ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY®
Position: (STAS) - Seed production and Distribution, MoA Delivery Unit
Term of Employment: One year possibility of extension
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Required Number: 1
Salary & Benefit: Competitive
Application Deadline: January 21, 2019
BACKGROUND
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) is a strategy and delivery oriented government agency created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the country’s agriculture sector. The ATA envisions that, by 2025, smallholder farmers are commercialized with greater incomes, inclusiveness, resilience and sustainability, contributing to Ethiopia’s achievement of middle-income country status.
The agency focuses on two primary national approaches to catalyze agricultural transformation. First, we support the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources (MoALR), its affiliate institutions, and other partners to identify and address systemic bottlenecks within an Agricultural Transformation Agenda. Second, we support Regional Governments to accelerate development of high-priority commodity value chains in clearly defined geographic clusters, through the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) Initiative.
Our major activities include conducting strategic and analytical studies, providing technical implementation support, coordinating platforms to better integrate partners and projects, and designing and directly leading a number of implementation projects. Our headquarters are in Addis Ababa, and we have regional offices in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray regional offices, allowing us to work closely with a wide range of public, private and development sector partners across the country.
Our Culture
We have an exceptional team of highly competent employees with a proven track record of success in managing complex activities and achieving transformational results. Our culture is one where talented, dedicated and adaptable individuals are committed to doing their best and exhibit great team work to achieve excellent results.
At ATA, we provide an exceptional platform for people who want to achieve their highest potential and make a meaningful contribution in changing the country’s agricultural sector. We offer rewarding work in a young, fast-paced growing organization with passionate, committed, motivated colleagues and excellent career development and training. We recognize our most valuable assets are our staff and are committed to providing our employees with the tools, training and mentorships necessary to achieve their career goals.
POSITION SUMMARY:
A Delivery Unit at the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and jointly overseen by the Ethiopian Agriculture Transformation Agency (ATA) is being introduced to:
The Delivery Unit will focus in four areas for the remainder of the GTP II period:
1) Planning and execution effectiveness
2) Tracking, reporting and escalation
3) Problem solving and light analytical support
4) Technical support.
Within the Delivery Unit, the Senior Transformation Agenda Specialist (STAS) , Seed Production and Supply will report directly to Plant Variety Release, Protection and Seed Quality Control (PVRPSQC) Director, MoA with a side way support role to the Input Marketing and Crop development Directorates in their seed production and marketing mandates respectively, who are the implementing coordinators for the following TA Sub-Deliverables on which the TA Advisor will focus:
He/she will also have a second, functional reporting line to the Transformation Agenda Advisor -Agriculture Development Sector, the Delivery Unit at MoA, and will work closely with other staffs engaged in the implementation of the TA Sub-Deliverables listed above as well as other staff in the Delivery Unit to support effective implementation of these Sub-Deliverables. The STAS will therefore bring the requisite technical skills and expertise, as well as implementation experience, to effectively support in all four focus areas of the Delivery Unit described above.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
The roles and responsibilities of the Senior Transformation Agenda Specialist (STAS) in each focus area of the Delivery Unit and with respect to the specific TA Sub-Deliverables noted above are as follows.
Planning and execution effectiveness
Tracking, reporting and escalation
Problem solving and light analytical support
Technical support
Qualifications and experience
Technical competencies
Behavioral competencies