Agriculture Jobs in Tigray

Kerchanshe Trading PLCVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Farm Manager- No. required: 5- Place of Work: Abaya near Dila Town, Worka & other sites

Kerchanshe Trading PLCVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Quality Controller (Coffee) Senior & JuniorNo. required: 10

Kerchanshe Trading PLCVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Coffee Processing Head- No. required: 10- Place of Work: Sites

TOP SUN Trading and Manufacturing PLCVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Farm ManagerPlace of Work: Jimma Limu Seka Farm

TOP SUN Trading and Manufacturing PLCVacancy AnnouncementPosition: AgronomistPlace of Work: Jimma Limu Seka Farm

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

Baheran Trading PLCVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Commercial Farm Manager- Place of Work: Pawe in Benishangul region, Metekel Zone- Salary: Negotiable

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.

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Research Associate II - Germplasm Health - TemporaryKey Responsibilities:• Conducts routine diagnostic tests for virus, bacteria, phytoplasma and fungi in the ILRI Forage Genebank collection;• Carries out surveillance on plant diseases and pests in different field stations of the Genebank and provides suggestion for proper fungicides and pesticides application;• Prepares media, buffers, and other reagents used in the diagnosis;• Conducts greenhouse bioassays for determining virulence of viral, bacterial, phytoplasma and fungal pathogens including host propagation, inoculation, evaluation and data recording;• Prepares the reports corresponding to the germplasm health evaluation in the laboratory and field• Maintains accurate records of laboratory and field activities in the database;• Other related duties as required and assigned by the supervisor.- Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- Grade: HG 11- Monthly Base Salary: Birr 17,082 (Negotiable depending on salary history of the candidate).- Terms of appointment: This is a fixed term temporary National Staff (NS) position to replace a staff who will be on maternity leave for a period of six months’ employment contract which will not be renewable. The ILRI remuneration package for national staff in Ethiopia includes very competitive salary and benefits such as life and medical insurance, offshore pension plan, etc. The ILRI campus is set in a secure, attractive campus in Addis Ababa. Dining and sports facilities are located on site.