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Senior Program Officer GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #163/2018 GIZ- Sustainable Textile and IWaSP Program   As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives. GIZ promotes complex reforms and change processes.   In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors.   GIZ Ethiopia (IWaSP Program Office) is looking to recruit Senior Program Officer for protecting Lake Hawassa partnership (PLH) in Hawassa.   Job Title:                                           Senior Program Officer Remuneration:                        As per the GIZ scale Application deadline :                October 25, 2018 Place of Work:                               Rift Valley Lakes Basin Authority office, Hawassa   Major duties and responsibilities  ·         Ensure meetings of different partnership structures are effectively organized and recorded ·         Coordinate communication not only between the program office and other stakeholders but also among each stakeholder ·         Actively coordinate implementation of project activities on the ground in close cooperation with all stakeholders ·         involvement of the private sector in the financing and implementation of appropriate measures ·         Advocacy and dissemination at both regional and international level of lessons learned from the measures ·         Render support in monitoring, evaluation and reporting ·         Supports knowledge management as well as good public relations and documentation ·         Help ensure that the partnership has high integrity standards in line with best practice guidelines ·         Maintain effective records and administration of the partnership ·         Conduct all other secretariat duties of the partnership and ensure they are smoothly transferred to the appropriate institution ·         Other related activities as assigned   Job Requirements Qualification Required & Experience   ·         University Degree in Engineering, agriculture, environment, water and/or other related fields ·         Excellent skill in reading, writing and speaking English ·         Computer literacy ·         High degree of initiative, efficiency, team-working, integrity and accountability ·         Readiness to upgrade skills and continuous learning ·         at least 5 years professional experience in a comparable position   How to Apply Application procedure: Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their application letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via ethiojobs or to the following address:   Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) P. O. Box 100009 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia or Fax: 011 554 0764 Note:- The name of the position for which the application is made should be clearly marked on the envelope or on the fax applications. Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Applications from qualified women are encouraged

Project Officer, Apiculture Value Chain Expert Term of Employment :   One year with possibility of extension Duty Station(s) :             Hawassa, Addis Ababa, Bahir Dar, Mekele Required Number:         Four Salary & Benefits :         Competitive Application Deadline :   October 22, 2018 BACKGROUND The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) is a strategy and delivery oriented government agency created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the country’s agriculture sector. The ATA envisions that, by 2025, smallholder farmers are commercialized with greater incomes, inclusiveness, resilience and sustainability, contributing to Ethiopia’s achievement of middle-income country status. The agency focuses on two primary national approaches to catalyze agricultural transformation. First, we support the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources (MoALR), its affiliate institutions, and other partners to identify and address systemic bottlenecks within an Agricultural Transformation Agenda. Second, we support Regional Governments to accelerate development of high-priority commodity value chains in clearly defined geographic clusters, through the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) Initiative. Our major activities include conducting strategic and analytical studies, providing technical implementation support, coordinating platforms to better integrate partners and projects, and designing and directly leading a number of implementation projects. Our headquarters are in Addis Ababa, and we have regional offices in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray regional offices, allowing us to work closely with a wide range of public, private and development sector partners across the country. Our Culture We have an exceptional team of highly competent employees with a proven track record of success in managing complex activities and achieving transformational results.  Our culture is one where talented, dedicated and adaptable individuals are committed to doing their best and exhibit great team work to achieve excellent results. At ATA, we provide an exceptional platform for people who want to achieve their highest potential and make a meaningful contribution in changing the country’s agricultural sector.  We offer rewarding work in a young, fast-paced growing organization with passionate, committed, motivated colleagues and excellent career development and training.  We recognize our most valuable assets are our staff and are committed to providing our employees with the tools, training and mentorships necessary to achieve their career goals. POSITION SUMMARY: The Government of Ethiopia, through the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resource,   has initiated a broad-based program for supporting the agricultural sector including apiculture which is known as the Agricultural Growth Program (AGP). The AGP is active in four regions:  Amhara; Tigray; SNNPR; and Oromia.  One of the components of AGP is to strengthen the capacity of beekeepers organizations and their service providers by scaling up best practices and adopting improved technologies. The regional offices of the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA)  is primarily established to be the link between the ATA headquarter and regional bureaus of agriculture and Livestock Resources in bringing transformational initiatives that are developed and incubated by different programs at the federal level closer to the smallholder  farmers, the private sectors, cooperatives and other key actors in the agriculture sector.  