Agriculture Jobs in Tigray Page 8

Cropsave TradingVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Sales Agronomist- Required: 2- Place of Work: Addis Ababa- Salary: As per the company scale

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Internal/External Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Research Assistant II Job Purpose: The purpose of this post is to participate and assist in all forage seed conservation and characterization activities at the ILRI forage genebank.Key Responsibilities:• Assists in the conservation of forage seeds in cool rooms for medium- and long-term storage• Assists in seed drying and seed moisture content determination of forage accessions• Assists in processing seed requests and safety duplicates• Responsible for measuring and recording seed weight of genebank accessions• Assists in seed purity analysis and the identification of off-types• Assists in the management of ex-situ collections and seed storage experiments• Assists in the implementation of seed research activities (e.g., variability in seed vigour and genetic integrity among seed lots) in the field, screenhouse and laboratory• Updates the database on seed conservation• Prepares and updates SOPs (Standard Operation Procedures) for germplasm conservation• Prepares draft reports of seed drying and seed storage activities• Other related duties as required by the supervisor- Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- Job Grade: 2B- Monthly Base Salary: Birr 14,416 (Negotiable depending on experience, skill and salary history of the candidate.- Terms of appointment: This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position, initial appointment is for three year with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. The ILRI remuneration package for nationally recruited 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.

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)Vacancy Announcement Position: Research Assistant IIIJob Purpose: The purpose of this post is to support CIP- joint research with project partners on sweet potato value chain, multi location adaptive research, seed system, institutional system and OFSP product development by providing technical backstopping expert and documentation.Key Responsibilities:• Contribute for institutionalizing of OFSP within BOH, BOA and TARI system• Contribute to the development of new sustainable delivery models for scaling bio fortified sweet potato, including new partnerships and cost-effective models in a diversity of markets, production systems• Participate at multi-sectoral nutrition-agricultural platforms for sharing evidence and lessons about Orange flashed sweet potato, involve the evaluation, demonstration, promotion and dissemination of resilient orange flashed sweet potato and potato varieties• Identifies training needs, prepares, plans and implements relevant training courses and workshops• Supervising field activities, checks results of analysis and provides reports to project coordinator• Assisting in preparation of research reports and scientific publications - Duty Station: Mekelle- Job Grade: 2C- Monthly Base Salary: Birr 19,112 (Negotiable depending on experience, skill and salary history of the candidate- Terms of appointment: This is a Nationally Recruited Staff (NRS) position, initial appointment is for five months with the possibility of renewal, contingent upon individual performance and the availability of funding. The ILRI remuneration package for nationally recruited 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.

Felema Construction PLCVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Horticulture Expert- Qty.: 1- Duty Station: Adigrat - Salary and Benefit Packages: Negotiable but Attractive

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation AgencyVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project Officer - 8028 Farmers’ Hotline- Term of Employment: One Year possibility of extension- Duty Station: Addis Ababa- 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

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

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation AgencyVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project Officer - 8028 Farmers’ Hotline- Term of Employment: One Year possibility of extension- Duty Station: Hawassa- 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

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation AgencyVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project Officer - 8028 Farmers’ Hotline- Term of Employment: One Year possibility of extension- Duty Station: Mekelle- 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

PIB PLCVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Export Officer - Qty: 2- Salary: Negotiable and Attractive

Action for Development (AFD)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Project CoordinatorPurpose:• The Project Coordinator is responsible for directing, coordinating, planning, monitoring and reporting on the implementation of the activities of the project to which he/she is assigned, in line with the performance management scheme of the organization.Attitudes and Attributes: • Proficiency in verbal and written English,• Organizational and analytical skills, and familiarity with proposal development, strategic and operational planning, monitoring and evaluation, report writing;• Proficiency in standard as well asother relevant planning and statistical software package;• Demonstrated leadership ability to inspire and empower others;• Good interpersonal communication skill, and ability to effectively liaise with government sector offices, community leaders and other stakeholders;• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality, sensitivity to HIV/AIDS, as well as the safeguarding of children,women and other vulnerable groups;• Understanding of participatory and humanitarian accountability approaches;• Proactiveness, and composure in potential conflict situations- Quantity: 1- Duty Station: Yabello, Borena Zone, Oromia National Regional State- Salary: As per the organization’s scale- Term of Employment: one year contract with the possibility of extensionHow to Apply• Letter of intent, CV, relevant credentials, & three letters of recommendation (one from current employer, if applicable, one from previous employer, one from other source) should be sent to:Head, HR & AdminP.O.Box 19859Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Or afdethiopia@gmail.com Application Deadline: 23rd January 2019 • Qualified women are encouraged to apply• Familiarity with the local context advantageous. • Only short listed candidates will be contacted