About Ethio-Dutch Program for Horticulture Development (EDPHD)
Ethio-Dutch Program for Horticulture Development (EDPHD) is designed to ensure the competitiveness of Ethiopia as producer and Exporter of fresh produce. The Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) is the implementer of the program with the financial support from the Royal Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy. The project has been designed based on priorities set in the Growth and Transformation Plan I and II and the experiences and the lessons learned from previous projects.
In addition to attracting investment in to the horticulture sector, the program also emphasizes promoting environmental friendly production systems like Integrated Pest Management (IPM) parallel to increasing the volume of production and exports. It also includes supporting emerging entrepreneurs in vegetable, fruit and herb businesses in addition to the large scale flowers production and export.
Role Purpose:
The program manager will provide overall technical, managerial and coordination support to the project teams implementing the Ethio-Dutch Program for Horticulture Development (EDPHD) components i.e Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Capacity Building and Human Resource, Finance and Logistics components. Key functions of the role will include technical joint planning of the intervention, monitoring of the intervention, consolidation of the donor reports and budget management. The program manager is also expected to promote and disseminate best practice, documenting achievements and lessons learned from projects to commercial farms, research centers and other pertinent stakeholders of the Ethiopian Horticulture industry. The Program manager is also expected to be conversant in agri- business programming with focus to investment promotion, capacity building, and marketing and compliance issues. The role holder will closely work with project managers, technical teams, commercial farms, and the Executive Director as well.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Contract Duration: 36 Months
Location: Addis Ababa with frequent travel locally and Internationally,
Person Specification
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