Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Advisor, Agricultural Sector- Term of Employment: Fixed- Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa- Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: May 25, 2020ESSENTIAL DUTIES:The main responsibilities of the Senior Advisor, Agricultural sector include:Leadership• Lead Agricultural sector engagement in the Ministry of Agriculture, affiliate institutions and other ministries in the implementation of MoA 10-years plan.• Advise policy and regulatory alignment of national and regional approaches to deliver increased results.• Support effective cross-sector and public-private stakeholders’ coordination and problem-solving of issues at the national level, including alignment with other national and regional strategies and programs.• Provide effective timely upward reporting to the Minister of agriculture and Agricultural Transformation Agency, Parliament etc.• Ensure effective regular communication and reporting with the various government offices, and key public, private and development partner stakeholders.• Harmonize re/organization efforts and new national priorities to achieve organization strategic outcome• Represent Minister on international and domestic forums, bilateral and multilateral agreements and negotiation.Project Management• Deliver on the outcomes and directions provided by Minister of Agriculture to ensure that sector workplan in the agriculture sector are completed in a timely manner.• Ensure stakeholder coordination, planning, reporting, problem solving, and implementation support activities are conducted in a highly professional manner.• Ensure effective capacity-building support to Regions /Federal on issues related to the agriculture sector.• Lead process of performance management at both regional and Federal levels in connection with annual plans and national targets.Resource Mobilization• Engage in mobilization of domestic and external resources for the agriculture sector f project proposals as necessary.• Facilitate private sector investments and provide on-going problem-solving support by closely working with the concerned stakeholders.

Ph.D.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• PhD degree in Agricultural sciences or other related fields.
• At least ten (10) years leadership experience supporting areas such as:
• Planning and implementation of agricultural growth or
• Market-led value chain development and upgrading activities (preferably including project management of large-scale agricultural development, agro-processing and/or agribusiness focused initiatives).
• Policy and regulatory understanding of the agriculture sector in Ethiopia.
• Good experience of working at Federal, regional and civil society or private sectors.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills including thorough knowledge and understanding of various regional level and federal level institutions; extensive experience in facilitating dialogue with relevant public and private stakeholders.
• Fluency in English and Amharic required; fluency in regional language(s) advantageous.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with highly collaborative working style.
• Experience in working with multi-cultural teams preferred.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and reporting skills.
• Strong set of personal values including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service.
• Ability and willingness to shoulder responsibilities under hectic conditions (in terms of overlapping assignments that may happen occasionally).
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment, with an emphasis on high performance, teamwork, accountability and results.

10-15 years

• We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to send (i) a cover letter and (ii) CV (maximum 3 pages) at recruitment@ata.gov.et• Also, please DO NOT submit scans of certificates with your application form.• Women are highly encouraged to apply.• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.