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 specific objective of this technical assistance is to support the Food Security Coordination Directorate to further the dialogue related to the continuum of response between the PSNP and humanitarian food assistance. Although there is geographical overlap between the PSNP and the Humanitarian Food Assistance (HFA), historically these two programs functioned according to different sets of systems and procedures. The PSNP/HFA Linkages TSS will provide technical leadership and guidance to integrate the two programs and operationalize agreements relating to beneficiary planning, targeting and grievance redress, benefit levels and payment processes, resource flows and reporting. The PSNP/HFA Linkages 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 duties, the PSNP/HFA Linkages TSS will be responsible to:
Duration: for a one-year term, renewable for a second year upon satisfactory performance
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Required level of education: Master’s Degree.
Specific skills required: