Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Position: Senior Project Officer I, Rural Financial Services
Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa
Required Number: One
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: December 22, 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 catalyse 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.
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION
A Senior Project Officer in the RFS team Program will assist the Director of RFS in the development, implementation and support of a portfolio of initiatives to improve agricultural financing for the input and output market system in Ethiopia. Senior Project Officer will help the Director improve smallholder farmers’, cooperatives’ and agri-businesses’ access to finance. This will involve conducting problem-solving activities to identify the highest priority agricultural finance issues affecting farmers; devising innovative strategies for availing finance to smallholder farmers’ and other agricultural actors (e.g. cooperatives).
The ideal Senior Project Officer would possess a passion for improving the lives of small-holder farmers, a deep familiarity with Ethiopia’s agricultural system and extensive knowledge of Ethiopia’s financial structure and related policies (with a focus on agricultural finance).. S/he would likewise possess the entrepreneurial ability to visualize transformation, to mobilize financial sector stakeholders in agricultural input and output markets and to drive practical change on the ground. S/he will also possess a strong interest in pursuing a career in the public sector, and in continuing to share the analytical, content and leadership/management knowledge gained through the position with future colleagues within the public sector.
This position will officially report to the program Director, Rural Financial Services.
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