Reference No: REC/ 008/20 |
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Job title: Production & Marketing Team Leader, Pathways to Resilience (P2R[1] |
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Location: Addis Ababa with extensive travel to programme sites |
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Reports to: GOAL Ethiopia Assistant Country Director – Programmes (ACD P), Matrix management with P2R Chief of Party |
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Closing Date: February 19, 2020 Re advert |
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About GOAL
GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.
GOAL is a non-for profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years, towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS. Currently, we work with pastoralist, agro-pastoral, pastoral dropouts, rural small holder farmers, rural/urban youth and street children to respond to humanitarian crises and build resilience in Ethiopia working closely with local communities, local government, donors and other key actors.
We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing are removed and where everyone has equal rights and opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO and other private donors.
Description of the programme
Pathways to Resilience is a five-year initiative (2019 – 2024), currently under design by a consortium led by PCI, consortium partners are iDE and GOAL and targeting the Oromia Region and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region. The purpose of P2R is to improve resilience through improved food security and inclusive economic growth, it is supported by USAID in Ethiopia with an estimated budget of $25 million.
The programme has five component areas, each led by a consortium member, PCI as the consortium lead have overall programme and grant management and are responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning using USAID’s Collaboration, Adaptation & Learning (CLA) approach. The programme components are:
ABOUT THE POSITON:
The P2R Production & Marketing Team Leader will be a member of the P2R senior programme management team, based in Addis Ababa, and has direct responsibility for all aspects of programming and team management which stimulates market systems initiatives to increase livestock and crops production and marketing, targeting agro / pastoralist in Ethiopia and formal financial inclusion initiatives. The incumbent will coordinator and collaborate with Nutrition team leader of GOAL and consortium agencies components lead. S/he will have overall responsibility for all aspects of component 3 (Intensified and sustained pastoral and agro-pastoral production and marketing, water and natural resource management and access to formal financial services), which will use a market systems approach. The successful candidate will have experience at a senior management level as well as substantial experience and confidence in market systems programming. S/he will be able to lead teams, using an agile management approach, to research identified market systems, identify opportunities and constraints and co-design and cost share initiatives with the permanent players i.e. government, community/ civil society and the private sector. Most initiatives under component 3 are expected to be driven by private sector players, so experience in facilitation and negotiation with the private sector is a key competence sought. Initiatives are managed adaptively with short learning loops and the post holder will need to be experienced in doing this and in working with the CLA team to design, measure and evaluate systems that capture change at all levels of the identified market systems.
The Production & Marketing Team Leader will have direct responsibility for the planning and management and reporting of component 3’s budget, which will include grant management of private sector partners. The post holder will have overall responsibility for the recruitment, induction, on-going skill development and performance management of a highly creative team for component 3, designed to stimulate sustainable and scalable production and marketing in agro-pastoral livelihoods.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY/DUTIES:
1. Strategy and Vision
· Attain component 3 programme goal and objectives through the development, implementation, reviews, presentation and management of strategic plans, programmes and projects by personal application and agile management.
· Recommend and lead implementation of programme priorities and explore, evaluate and present new country opportunities that leverage impact and/ or complement core activities.
2. Consortium relationship management
3. Programme Management
4. Team Management
Build a vibrant and creative team for a market facilitative approach to agro / pastoral livelihoods.
5. Market Systems Research & Design
6. Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA)
7. Representation
JOIN US
Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement? Then join us if you have:
• Degree in Marketing, Economics and related field.
• At least five years’ experience in implementing market systems programming
• Technical expertise in livestock and crop production and marketing
• Previous experience in working programmatically with the private sector
• Previous experience in working with agro-pastoralists
• Complex program management and demonstrated success building, managing and leading a team of professionals.
• Strong writing, communication, organization, prioritization and negotiating skills.
• Excellent (English) verbal and written communication skills with proven financial management skills.
• Experience in building and maintaining effective partnerships with implementing and strategic partner agencies, and government authorities and counterparts.
• Strong computer literacy with a full knowledge of office applications
Desirable qualities, skill and Competencies:
· Qualified and experience staff who have remarkable experience in marketing systems
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