Project Manager
Intrinsic Consultancy PLC Intrinsic Consultancy PLCVacancy Announcement Job Title: Project Manager - Location: Hawassa- Employment Type: Full Time- Application Deadline: March 18, 2019 Responsibilities and Tasks• Work with all investors, actively involve and participate on all work streams of the investors association in collaboration with the consultant.• Organize timely meeting with investors and actively participate• Liaison and work actively with all the concerned government and private entities within the park.• Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of goals.• Designing and applying appropriate project management standards for the works of investors association.• Manage the implementation of the required deliverables of the association• Actively manage monthly meetings and provide briefings both on developments and issues as necessary.• Develop and maintain annual plans and circulate to all.• Manage the investor association team and assure the implementation of tasks.• Handle the collection of request by investors and coordinate with relevant bodies to address the issues.• Analyze the collected data and communicate with the consultant for intervention.• Ensure the understanding of all investors regarding the set standard of the park management • Report discrepancies and violations to consultant and all concerned in a timely manner.• Manage the association database of the company profiles, labor details, correspondences, and park regulations, directives, meeting minutes, researches and publications.• Responsible for any publication of the association• Perform other tasks given by the CEO from time to timeHow to Apply• Interested and qualified applicants shall submit their recent CV via industry_job@protommail.com .The subject line must read '' Application for Project Manager".
Read More Regional ACC And Project Director
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Regional ACC and Project Director- Term of Employment: One year- Duty Station(s): ATA Regional Office Hawassa- 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
Read More Senior Project Manager-Regional
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Project Manager-Regional - Term of Employment: Through July, 2020- Duty Station(s): ATA Regional Office Hawassa- Required Number: One (1)- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: March 17, 2019POSITION SUMMARY:The Regional PMO Senior Project Manager (SPM) is responsible to create and lead the regional PMO office, and standardize Project Management practices in the regional office. The SPM will support the regional project staffs/teams and build their execution capacity to ensure that all the projects under the Agricultural Commercialization Cluster (ACC) initiative and other ATA-led projects implemented in the region are delivered on time, on budget and achieve the targeted results.The incumbent will work very closely with the director of Project and Portfolio Management Office (PPMO) in the head office, regional ATA project staffs/teams, and concerned Regional Bureau of Agriculture teams and other regional Government offices to ensure the establishment of the regional PMO and standardizing project management processes and techniques thereby increasing the execution and delivery capacity of the regional project team.Project execution capacity has been identified as a major bottleneck to the transformation of Ethiopia’s agriculture sector, and the Manager will be on the front line of catalyzing change affecting millions of smallholder farmers.This position will report directly to the Regional Implementation Support Director and the Director of Project and Portfolio Management Office (PPMO) at the Head office. The PPM team sits within the Implementation Support (IS) Vertical, which strives to standardize project/program/portfolio management practices in the agency and elevate project management skill of ATA project teams that drive the impact and effectiveness of the ATA’s and partners’ work with smallholder farmers. The position will be based in ATA regional Offices.Essential Duties• In collaboration with the regional Implementation Support Director and the director of Project Portfolio Management Office (PPMO) of the ATA Head office, create and lead a regional Project Management Office (PMO)• Support the design and implementation of project management systems, processes, and tools in the regional ATA office with guidance from the PPMO Director of the ATA Head office and support from the Regional Implementation Support Director• Undertake regular capacity need assessment of the regional ATA office with respect to Project Management Skills and implement tailored capacity enhancement interventions• Facilitate the development of problem solving skills within the regional projects team• Link projects with common or related activities and facilitate the transfer of learnings from one project to another• Develop an approach to enhance the capacity of ATA regional government partners in best project management practices and techniques• Regularly seek feedback from ATA and partner project teams for improvements to Project Management tools, training and support• Perform other related tasks when assigned
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B.G.I Ethiopia Private Limited Company B.G.I Ethiopia Private Limited CompanyVacancy AnnouncementPosition: Chief Mechanic- Age: Maximum of 35 years - Required Number: 1- Place of Work: Hawassa- Salary: As per the scale of the company
Read More IT Officer
Awash Bank Awash BankExternal Vacancy Announcement No: 3/19Position: IT OfficerJob Summary:• The job holder is responsible to control and maintain Bank’s IT infrastructure of the Regional Branch Office; Installs and configures computer hardware operating systems and applications; monitors and maintains computer systems and networks; troubleshoots system and network problems and diagnoses and solves hardware or software faults, and replaces parts as required. Provides support including supporting the rollout of new applications.- Place of Work: South Region-Hawassa Town- Salary & Benefits: As per the Bank’s Salary Scale & Benefit PackagesHow to Apply• Interested applicants are invited to send their non-returnable application with CV and copies of relevant documents through the following address within 7 consecutive days from the first date of this announcement.Awash Bank Deputy Chief Human Resources Management Office P.O. Box 12638 Addis Ababa
Read More Project Officer - 8028 Farmers’ Hotline
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency 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
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Medtech Ethiopia Medtech EthiopiaVacancy Announcement Job Title: Invoicer/ Collector- Number of vacant position: 1 (One)- Place of Assignment: Hawassa Branch- Salary: As per the Company Scale and Attractive- Employment Type: Permanent
Read More Branch Sales And Promotion Officer
Medtech Ethiopia Medtech EthiopiaVacancy Announcement Job Title: Branch sales and Promotion Officer- Number of vacant position: 1 (One)- Place of Assignment: Hawassa Branch- Salary: As per the Company Scale and attractive- Employment Type: Permanent
Read More Regional Technical Assistance (TA)
