Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Integrated Watershed Management ExpertDuties and responsibilities of the Senior Integrated Watershed Management Expert• Under the supervision/guidance of the Regional Project Manager, the Integrated Watershed Management Expert shall be responsible that the integrated watershed Management plan is prepared as per the standard and effectively implemented through full participation of communities and local government and sustainability ensured. Ultimately the expert oversee that the project results in better environmental quality, create resilience and livelihoods of communities in the watersheds improved visibly.The specific duties and responsibilities include:• In collaboration with HQ staff and advisors play active role in the preparation of the baseline survey for each watershed• In collaboration with the team from different levels (HQ, Regional, Woreda and Kebele) coordinate the preparation of multi-year development plans and working action plan, following the participatory integrated watershed management planning procedures• Coordinate the preparation of an inbuilt exit strategy as per the guideline and based on the participatory watershed development plan,• Coordinate the different senior experts at regional office to work in the watershed as multi-disciplinary team following the watershed logic,• Coordinate, supervise and share tasks for Kebele Watershed Technicians and community facilitators in each watershed,• Support and guide establishment of watershed user association, saving and credit cooperatives, and also other income generating cooperatives like fattening, fruit producing/irrigation marketing cooperatives, milk collection and processing cooperatives, fuel saving stove producer etc.,• Critically follow the implementation of the integrated watershed management plan in each watershed,• In collaboration with Woreda and Kebele experts and with the project team at different levels, coordinate the selection of model farmers for homestead development and follow its implementation,• In collaboration with all required staff coordinate preparation of different training materials for experts, community leaders at all level and farmers• Coordinate training for experts, community facilitators, DAs, on IWM, and IWRM, and on Sustainability and watershed performance assessment, and other technical trainings,• Arrange training for farmer surveyors and team leaders to train them and closely follow the survey of the land and monitoring before SWC measure construction is started and completed as planned,• Coordinate trainings for various income generating groups,• In collaboration with woreda and Kebele authorities, facilitate mobilization of the community for SWC measure construction and for other communal works, (physical and biological SWC activities, forest development/rehabilitation works, gully rehabilitation activities etc…)• Facilitate the construction of offices for Watershed Technicians, Community Facilitators and WUAs,• Facilitate construction of feeder roads within the watershed and between selected Kebeles of intervention to connect to the main road and to social services,• Plan, actively follow and lead the overall nursery (forest and fruit) activities inside the project area,• Facilitate annual field days and experience share events/visits,• Coordinate regular monitoring and evaluation with team members and individually,• Follow stakeholders field support and regular community watershed committee monthly meeting,• Coordinate periodic watershed performance and sustainability assessment surveys• Actively involve on watershed management impact studies and produce scientific reports• Prepare monthly, quarter, six monthly and annual progress reports, for each watershed and a summary report as per the time frame,• Carefully document activities/progresses achieved/ before, during implementation and results after intervention for learning and future improvement of project implementation (both pictorially and textually),• Undertake other activities assigned by immediate supervisor and HQ responsible persons,- Duty station is Bahir Dar Town (and/or Kunzila Town) with frequent travel to project sites and HQ at Addis Ababa. - Contract will be one year with possible extension upon performance.- Salary will be as per the project scale.

Master's

Job Requirement:
• MSc and above on agricultural engineering, watershed management, soil and water conservation, natural resources management
• MSc + 5 years or above and PhD + 2 years and above
• A minimum of two years coordination experience of IWM projects
• Knowledge and working experience in the region is an advantage.

5-10 years

• Interested and qualified applicants fulfilling the above criteria for the different jobs can make online registration by visiting http://wlrc-eth.org/vacancy site and upload all necessary documents including their CV as per the specification in the website before June 20, 2020. For clarification, the applicant can ask by telephone: +251 918 350 939 or send an e-mail to tekeba.t@wlrc-eth.org• Any application that is outside the specified criteria will be disqualified. Those eligible for exam will be notified by e-mail and list will be released through the above website. Cost of application and exam will be covered by the applicants themselves, WLRC will not be responsible for this.