Senior Advisor Seed Sector and Cooperative Development
GIZ- Internal / External Vacancy Announcement #137/2019
Supporting Sustainable Agricultural Productivity, SSAP
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food (BMEL), GIZ-SSAP supports the activities of the Ethiopian Government in the field of sustainable agricultural productivity. Through capacity building and advanced training, GIZ-SSAP qualifies the partners to establish frame work conditions enabling policy improvements in the seed sector and cooperative development. The support professionalizes cooperatives and unions, supports the establishment of a national cooperative college and the set-up of harmonized standards in seed quality control.
The focus is on advising to improve the legal and regulatory framework of the seed sector as well as the capacity development of the cooperative sector (cooperative college, unions). Approaches are focused on decisions makers, managers and Training of Trainers. Ethiopian partners are the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and its respective departments as well as the Federal Cooperative Agency (FCA). The activities are synergetic with the GIZ-SSAP component “Strengthening the Seed Sector and Conservation of Genetic Resources” working at the field level with primary cooperatives.
German partners are the Academy of German Cooperatives (Akademie deutscher Genossen- schaften, ADG), the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Association (Deutscher Genossenschafts- und Raiffeisenverband, DGRV) for the cooperative development and the Federal Plant Variety Office (Bundessortenamt, BSA) for the seed sector.
Capacity development focuses on structural, organisational and managerial aspects for both the seed sector and cooperative development. In the seed sector emphasis is given to establish an autonomous Ethiopian Federal Plant Variety and Seed Quality Control Office whereas in the cooperative sector the establishment of a cooperative college is supported.
Technical applications such as plant breeders’ rights, national listing, variety control, etc., are associated with the seed sector. Technical aspects for cooperative development are linked to institutional development, management of change as well as audit and bookkeeping of cooperatives.
Position: Senior Advisor Seed Sector and Cooperative Development
Application deadline: August 15, 2019
Required Candidates: One
Place of Work: Addis Ababa
Responsibilities
Tasks
The Senior Advisor Seed Sector and Cooperative Development performs following tasks:
Coordinate activities in the seed and cooperative sector with relevant Ethiopian and SSAP program partners
Seed Sector
Cooperative Sector
Provide technical support in the planning and implementation of training measures
Other duties/additional tasks
Required qualifications, competences and experience
Qualifications
Professional experience
Other knowledge, additional competences