Echnoserve Consulting Company: Echnoserve Consulting Job AnnouncementThe Climate Smart Mainstreaming in the Productive Safety Net Programme (CSM-PSNP4) project is a four-year technical assistance mechanism financed by the European Union Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) to support the MoANR to mainstream climate smart planning and implementation in the PSNP4. To achieve this goal, The EU has contracted technical assistance and capacity building services from a DAI-led consortium. As part of the technical assistance team, Consortium-member Echnoserve is recruiting experts to work in and support the regional PSNP4 Public Works and Livelihoods Focal Units in climate smart mainstreaming of PSNP. The TA’s will serve under the technical direction of the key expert team based in the Federal Offices of the MoANR. The location and number of positions to be filled are as follows. Duty Station: HawassaRequired No.: 2Detailed JD:Position: Regional Technical Assistance (TA)Length of contract: 42 months Starting time: March. 01, 2019Apply by: 05 January 2019For additional information about the positions (download the detailed JD) BackgroundThe Climate Smart Mainstreaming in PSNP4 project is financed by European Union Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) for a period of four-years to mainstream climate smart planning and implementation in the PSNP4.The purpose of the CSM-PSNP4 is to:• Mainstreaming climate smart initiative in the watershed and rangeland activities planning and implementation in the PSNP IV in Programme Regions and at Federal level, to achieve CS mainstreaming in the 349 PSNP4 woredas at the end of the four years period of the TA support • Enhance institutional and technical capacity in climate smart activities planning and management and climate resiliency and adaptive capacity monitoring of PSNP’s public work component enhancing the coordination on climate smart mainstreaming with the sustainable land management program and climate smart approaches at federal and regional levels;• Enable the ministry (MoANR) to generate evidence from PSNP climate smart approaches to use to promote dialogue on climate sensitive development programming and for use for future climate financing endeavors.Cognizant of this, Federal and regional TA will be fielded, together with short-term expertise, to support the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources to mainstream climate smart approaches, practices and technologies in PSNP4 planning and implementation. Job DescriptionsThe regional TA’s role is to provide technical advice and coordinate Climate Smart Mainstreaming to the regional PWFU and LIFU, working as a part of their team in the same office. He/she will be directly accountable to CSM-PSNP Team Leader and will be report to the PSNP Regional Programme Focal Unit. He/she will provide support to regional government team who in turn coordinate with the different PSNP woredas in delivering relevant technical assistance to ensure climate smart planning, implementation and M&E training and supervision of the development agents in their work with communities. He/she will facilitate and coordinate the work of supporting short term experts fielded by the CSM-PSNP as well as the federal team when necessary. Key Responsibilities of Regional Technical Assistance • Support regional PSNP/PWFU in piloting and mainstreaming of climate smart approaches, practices and technologies in the annual PSNP Programme.• Play strong role in CSM stakeholders’ coordination, collaboration roles and technical support responsibilities.• Facilitate the PSNP PWFU and LIFU in conducting technical support on-the job coaching for woreda government partners on natural resource management, water development and Climate Smart activities; or other trainings relevant for the project. • Work together with the PWFU and LIFU and the federal team in identification and facilitation of collaboration with relevant government programmes, NGOs working in PSNP public works and livelihoods interventions, climate change adaptation and resilience activities and projects in the respective regions;• Facilitate the selection of first phase pilot woredas and communities to be supported by PSNP/Public Works and Livelihoods Units for scaling up and mainstreaming climate smart practices in resilience and adaptive capacity building;• Support the regional public works and livelihoods Focal Units in consolidating and refining the annual plan, key capacity building activity identification and preparation of public works intervention to support climate smart mainstreaming, where necessary; • Support the regional Public work coordination unit in enhancing PSNP M&E system• Support the federal team in identification of complementarities and operational constraints (e.g. sequencing of PW interventions compatible with livelihood intervention).• Support the regional PWFU to implement adaptive and responsive climate smart natural resource management and water development activities based on context specific approach in project woredas;• Assist woreda and zonal (in regions zonal structure applicable) public works and livelihoods focal persons in data collection to measure climate change adaptation and resiliency and to measure GHG emission reduction and /or sequestration;• Support organization of capacity building events and workshops;• Provide hands-on technical support, training, coaching and quality assurance of technical standard of climate smart approaches, practices and technologies in PW and livelihoods;• Coordinate and follow the implementation of climate smart practices and technologies with focal person and PW unit staffs in the target area;• Conduct frequent monitoring on the implementation of CS interventions in the target area;• Prepare and submit CSM-PSNP project support planning and CSM-PSNP support activity reports on a timely basis;• Closely work with the regional PWFU and LUFU teams to smooth any challenges and technically advise/assist the team to navigate obstacles;• Liaise with the disaster risk management and early warning focal points and planning process to foster synergies with CSM-PSNP.• Represent the project in any reviews and missions related to the project and the regional PWFU and LIFU as necessary, such as, JRIS Missions, RRT missions, PW&LH Reviews, Impact assessments, etc. • Perform any other duties related to PSNP, climate change initiative tasks, disaster risk assessment and management, high technical demanding watershed activities, etc. as requested by the federal MoA/NRMD/PWCU or the regional BoA/NRM/PWFU or the federal project team.Note:According to EU regulation, civil servants and other staff of the public administration, of the partner country or of international/regional organizations based in the country, shall only be approved to work as experts if well justified. If selected, justification needs to be submitted to EU before finalization of contract on the added value the expert will bring as well as proof that the expert is seconded or on personal leave.
Read More Accountant
Zamra Construction PLC Zamra Construction PLCExternal Vacancy AnnouncementJob Title: Accountant- Required No: 1- Place of Work: Hawassa CBE Project- Salary: Based on the company revised salary scale (Attractive)- Application Date: 10 days from the first date of this announcement
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