ROLE PURPOSE: Save the Children is seeking a Senior Agriculture and Nutrition Specialist for the 5 year NSA Capacity Strengthening of the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture project funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The nutrition project works with the ministry to strengthen its capacity and systems to implement the Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Strategy (NSAS) and create an effective enabling environment for nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) programming. The project through technical assistance, system strengthening and financial sub-grants to the MOA will increase financing for and prioritization of the implementation of the NSAS, build capacity of MOA to regularly use NSA data for decision-making and coordinate NSA activities and sustain human resource capacity at regional, zonal and Woreda levels. It supports the federal MOA and its three regional bureaus in Amhara, Oromia and Somalia regions.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Project Director
Indirectly reports to: Deputy Country Director, Operation
Staff reporting to this post: N/AKEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
Technical assistance and capacity building
Representation and advocacy
People management, mentoring and development
Assessment, monitoring, evaluation and documentation
Knowledge management
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
Ambition:
Collaboration:
Creativity:
Integrity:
Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
Required
Essential
Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Senior Specialist may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
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