Agronomy Officer
Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #071/2018
GIZ- SDR Program
Background
As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.
In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors.
The Ethiopian government recognizes the high economic value of livestock and its products like milk, meat and leather produced through the traditional pastoral farming. Therefore, the pastoral and agro-pastoral population is supported in strengthening their drought resilience, allowing them to adapt their farming system to a changing natural and economic environment. German development cooperation participates with the program “Strengthening Drought Resilience of the Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Population in the Lowlands of Ethiopia” (SDR) in selected pilot areas in Afar and Somali. Major activities will be participatory land use planning with all stakeholders in selected kebeles, water harvesting and rehabilitation of degraded rangeland followed by participatory rangeland management as well as training for pastoralists, administration and service providers. To set this new program up, a team of experts is needed keen to work for pastoralists communities. The jobs will offer the opportunity to form together a challenging project.
For its Strengthening Drought Resilience (SDR) program office GIZ is looking for Agronomy Officer as per the detail below:-
Position: Agronomy Assistant Officer
Place of Work: Afar, Chifra/Kelwan
Application deadline: April 27, 2018
Required Candidate: One
Responsibilities:
· Support the development of community managed nurseries in the project Woredas;
· Facilitate, through close cooperation with community groups, the establishment of zero-grazing areas;
· Coordinate plantation of tree and forage grasses in the designated areas.
Tasks:
· Create awareness for project activities among pastoralist and agro pastoralist communities;
· Facilitate communication between Woreda staff, communities and project staff to ensure smooth implementation of activities;
· Support the further development of existing nurseries and the establishment of new nurseries in each of the project Woredas;
· Facilitate the selection of members of the nursery user groups in collaboration with Woreda experts, Development Agents and community representatives;
· Ensure the provision of the necessary technical and business training for the members of the established nursery user groups;
· Mobilize the community in collaboration Woreda experts and Development Agents for participation in planning, implementation and monitoring of project activities;
· Facilitate in close cooperation with the Woreda experts and Das, the creation of local use agreements of natural resources and cooperation agreements for implementation of biological rehabilitation measures;
· Provide training to Woreda experts and Development Agents on different planting techniques needed for proper establishment of trees and grasses;
· Distribute and safeguard project materials and equipment that is being delivered and used at the project implementation sites;
· Carry out the day-to-day supervision and monitoring of project activities at community level;
· Prepare monthly and quarterly work plan and activity based report in collaboration with the GIZ-SDR Livelihood team leader and SDR senior NRM advisor.
Competences:
· Excellent communication skills to handle stakeholders with different interest;
· Capability of concise and coherent reporting along standard formats;
· Conflict management skills;
· Good analytical skills;
· Solution oriented;
· Proven track record as trainer for practical sessions;
· Excellent knowledge of both Afarigna and Amharic;
· Basic English language skills, both written and oral;
· Basic computer skills esp Microsoft office.
Qualifications and Experience:
§ Diploma in relevant subject matter
§ A minimum of 5 years of relevant occupational experience in the field