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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.

Water and Land Resource Centre (WLRC)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Horticulture/ Agronomist ExpertThe specific duties of the Horticulture/Agronomist Expert• Under the direct supervision of Regional Project Manager, the Agronomist’s overarching duty is to see to it that the horticultural and crop productivity in Kunzila water shed is enhanced and livelihoods options diversified.Specific duties and responsibilities include:• Assess state, constraints and potentials of crop and horticultural crop production in the Kunzila watersheds,• Identify suitable and marketable horticultural crops including fruits, vegetables, and nuts and introduce in the watersheds• Identify suitable field crops – a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes; “cereals, oilseeds, and pulses etc.,” and support its introduction and proper implementation,• Design introduction modalities of new potential horticulture and crop varieties( by implementing in a clustered approach) using Farmers Research Groups, Farmers Field Schools, demonstration plots, homesteads and scaling up strategy,• Exhaustively design and implement to involve (aggressively) landless rural youths in horticultural(vegetables specific) related activities through FFS modalities,• Participate in the integrated watershed management plan preparation and development of an inbuilt exit strategy and make sure the horticulture/crop/agronomy parts are well covered.• In collaboration with the IWM expert and all other project staff establish model nursery sites and develop a plan on type of fruit seedlings that will be grown in each nursery and develop guideline on their agronomic requirements,• Prepare plantation design guideline based on the fruit tree type, apply multistory method around homestead to make small area more productive and follow its implementation,• Establish mother trees as source of scions and seedlings for grafting,• Identify and disseminate simple farm machineries to the community, including for land preparation, preserving, transportation, and value addition,• In collaboration with irrigation specialist, design and scale-up irrigation water technologies (manual tube hole, rope and washer pump, hand dug wells and etc…) that can enable farmers in the watershed to engage in HV fruit and vegetable crops,• Establish and follow horticultural producer and marketing cooperatives/groups and link them to potential markets both locally and internationally• Prepare and implement out grower schemes/modalities and link horticultural producers with investors at Kunzila and potential cooperatives.• In collaboration with livelihood and livestock expert, plan and implement nutrition sensitive agriculture in the project area,• Produce postharvest product management protocol for major horticultural; and field crops and follow its implementation• In collaboration with relevant stakeholders, design and establish road side fruit marketing sheds and potential agricultural product markets in the project area,• Prepare training materials for experts and farmers and train them as per approved action plan• Regular monitoring and evaluation on private and together with team members,• Prepare clear plan and submit monthly, quarter, six month and annual progress reports, on the scheduled time for the nearby supervisor,• 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 appointed responsibilities and duties by the hierarchies,- Duty station is Bahir Dar Town (and/or Kunzila Town) with frequent travel to project sites and occasional travel to HQ at Addis Ababa. - Contract will be one year with possible extension upon performance,- Salary will be as per the project scale

The International Centre of Insect Physiology & Ecology (icipe)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Regional Project ManagerMain Responsibilities:• Lead and oversee all activities of the MOYESH program in the Amhara Region• Provide support to all partners and project team for smooth implementation of program activities in the region• Organize workshops and regional program meetings in the Region and provide regular reporting of overall program progress to the regional program steering committee and program coordinators• Prepare a detail program activities and execution plan as per the program activities and carry out regular monitoring of the program activities• Supervise program teams located at Zone, Woreda, and village levels and provide technical backstopping to all field staff.• Represent the MOYESH program on official region level engagements in the Amhara Region• Coordinate the planning and implementation of program activities in the Amhara Region• Manage collaboration and interaction with key public-private partners and in the Amhara Region• Collaborate and mobilize resources within the Region that complement the MOYESH program activities• Manage program finances and assets in the Region• Serve as secretary of the MOYESH Program Regional Steering Committee, and• Prepare and submit the program with regular technical and financial reports.- Duty Station: Bahir Dar- Grade: HG 15- Minimum Base salary: Birr 43,956 per month (Negotiable depending on the salary history of the candidate)- Terms of appointment: This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position, initial appointment is for three years with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. icipe offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with a competitive salary and excellent benefits in line with ILRI salary applicable for its Nationally Recruited Staff. icipe is an international and equal opportunity organization and believes that diversity of its staff contributes to excellence. The ILRI campus is set in a secure, attractive campus with dining and sports facilities that are located on-site.

