The Productive Safety Net Program Phase Four (PSNP4) and the Rural Productive Safety Net Program (RPSNP) are integral components of the rural development policy of the government of Ethiopia, to support Ethiopia’s chronically and transitory rural food insecure households. The program is implemented in the eight regions of Afar, Amhara, Dire Dawa, Harari, Oromia, SNNPR, Somali, and Tigray. The program provides cash and/or food transfers to the chronically and transitory food insecure households.
In support of PSNP4 and RPSNP implementation, Technical Support Specialists (TSS) are needed to work within the Government of Ethiopia’s PSNP implementing agencies. TSSs provide specialized expertise to the implementing agencies and to the Directorate to which they are assigned. Their role is to perform PSNP-related services that government-funded staff are currently not in a position to perform, and to provide guidance to government staff as they learn new skills related to implementation of PSNP functions.
The recruitment of TSSs to support PSNP4 implementation is managed by the Technical Assistance to Strengthen Capacity Development for PSNP consultancy, which is known by the acronym TASC.
The Technical Support Specialist will function as part of a multi-sectoral team of specialists. The TSS will contribute to or lead activities to monitor targeting/re-targeting and evidence-based graduation processes, develop a functional public works case management system, and engage with other programs to support social accountability and financial transparency for PSNP clients. The Targeting and Grievances TSS will be assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), in support of the Food Security Coordination Directorate (FSCD), in Addis Ababa.
Specific objectives: Among other assigned duties, the Targeting and Grievances TSS will carry out the following specific tasks:
Duration: for a one-year term, renewable for a second year upon satisfactory performance
Expert’s Profile
Required level of education: The candidate should have a minimum of MSc or above in any of social/public policy, development studies/management, or other related fields of study.
Specific skills required: Practical knowledge and skills in:
Language skills and proficiency: Fluency in spoken and written English and Amharic.