Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: ICT in Agriculture Program Director
Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: December 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 (MoA), 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:
The ATA’s ICT in Agriculture program team develops and supports initiatives that are related to the use of information communication technologies within the Ethiopian agriculture sector. The ICT in Agriculture program team plays a major role in supporting ATA’s program/project teams to determine if and how technology could help to address systemic problems. The ICT in Agriculture program team will focus the majority of its resources supporting other ATA teams, and managing existing ICT related projects.
The ICT in Agriculture Program Director will manage a team of several ICT senior project officers and project leads and will report directly to the Senior Director of Agribusiness & Markets. The ideal candidate should possess a passion for improving the lives of smallholder farmers and a strong interest in developing innovative information communication technologies to transform existing practices in Ethiopia. S/he would likewise possess the entrepreneurial ability to visualize transformation, and the ability to support the ATA to mobilize partners, stakeholders and funding, in order to drive practical change at strategic policy levels and localized project levels. The candidate should have a clear vision for driving strategic change and building new, lasting relationships with key government partners.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Working with key ICT in Agriculture stakeholders across both public and non-public sectors, lead the development and implementation of diagnostic activities, strategies, and policies for ICT based solutions