The government approved mandate of the ATA regional offices to support agricultural sector transformation by enhancing and supporting existing structures of government, private-sector and other non-governmental partners, to address systemic as well as commodity- and geography-specific bottlenecks in the agricultural value chains. As part of the agreement entered between the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources and the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), the ATA will hold responsibilities for agreed activities as an implementing agency which includes hiring highly qualified technical experts dedicated to work at regional ATA office to support the implementation of the Apiculture value chain development project. ESSENTIAL DUTIES: Identify knowledge and skill gap of targeted extension staff, bee keepers, input suppliers and processors and buyers in collaboration with regional livestock and fisheries offices. Organize and facilitate ToT training, and coach and mentor targeted experts, development agents and processors engaged in apiculture value chain development. In collaboration with regional and woreda experts and development agents organize field days and experience sharing visits for bee keepers, input suppliers and processors Organize value chain alliance meetings, document the process, and follow up implementation of the action plan in collaboration with regional livestock and fisheries offices. Follow up the progress of new apiary site construction supported by ATA, and ensure that it is completed as planned based on the design provided. Manage and follow up baseline survey in the project targeted areas to collect quality data and support in data management and light analysis. Support beekeepers and processers in contract marketing, demand creation and promotion of new products and services. Develop linkages between input suppliers, producers, processors and output markets in the project regions. In conjunction with the regional agri-business development and marketing specialists, facilitate access to credit/finance to bee keepers and processors. Facilitate adoption of new technologies and other innovations by value chain actors that improve firm and industry performance to compete in end markets (e.g., investments in productivity, quality, efficiency, management, etc.) in collaboration with other firms. Support commercialization of honey and honey agri-business in the project areas. Identify change drivers and develop strategies for leveraging/facilitating their investments, innovation and for buying down risk (when needed). Identify short-term technical assistance (STTA) needs in the honey sector and assists in the process Support the ATA Gender and Health/Nutrition mainstreaming and environmental management plans to ensure that they are incorporated in the daily operations. Prepare annual, quarter and monthly work plan and progress report. Implement other related activities as required by the project lead and supervisors REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: BSC or MSc degree in Animal  sciences, Biology or related fields  with specialization in apiculture At least 6 (for BSc) or 4 (for MSc) years of experience in apiculture value chain development, bee   keeping extension, livestock development or related fields with a broad perspective on agro-chemicals and pesticides. Knowledge of current agricultural marketing systems, value chains and apiculture development issues in the project region in particular and in the country in general; Experience with project design, performance management, learning systems and monitoring & evaluation; Practical experience in business planning, business linkages between producers and markets and working across livestock value chains in Ethiopia; Experience in prioritizing and sequencing both programmatic and operational activities; Understanding of Ethiopia’s agriculture sector, with a broad perspective on how the entire system operates and how public, private and informal actors operate within the system; Highly facilitative and collaborative leadership style; Good data management and analytical skills; Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, start-up environment, with an emphasis on high-performance, teamwork, accountability and results; Ability to work effectively under pressure, and against strict time constraints Ability to build relationships with all kinds of people; Excellent adaptive problem-solver in challenging environment. Fluency in English and Amharic is required; knowledge of other regional working languages is a plus. Excellent skills and experience in use of computers and common office applications; Work independently with minimal supervision Excellent interpersonal communications, relationship-building and negotiation skills Strong set of personal values including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service;   APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to submit (i) a cover letter, (ii) CV ( maximum 5 pages) , and (iii) a completed ATA Application Form at  http://apply.ata.gov.et  and include  “ Application for Project officer, Apiculture Value Chain expert, Specify the region of interest ” in the Cover Letter. Also, please DO NOT submit scans of certificates with your application Women are highly encouraged to apply. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Underwriting Officer II First Degree in Management, Accounting and/or directly related field of study 3 years of experience in insurance operation, and/ or directly related experience Place of work: Hawassa Other required skills: - Computer literate Salary and benefit: - ATTRACTIVE (AS PER THE NEW SCALE) AND SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATION AS APPROPRIATE Year of experiences will be counted after graduation Terms of employment: - Permanent upon successful completion of probation period. How To Apply: Interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit non-returnable application and credential copies in person to HR and Logistics Management Division located at Mujib Tower 6 th  fioor in front of Total Gas Station (Beklobet, near TemenjaYaj Branch of CBE) until Oct. 08, 2018. Applicants out of Addis Ababa for Underwriting Officer II Hawassa Branch can submit non-returnable application and credential copies in person to HR and Logistics Management Division & Lucy Insurance S.C. Hawassa Branch located at Rohobot Building around Piassa (near Sheger Building) Please note that only short listed applicants will be contacted. HR & Logistics Management Division Tel: 011-470-33-61