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CARITAS Switzerland (CACH) has been working in Ethiopia for more than 40 years. Currently CACH cooperates with three partners in Ethiopia. Recently, CACH has successfully been registered as an International Non-Government Organization in Ethiopia and has therefore become operational at project implementation level. CACHs main working fields are agricultural and land-development which includes participatory forest management as well as food security, WASH but also supporting and implementing emergency and relief operations. Our current working areas are in Tigray, Oromia Region as well as parts of SNNPR. CACH supports and implements currently about ten projects in these regions.
Summary of Duties
We seek a dynamic person as Project Manager Participatory Forest Management with expertise in the Ethiopian coffee sector and knowledge in Agricultural Economic / Value Chains for our project Sustainable forest management and value chain development for Ethiopian Forest Coffee implemented in five zones in Oromia and SNNPR. Based at our Country office in Addis Ababa, she/he will be responsible for planning, implementation, monitoring of the project activities as well as communication with consortium partners and the programme lead organisation. The candidate must be ready to undertake frequent field trips to project sites.
Main Areas of Responsibility
Duty station will be in Addis Ababa, CACH Country Office. The candidate must be ready to undertake frequent field trips to project sites to all project areas (5 zones in two regions); thus, at least 40% of work time for field travel is expected.
CACH pays a highly competitive salary rate with various benefits. CACH pays a health insurance family coverage package for all staff. CACH enables individual further education initiatives and offers trainings to its staff in relevant fields.
About you
The ideal candidate represents the majority of the below mentioned areas;
Education