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Project Officer I - Crop Value Chain- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station: Bahir Dar- Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: October 09, 2019ESSENTIAL DUTIES:• Support the Regional ACC Director in day-to-day stakeholder and program management in respect to crop value chain development in the Region, and other areas as required• Monitoring of progress on ACC interventions in the priority crop value chains across the entire value chains from inputs and production to aggregation and marketing• Drive the implementation of specific priority ACC interventions in the priority crop value chains in the Region• Build the capacity and ensure coordination among key government, private and other actors in the priority crop value chains• Drive identification, design and coordination of implementation of critical policy and other interventions in the priority crop value chains to promote market linkages in the clusters• Provide content direction and input to other members of the Regional ACC team• Facilitate communication and coordination between the different stakeholders of the priority crop value chains• Facilitate market linkages among producer groups, private sector and public sector• Initiate periodic experience sharing and learning sessions, particularly with the representatives of the producer organizations and Value Chain Actors• Identify systemic and operational issues affecting the priority crop value chains at regional and cluster levels• Ensure regular technical and administrative reporting on cluster progress.

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Regional ACC and Project Director- Term of Employment: One year- Duty Station(s): ATA Regional Office Bahir Dar- Required Number: One (1)- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: March 17, 2019Position summaryThe Regional ACC and Projects Director will lead the refinement of regional ACC strategies, integrate ACC strategies with national and regional priorities (Agro-industrial parks, AGP and others), represent regional ACC in strategic platforms (ACC plan preparation, Package revision , Regional field days etc.), develop capacity building plan for regional ACC and project staffs, serve as an independent voice to the regional ACC team and the Regional SD to gage the progress of cluster strategies implementation on ATA priorities and act as a risk mitigating agent in the project management office (PMO). In addition, the Regional ACC and Projects Director will create regional level platforms to bridge the gap of public and private sector to maximize the commercialization of small farmers output. The ACC and Projects Director will report to the Senior Director of the Regional office.ESSENTIAL DUTIES:The main responsibilities of the ACC and Projects Director include:• Lead the refinement of ACC/cluster strategies with the support of the regional ACC team and the Regional SD• Align ACC strategies with national and regional priorities and flagship programs to enhance the integration of ACC strategies to the transformation of the agricultural sector• Lead ACC stakeholder interaction with regional and other implementation partners• Plan and deploy technical expertise to the zones and cluster areas in an optimal manner to ensure Value chain interventions are executed in a pre-set standards• Develop capacity building regional plans to ensure skill transfer in increasing production and productivity and marketing while transformational mindset is instilled in regional staff• Co-coordinating regional public-private stakeholders’ alignment on ACC strategies and deliverables• Ensure effective regular communication with the various government offices, the private sector and development partner• Support the Project Management Office to achieve its intended results• Support the mobilization of regional resources for the ACC Initiative, including development of project proposals, as necessary• Support the facilitation of private sector investments in the region and provide on-going problem-solving support by closely working with the concerned stakeholders

