Female Intern, Communication & Knowledge Management
GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #074/2018
GIZ – Green Innovation Centre-Ethiopia Project
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. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes.
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 Green Innovation project is financed by the German Development Cooperation and implemented by GIZ. The main objective of the project is to increase agricultural productivity through innovation. Green Innovation Centre for Agriculture and Food – Ethiopia, as contribution part of the German Special Initiative “One World no Hunger”, it will work in the area of extensive field activities, facilitating the availability of agricultural inputs (seed, fertiliser, pesticides) and seasonal loans for smallholder farmers in small scale farms in the Arsi zone. Establishment of training facilities and scaling-up is core duty of the project. The project is working closely with the Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center (KARC), a research site of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research. In order to achieve its objectives, GIZ-GIC project is looking a qualified candidate as per the below details.
Position: Female Intern, Communication & Knowledge Management
Remuneration: As per the GIZ scale
Application deadline: May 04, 2018
Duration: 3 month with possibility extension
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Responsibilities:
The Intern for Communication & Knowledge Management will support the Green Innovation Centre-Ethiopia in the day-to-day activities in wheat & faba bean value chains in the project intervention areas in general and in particular the implementation of Farmer Business School (FBS), Client Centered Extension Approach (CCEA). Specifically, to provide support in all upcoming task related to the successful compilation of relevant data from partners (i.e IP Consult, CNFA, MfM, ATA).
· Assist the implementation and monitoring of Green Innovation Center processes and activities as per agreed objectives, outputs, milestones and indicators defined in the program documents.
· Assist GIC staff and GIC partners in the implementation of a Value Chain component
· Document and share all processes, training aids, and studies for the program/project planning, implementation and knowledge management
· Maintain an overall good flow of communication and information between all involved staff and institutions.
· Within the context of the above-mentioned responsibilities, she fulfils the following specific tasks in the Green Innovation Center Ethiopia.
· Assist GIC staff and GIC partners with the implementation of Farmer Business School (FBS)
· Assist GIC Staff in preparing, implementing and reporting capacity building measures for regional and national partners
· Assists assigned national and international consultants in related fields and as assigned by her supervisor
· Following up planned activities with all relevant partners and facilitating communication with partner
· Arranging logistics of meetings, attending and writing minutes
Personal, social, managerial and entrepreneurial skills
· Diligent, hardworking and showing high level of integrity
· Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships; respect to others and ability to focus on both internal and external customer satisfaction
· Flexibility and willingness to learn and improve
· Solution-oriented approach
· Ability of analytical and conceptual skills
· Acting with focus on results
· Reliability and dependable commitment
· Good time management skill
· Strong planning skill and Task oriented
· Team player, flexible and ability to work under multi-cultural working setting
Qualification:
· Minimum qualification requirements is a degree in relevant field, such as Agricultural Economics, Rural Development & Agricultural Extension, Natural Resource Management, Social Science, or Communication & Business Management related fields
· Zero years of experience.
· Excellent written an oral communication skills in English
· Proven computer skills with all common Microsoft office applications
· Professional experience in communicating with government institutions
· Experience in Monitoring, Reporting and Verification and/or knowledge about Innovation Systems & Value chain approaches will be an asset.