Vacancy Announcement

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency

Position: Analyst Program, Analytics Team

Term of Employment: Three years commitment required

Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa

Salary & Benefits: Competitive

Application Deadline: February 21, 2021

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan, prioritize and manage workstreams from start to finish, including data collection, analysis and content development, stakeholder input and validation, and ensure required timelines and quality standards are met.
• Identify and structure problems, develop key hypotheses and innovative solutions, and apply suitable analytical frameworks and approaches to test this hypothesis and solutions.
• Identify and acquire relevant quantitative and qualitative data using a range of applied and pragmatic techniques, quality control data to ensure validity and accuracy.
• Organize and conduct interviews with up to mid-manager level stakeholders, plan and execute other critical stakeholder management activities.
• Execute wide range of analysis drawing on best practice approaches used in public and private sectors, and from various academic fields, to generate critical and actionable insights for partners.
• Produce of high-quality presentations and/or written documents.
• Proactively and frequently engage with senior staff to seek input and enhance outputs, identify risks and issues affecting timely delivery of workstreams, and promptly communicate upward with solution options and recommendations.
• Present ideas and respond to queries clearly and concisely in internal and external discussions.
• Effectively manage operational activities (e.g. scheduling, logistical and financial organization of field trips and workshops, procurement processes, etc.) for delivery of work streams.

How to Apply

We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to submit (i) a cover letter and (ii) CV (maximum 3 pages) click here by mentioning the position title on the subject line.

Please DO NOT submit scans of certificates with your application.

Women are highly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in any field with a minimum GPA of 3.4 and above, and up to 12 months of professional experience.
• Knowledge of agriculture is not required, but applicants should have a strong interest in agricultural and economic development in Ethiopia.
• Genuine intellectual curiosity and desire to innovate and bring large-scale change.
• Excellent critical thinking and analytical skills.
• Collaborative mind-set and a team player.
• Strong desire to learn, highly coachable and values frequent, constructive feedback.
• Committed to staying at ATA for at least 3 years.
• Fluent in English and Amharic, with strong written and oral communication skills.