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation AgencyVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project Officer - 8028 Farmers’ Hotline- Term of Employment: One Year possibility of extension- Duty Station: Bahir Dar- Required Number: 1- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: Jan. 25, 2018POSITION SUMMARY:The ATA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MoANR), the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), and Ethio Telecom launched an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Short Message Service (SMS) system, the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline, to disseminate agronomic best practice advice to farmers/ development agents (DAs) year round. These agronomic best practices are encouraged to be utilized throughout the year and intended to improve the flow of information (1) between stakeholders implementing farmer-targeted interventions, and (2) towards the farmers that these interventions are intended to benefit. This system provides and collects information to farmers and decision-makers in four ways: (1) a call-in automated hotline (2) a push-based alert system using IVR/SMS (3) an IVR helpdesk that allows farmers to ask question and experts to respond to their inquiries (4) an IVR Survey that is pushed to all users of the system and the information is aggregated and shared with experts.The 8028 Farmers’ Hotline was first piloted in February 2014, in 21 woredas (districts) in the four main regions Oromia, Amhara, SNNPR and Tigray for approximately five months. Following the pilot, the ATA, in collaboration with its partners, expanded the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline nationwide. To date, the system has handled more than 30 million calls from 4 million registered callers. Users of the system can call into and receive information on a wide range of agricultural activities on all major cereal, pulses and high-value crops. Keypad menu options allow farmers and Development Agents to select their particular areas.Currently, the ATA has integrated a Helpdesk mechanism into the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline. This Helpdesk will enable smallholders and DAs to call into the system and ask specific agriculture related questions and have experts in their woredas answer these questions. The role of the Regional 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Project Officer (PO) is to assist smallholders and DAs by redirecting and managing the questions and responses submitted into the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Helpdesk.The Regional 8028 Farmers’ Hotline PO will be responsible for implementing, expanding, and supporting the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Helpdesk across designated woredas, in their respective region, may it be Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, and Tigray. The PO will primarily work on the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Helpdesk; reviewing incoming questions and answers, coordinating woreda experts and subject matter specialists, . The PO is also responsible with creating awareness at the various bureaus and offices of agriculture.The ATA is looking for a total of four POs, each PO will be expected to support each of the four regions listed above• The first candidate, fluent in Amharic language, will be stationed at the ATA Amhara region branch Office, in Bahir Dar, and take field trips to various zones and woredas in the region and also the ATA’s Head Office, Addis Ababa• The second candidate, fluent in Afaan Oromo, will be stationed at the ATA Oromia region branch Office, in Addis Ababa, and take field trips to various zones and woredas in the region• The third candidate, fluent in Tigrigna language, will be stationed at the ATA Tigray region branch Office, in Mekelle, and take field trips to various zones and woredas in the region and also the ATA’s Head Office, Addis Ababa• The fourth candidate, fluent in Sidaamu Afoo, and/or Wolayttatto language(s), preferably both, will be stationed at the ATA SNNP region branch Office, in Hawassa, and take field trips to various zones and woredas in the region and also the ATA’s Head Office, Addis Ababa• This position will officially report to the ICT Team Lead. The position will be a 12-month contract, starting with a six-month probationary period.ESSENTIAL DUTIES:• Work with 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Senior Project Officer to manage implement the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Helpdesk across the designated woredas in your respective regions• Provide Helpdesk support for smallholder farmers and DAs, by reviewing and curating all the submitted questions, and regularly follow up with woreda experts and subject matter specialists as needed• Review the quality of each of questions and answers, and follow ups with both smallholders and responders• Conduct visits to selected 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Helpdesk region/zone/woredas periodically to create awareness, build capacity, and ensure the system is being used properly• Identify additional approaches to create awareness and train/inform smallholders and DAs about the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline at the region, zone, and specifically with farmers and DAs at the woredas level.• Collect feedback from subject matter specialists and smallholders on how the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline can be updated to improve their experiences• Work with the relevant stakeholders, such as Ethio telecom, MoANR, EIAR, Digital Green, and regional/zonal/woredas BoA to identify/resolve issues• Work with the your designated woredas to ensure that woreda experts and subject matter specialists respond to user’s questions within 72 hours• Work with Regional ATA office, Bureau of Agriculture, Woreda office of Agriculture to identify motivate and skilled woreda agronomist, crop protection, and subject matter specialists to support future expansion of the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Helpdesk• Analyze the 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Helpdesk results and share with ICT Team Lead and 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Senior Project Officer• Draft and share minutes of meetings attended and/or conducted• Report and/escalate major issues to 8028 Farmers’ Hotline Senior Project Officer, ICT Team Lead and Regional and A&M Senior Director• Liaise with a wide range of stakeholders to promote and popularize 8028 Farmers’ Hotline• Assist ATA program teams and stakeholders develop IVR 8028 Farmers’ Hotline alerts and surveys• Occasionally, support the ICT Team Lead and other ICT Project Officers on project related activities• Follow up regional activities related to the comprehensive outreach strategy implementation and share updates

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Vacancy Announcement Position: Project ManagerMain Responsibilities:• Manage project cycle planning of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) Honey project, including reviewing and reaffirming time-lines of key project activities, outputs and milestones as specified in the project proposal;• Take a lead role in the field level implementation of project activities and coordinating them with related activities of collaborating institutions at Region, Zone and Woreda levels, in particular in the establishment and running of the eight honey and beeswax marketplaces;• Pro-actively work with project team members and collaborators to ensure operations of the marketplaces, including the sourcing, proper collection and aggregation of crude honey, processing, packaging and marketing of final products in compliance with applicable standards, through regular follow ups and supervision with each of the project field assistants;• In consultation with the project leader and other members of the YESH Project team, facilitate collaboration with partner institutions, organize skills development training workshops in entrepreneurship, beekeeping, financial handling and marketing, to project beneficiary youth, and coordinate the identification of suitable buildings for the setup of marketplaces, their rehabilitation works and making them operational in each of the eight project Woredas;• Take primary responsibility for routine data collection on project activities and documentation of relevant information on progress of implementation of the project, as well as contribute to public communication on lessons learnt in implementation of the project;• Write monthly brief progress updates, as well as bi-annual and annual technical reports of the project and submit to project leader;• Contribute to the drafting of new project concept notes, proposals and write scientific manuscripts for publication;• Perform other project specific duties as requested by the project leaderMinimum Base salary:• Birr 43,956 per month (Negotiable depending on experience, skill and salary history of the candidate)- Duty Station: Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.- Terms of appointment: Initial appointment is for three years renewable appointment based on performance and funding availability. icipe offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits in line with ILRI salary applicable for its Nationally Recruited Staff. icipe is an international and equal opportunity organization and believes that diversity of its staff contributes to excellence.