INTERNAL/EXTERNAL VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Agricultural Based Income Generating Activities (IGA) Advisor
CARE Ethiopia’s mission is to work with poor women and men, boys and girls, communities and institutions, to have a significant impact on the underlying causes of poverty in Ethiopia.
Date: March 16, 2017
Vacancy No: 062/17
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Closing Date: 10 days from the announcement
Number of vacant posts: 1 (One)
Term of employment: Temporary
Duration of Contract: Until November 30, 2017
Duty starting date: Immediately
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the Agricultural Based IGA Advisor position is to lead the planning and implementation of Agricultural based livelihoods promotion and income generating activities (IGA) to address the needs and priorities of chronically food insecure households that are impacted by the drought. S/he provides capacity building and technical assistance related to Agricultural Livelihood and IGA initiatives of the project for affected communities, project staff, partner organizations, and key stakeholders. The incumbent is also responsible to extract, document and share good practices within the organization, stakeholders and its partners. Furthermore, the position holder will assist in refining the program design and implementation of all components of the project related to Agriculture livelihoods and IGA in the target communities.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
· Lead the design and implementation of Agricultural Livelihoods and Income Generating Activity (IGA) initiatives under the EU Recovery Program;
· Lead the development of a detailed implementation plan (DIP) for the Agriculture livelihoods and IGA activities under the EU Recovery Program;
· Increase access to cash credit, including for the purpose of diversifying livelihoods strategies, using CARE’s established Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) methodology;
· Establish VSLAs, provide refresher trainings and overall support to ensure successful operation of VSLAs in the target communities;
· Ensure measureable impact of livelihood and IGA-related activities and a robust M&E system is in place;
· Monitor progress and provide ongoing feedback and recommendations to the project management;
· Establishes staff and key partner induction and ongoing training processes on Agriculture livelihood and IGA program quality;
· Leads the development and facilitation of trainings for partner and staff development on Agricultural livelihoods and IGA specific initiatives;
· Develops and implements follow-up coaching plans to sustain staff expertise and commitment to apply new skills;
· Continuously updates staff and partners on Agricultural livelihoods and IGA issues to enhance and sustain conceptual clarity and awareness of partners and others’ best practices;
· Documents and shares lessons/results of Agriculture and IGA work and strategies in program operational areas;
· Designs and leads livelihoods and IGA surveys, analyzes results and writes reports;
· Establish and maintain productive relationships with government offices, non-government organizations, and expert institutions and draw different experiences to be shared with project staff;
· Identify/extract good practices and learning related to Agricultural livelihoods diversification and IGA interventions for further program quality improvement;
· Record and document lessons from program processes and achievements and share good practices and learning with CARE staff, stakeholders and partners;
· Coach the field level staff to build their technical and function capacity in Agricultural livelihood and IGA;
· Identify and promote learning and lessons for scale up of good practices;
QUALIFICATIONS (KNOW HOW)
A) EDUCATION/TRAINING
Required:
§ BA/BSc Degree in rural development, Development Studies, Agriculture, economics, income generation, social sciences, or related field of study
Desired:
· MBA/MSc Degree in rural development, Development Studies, Agriculture, economics income generation, or related fields.
B) EXPERIENCE:
5 years of experience related to emergency response/economic development within the holistic livelihoods and income generating framework in rural areas, including experience with sustainable livelihoods and income generating activities (IGA) programming, rural development and food security programs.