Secretary Cashier
Charity and Development Association (CDA) Charity and Development Association (CDA)Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Secretary Cashier Place of Work: Head OfficeHow to Apply• Interested applicant can submit their application, non-returnable copies of their educational and experience documents and CVs to HR office personally or through email [email protected] • CDA’s Address Akaki Kality sub-city at Back of A/Kality Building near to Higher Court Office.Tel: 0114716585From HR & Facilities Management DeptClosing date: October 8, 2019
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United Nations Development Program (UNDP) United Nations Development Program (UNDP)Vacancy Announcement Position: Driver (G3)How to Apply• For full details and to apply visit https://bit.ly/2oOSiPp• Application Deadline: October 13, 2019• UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.• It is UNDP’s policy to offer equal employment opportunities to persons having a physical or mental impairment when they are qualified and when a reasonable prognosis does not suggest a significant change in the person’s capabilities and skills in the near future. To that end, every effort is made to modify the functional requirements of positions and the physical facilities associated with them, when that will facilitate the employment of qualified disabled persons.
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United Nations Development Program (UNDP) United Nations Development Program (UNDP)Vacancy Announcement Position: Early Warning System ExpertHow to Apply• For full details and to apply visit https://bit.ly/2o5fQPs• Application Deadline: October 6, 2019• UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.• It is UNDP’s policy to offer equal employment opportunities to persons having a physical or mental impairment when they are qualified and when a reasonable prognosis does not suggest a significant change in the person’s capabilities and skills in the near future. To that end, every effort is made to modify the functional requirements of positions and the physical facilities associated with them, when that will facilitate the employment of qualified disabled persons.
Read More Evaluations And Learning Director
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Evaluations and Learning Director- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station: Addis Ababa- Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: October 09, 2019ESSENTIAL DUTIES:• Lead the EL team to achieve maximum impact through actionable, insightful and collaborative project design, baseline and evaluation studies.• Lead the EL team to produce high-quality and timely baselines and evaluations of the ATA’s work with smallholder farmers, including partnering with a variety of consultants and research organizations• Synthesize and communicate learnings from evaluations and progress reviews to ensure continuous improvement of policy development, project planning and implementation, both within the ATA and with our partners• Act as a thought partner to help project teams develop meaningful results frameworks and monitoring & evaluation plans• Work with Project and portfolio management unit to create systems and capacity building initiatives for the effective and efficient management of projects in ATA• Work closely with researches to move from individual project evaluations to cross-project meta-analysis and modelling to understand the drivers of change in agriculture• Lead operations research within the framework of projects being implemented by ATA for generating and applying learning• Proactively coach and develop EL staffs and independent contractors (ICs)• Engage in GTP II evaluation and GTP III Planning of Transformation Agenda• Undertake other assignments as directed by the Implementation Support Senior Director.
Read More Senior Delivery Analyst, MoA Delivery Unit
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Delivery Analyst, MoA Delivery Unit- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station: Addis Ababa- Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: October 09, 2019ESSENTIAL DUTIES:• Run a process to facilitate meaningful and timely planning and target-setting by project teams.• Monitor activity management and reporting for TADs, working closely with project teams.• Work proactively and independently with project teams to identify strategic and operational issues hindering achievement of targets and support problem-solving to identify high-impact and feasible solutions.• Ensure critical issues are effectively escalated to senior leadership.• Provide analytical problem-solving support to senior leadership on high priority requests.• Propose and support roll out of enhancements to planning, tracking, reporting and escalation processes in the Delivery Unit and in collaboration with the Senior Data & Reporting Officer and project teams.• Develop training materials and lead trainings on planning, activity management / execution, reporting and problem-solving, in collaboration with the Project Manager.
Read More Senior Project Officer I - Business Development
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Project Officer I - Business Development- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station: Addis Ababa- Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: October 09, 2019ESSENTIAL DUTIES:• Work with a team in the evaluation of AOSS grant applicants, including performance of documentary and in-person due diligence of the applicant’s historical financial records;• Support the successful AOSS applicants to develop pro-forma financial projections of their projects, including assisting in the design of potential impactful targets related to business performance;• Develop functional working relationship with agricultural input suppliers, output market networks and the AOSSs;• Assist AOSS grantees to access trade credit and commercial finance to help meet their matching investment requirements and project implementation;• Provide capacity building, mentoring and coaching on financial management and business planning to regional business development POs and program beneficiaries over the life of the project;• Provide training, mentoring and coaching services regarding business development to AOSS staff• Support AOSS in stocking and inventory management• Set minimum standard for AOSSs business management and follow-up the implementation;• Facilitate business to business relations between AOSSs and wholesalers and other chain actors• Follow up the sub-grantee disbursement and on time request from grant team and follow up the transfer of cash to the sub -grant• Produce timely and quality periodic reports; and• Other duties as required by the Project Team Leader.
Read More Senior Project Officer I - Crop Value Chain
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency 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.
