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Advisor, Agricultural Inputs Development

GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #130/2019

GIZ – Green Innovation Centre

Background

As a provider of international cooperation services for sustainable development and international education work, GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – is dedicated to building a future worth living around the world.

We have over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including rural and economic development, education and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security. Together with our partners, we work to deliver flexible, effective and cost-effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions. Of our 18,260 employees in some 120 countries, almost 70 per cent are national personnel working in the field.

As a public-benefit German federal enterprise, we are committed to meeting our clients’ high standards with regard to transparency and accountability. German and European values are central to our work. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is our main commissioning party. European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector and national governments benefit from our services, too.

In Ethiopia GIZ has been implementing development programmes on behalf of the German government for over 40 years jointly with our national partners. The focus of our work in the country is on vocational education, sustainable use of natural resources, land management and food security, biodiversity and forestry. Further programmes enhance the development of a sustainable textile sector and renewable energies

GIZ- GIZ Green Innovation Centre project is looking a qualified candidate as per the below details.

Position:                                 Advisor, Agricultural Inputs Development

Place of Work:                       Addis Ababa

Required Candidate:             One

Application Deadline:           July 28, 2019

Responsibilities

The advisor is responsible for

• managing an area of responsibility that forms part of the programme objectives, team agreements and/or agreements with the superior
• assess potential cooperation in early generation seed supply for the project areas
• strengthen the cooperation with KARC (Kulumsa Agricultural Research Center)
• assisting project/programme initiatives to provide professional advisory services to and cooperate with a broad range of target groups
• innovation and knowledge management

The professional advisor performs the following tasks:

Tasks

Advising the partner institution(s)

The advisor

• assists and monitors the development and implementation of project/programme plans and activities in close consultation with counterparts
• contributes to preparing and implementing the coordination process, joint project/programme activities and work at the regional level
• deals with the design, preparation and implementation of workshops, seminars and other events on issues connected with the project/programme’s area of activity
• develops and organises quality assurance measures and suggests necessary changes, improvements and initiatives

Networking and cooperation

The advisor

• manage the activities to strengthen and broaden the services of Farm Service Centers (FSCs)
• support the development of guideline for Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• follow up the cooperation with CGIAR-Bioversity to release new varieties of wheat and faba bean suitable for project regions
• follow up on the national agricultural innovation package review to identify potential innovations in the input sector
• follow up on the sustainable usage of the stationary seed cleaner installed at KARC
• strengthen the cooperation with micro finance institutions for potential financing of input service providers
• facilitate the input/innovation dissemination mapping research to identify the main actors in disseminating innovations promoted by the project
• advises partner institution(s) in order to clarify, identifying their needs, developing concepts and strategies in agricultural input sector
• supports cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with partners, assists with PR work and cooperates with local communities, relevant organisations, non-governmental agencies and individuals in the project/programme environment and with other projects to improve and maintain good working relationships
• communicates local interests and efforts, forwards these and encourages sharing ideas and information for the benefit of the project/programme

Knowledge management

The advisor

• compiles information on newly introduced agricultural inputs and ensures knowledge transfer
• ensures knowledge transfer to project/programme information
• develops ready-to-use strategies and technical concepts, including guidelines, manuals and procedures
• draws up reports and presentation documents
• prepares appropriate input for various project/programme reports including annual reports, and contributes to the other reports required by the programme manager and GIZ Head Office
• assists with research activities and studies on political issues which benefit joint programmes.

Coordination tasks

The professional, advisory

• assists with general project planning and develops project concepts including preparation, organisation and moderation of planning exercises and their implementation, management, monitoring, quality management, evaluation, communication and documentation
• coordinates relevant project activities at local level in consultation with the manager and in cooperation with the partners, both as regards implementation and preparing organisational aspects
• compiles the relevant information for joint activities and assignments
• handles order management on behalf of GIZ (e.g. offer preparation, impact monitoring, project progress review, reporting)

Job Requirements

Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications

• MSc or doctorate in the area of rural development, agriculture, agricultural economics, value chain and research

Professional experience

• 7-10 years’ professional experience in international development cooperation with at least 5 years’ professional experience in a comparable position

Other knowledge, additional competences

• very good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• willingness to upskill as required by the tasks to be performed – corresponding measures are agreed with management

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non-returnable recent CV via Email: [email protected]

Note: –

Please make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Advisor, Agricultural Inputs Development #130/2019’ in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categorise applications with the vacancy numbers. Applications without vacancy numbers in subject lines might not be categorized in the appropriate folder and could be disqualified.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Applications from qualified women are encouraged