Location: Internships are required to be based in assigned locations in Alata Wondo for Sidama areas and Bule Hora for Oromia West Guji zone areas., SNNPR  

TechnoServe Background

TechnoServe works with enterprising people in the developing world to build competitive farms, businesses, and industries. We are a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital, and markets. Our work is rooted in the idea that given the opportunity, hardworking men and women in even the poorest places can generate income, jobs, and wealth for their families and communities. With more than four decades of proven results, we believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives. For more information, visit the website

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Through the Nespresso AAA project, TechnoServe has supported over 200 washed coffee processors in Sidama and Oromia regions to sustainably produce coffee that meets the AAA standards. Through this project, TechnoServe aims to support farmers, cooperatives, and private coffee producers to-

• Adopt best practices in coffee cultivation to enhance the supply of the highest quality coffee,
• Support farmers and wet mill clients to become more environmentally and socially responsible by adopting sustainable coffee production methods,
• Support farmers and wet mill clients to improve productivity and implement cost reduction initiatives to increase their net income

Position description:

The intern will support the implementation of TechnoServe’s Nespresso Project activities at cooperative and private wet mills in Nespresso’s operating areas of Sidama and Ormia –West Guji zone project areas.

IV. Duties and Responsibilities

INTERN- Wet Mill Advisors are responsible to support the implementation of Nespresso Project activities at cooperative and private wet mills to follow up and implement the day to day project activities at the grass-root level including the following duties & responsibilities: -

• Work Closely with TechnoServe business advisor/ABA and support them where needed
•  Conduct training to Wet mill staff and leaders on Sustainability standard and coffee quality control with the support of BA/ABA
•  Follow up and Support wet mills on Sustainability standard implementation status, Coffee processing operations, and coffee quality controls
•  Support BA/ABA on the provision of training activities at wet mills clients. This includes but not limited to audit training, SWOT analysis, and feedback delivery to wet mills, quality training and all sustainability training as per the project requirement and donor requests
•  The intern will ensure timely preparations of Wet mills for audits and communication of the same to PM. 
•  Provide technical support to wet mill clients where assigned
•  Supervise, teach-backs, and give feedback to wet mill clients
•  Create a good working relationship with stakeholders. 
•  Meet with Cooperative and private wet mill owners and wet mil staff to give day-to-day operational support
•  Follow the footsteps of BA on implementation of Nespresso wet mill day to day activities
•  Submit a weekly report and work plan to PM/BA

       Perform other duties as assigned by the PM

Job Requirements

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Economics, Plant Science, Horticulture, Crop Science, Agriculture or related fields
• Interpersonal and cross-cultural skills as well as problem-solving skills
• Planning skills and working to strict time guidelines
• Willingness to be based in assigned remote locations in Sidama and willingness to spend significant time in rural areas
• Fluency in Amharic and Sidamigna for Sidama region and Afan Oromo languages
• English oral & written presentation skills
• Willingness to have a motorcycle driving license and able to drive
• Computer literacy, including Word and Excel

Preferred Skills:

• Familiarity with Sidama area for Sidama project areas Intern and Bule Hora, Guji areas for Oromia Bule Hora intern.
• Experience working with Agriculture extension-related duties.

How to Apply

Application Instruction

Qualified and interested applicants should click here to apply for this position and submit a cover letter resume as a single document (either Word or PDF) by July 17, 2021. Applications will be reviewed and considered as received/on a rolling basis. Only applicants meeting minimum qualifications will be contacted. Please note that we are not accepting CVs that are not sent through the indicated link.

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