Read More Senior Technical Expert I - Gender And Youth
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Technical Expert I - Gender and Youth- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station: Addis Ababa - Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: October 10, 2019ESSENTIAL DUTIES:Capacity building:• Directly support CCI Director in developing the content and technical capabilities of ATA program teams through developing a training/mentoring and coaching program and supporting delivery of the same.• Share lessons learned on IG through ATA’s initiatives and processes among ATA staff and with stakeholdersTechnical input to various ATA teams:• Provide technical input to project and analytical teams as they plan and organize gender, youth and nutrition interventions• Provide technical input and continuous support to ATA project teams during implementation of gender, youth and nutrition related interventions• Provide technical input and continuous support to ACC implementation and design refinement• Engage with ATA’s core analytics team to provide technical input on upcoming studies, and other analytical work from gender, youth and nutrition perspective• Under the supervision of ATA’s communications team, design briefing materials on gender, youth and nutrition issues• Provide technical support to ATA’s Project and Program Management (PPM) and Evaluation and Learning (E&L) teams for developing IG mainstreaming performance targets and tracking progress on gender, youth and nutrition related initiatives of various programs and the ACC InitiativeGender and Youth specific products• Directly support the CCI Director in enhancing or updating the CCI framework and tools for mainstreaming and tracking IG issues both in relation to the current ATA projects and in the context of ACC including identifying key gender, youth and nutrition interventions, analyze and prioritize the identified interventions and developing action plan for implementation• Directly support the CCI Director to identify (upon consultation with stakeholders) IG related crosscutting deliverables for implementation during project design and implementation as per ATA’s project design template.• Assist in identifying and sharing new and required national and international sources of data and information on IGGeneral• Engage in IG consultations with key stakeholders and build independent working relationships with all stakeholders at all levels; Organize ATA’s workshop and represent ATA in national and international seminars, forums and conferences on issues related to IG• Prepare presentations, propose ideas for communication and support facilitation of constructive dialogue where required• Contribute to knowledge sharing and creation of positive atmosphere in teams and across teams, as appropriate• Demonstrate depth of expertise in area of IG, and use knowledge to enrich and guide problem-solving with teams and external stakeholders
Read More Program Assistant
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Program Assistant- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station: Addis Ababa - Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: October 10, 2019ESSENTIAL DUTIES:Specifically, the Program Assistant will report to the Senior Director of the Implementation Support Vertical and supports the Senior Director and programs under the vertical across a range of areas including:• Provide a wide variety of administrative support including complex calendar management, event planning, and other logistics,• Scheduling a high volume of appointments and meetings, managing complex calendars, and making travel arrangements for staff.• Assist in scheduling and planning for events, such as meetings, conferences, and presentations, which may include coordinating arrangements for participants, handling logistics, preparing and disseminating materials.• Compiling and processing expense reports, reimbursements, and check requests, accurately and timely.• Assist the Senior director in compiling reports and presentations.• Supporting the senior director and directors with external stakeholder management and coordination.• Support interactions with internal administrative functions such as Human Resource, Finance, Procurement and Logistics.• Support recruitment, hiring, and new staff on-boarding for the vertical coordination of external consultants working with the vertical.• Maintaining an organized system of tracking, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks and projects.• Create, update, and/or maintain organized files and records.• Acting as liaison for the vertical and its programs with internal and external partners, answering questions and routing requests appropriately.• Ensuring the vertical is aligned and path-forward is established through effective tracking and distribution of key issues discussed in meetings.• Working proactively and taking initiative to support the varying needs of the vertical.
Read More Senior Project Officer I - Regional Business Dev't
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Vacancy AnnouncementPosition: Senior Project Officer I - Regional Business Development- Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension- Duty Station: Bahir Dar- Required Number: One- Salary & Benefits: Competitive- Application Deadline: October 11, 2019MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:• Coordinates and manage regional project staffs, responsible for reporting of the project activities in the region and overall communication to the Project Team Leader as well as to stakeholders in the region.• In consultation with the regional ATA Director and program manager coordinate project activities with the ACC• Promote the OSSs opportunity to potential private sector actors in potential areas• Gather, compile and provide information for evaluation of OSSs grant applicants, including performance of documentary and in-person due diligence of the applicant’s historical financial records;• Support potential applicants for the sub-grant to produce competitive business plan• Assist OSSs grantees to access trade credit and commercial finance, to help meet their matching investment requirements and project implementation costs;• Provide capacity building on financial management and business planning to OSSs staff and program beneficiaries over the life of the project;• Facilitate training of OSSs staff in business management skills and technical trainings in collaboration with technical experts• Provide all rounded technical support in relation to business management to OSSs as well as coaching and mentoring services to OSSs in the respective regions• Ensure that OSSs keep recording of tractions, keeping records of sales and stock management and periodically check profitability OSSs by doing cost benefit analysis• Ensure that OSSs have properly used the sub-grant as per the agreement entered with ATA• Produce timely and quality periodic reports;• Other duties assigned to him/her by the Project Team Leader.
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