chain actors will be planned and implemented under the supervision of this person.
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