ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION INSTITUTE
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“Food security and Agriculture Rehabilitation measures in Conflict Affected Regions of Ethiopia – FARM” Project
Job Title: | Regional Senior Project Officer II - Gender Specialist |
Term of Employment: | Three years with the possibility of an extension |
Duty Station(s): | Bahir Dar – Ethiopia |
Required number: | One |
Application deadline: | March 20, 2023 |
BACKGROUND:
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) is a strategy and delivery-oriented government Institute created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the country’s agriculture sector. The ATI envisions to be the leading center of innovative solutions for the transformation of Ethiopian Agriculture by 2030.
The Institute focuses on two primary national approaches to catalyze agricultural transformation. First, we support the Ministry of Agriculture (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 the 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, Sidama, South-West, 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 ATI, 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.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Regional Senior Project Officer II - Gender is specifically expected to have strong skills and experience in supervision and implementation of accommodating and transformative gender activities as well as social aspects from the ESMF. She/he is well experienced in agricultural project and has clear understanding of key gender issues, desire to improving the lives of smallholder farmers, and a deep familiarity to Ethiopia’s gender context.
She/he should have extensive knowledge on gender situation at regional, community and household levels and experiences in field implementation of gender activities. She/he should have a strong sensitivity for social mobilization and ensuring confidentiality of individual in such a context with high GBV cases. She/he should play the role of catalyzing gender mainstream within agricultural activities of ATI, as well as leading the implementation of transformative activities with the support of CCI division. She/he should support the overall ATI team, implementing partners and structures (selection committee, GRM) in improving their capacity in managing gender aspects.
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