Rural Development Specialist

GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement ‘#077/2022’

Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia persons 

The project- Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia - supports the Agricultural Extension Directorate (AED) of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) in implementing priority activities identified in the National Agricultural Extension Strategy, mainly focusing on the Farmers-Extension-Research-Data (FRED). The project has facilitated a study that assessed the current FRED system, which has recommended interventions to improve the system. Currently, planning is underway for the implementation of interventions recommended for the Strengthening or development and piloting of the improved FRED linkage mechanism.

 Duration of contract:  31/12/2023

 Application deadline: 21/05/2022

 Required Candidates: 1

 Place of Work:             Addis Ababa

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the coordination and implementation of activities aiming at the establishment of improved FRED mechanism, plot testing of the roadmap developed through the assessment conducted by a consulting firm and validated by stakeholders.
• Plan and organize multi-stakeholder workshops and meetings and ensure documentation of their outputs and action points 
• Follows up with the implementation of action points coming out of stakeholder consultations
• Lead and coordinate the preparation of reports, promotional and other documents, including key lessons and challenges related to the piloting of the improved FRED linkage mechanism
• Closely interact and work with the SSHI and ISFM project staff
• Perform other assignments as required
• Oversee and coordinate the implementation of activities toward the development and testing of the FRED mechanism
• Contribute to the development of innovative implementation approaches and new project ideas
• Contribute to the project’s planning, M&E, human capacity development (training), reporting
• Closely interact and work with the AED/ MoA
• Perform other assignments as required

Job Requirements

Qualifications and Professional experience

•  MSc in Agricultural Extension, Social Science, Agricultural Economics, Rural Development, or related fields
• At least 5 years of professional experience (in a similar position) in the areas of Agricultural Extension and Gender, Participatory agricultural extension and policy research and development, or other relevant topics.
• Experience in working on institutional linkages and collaborations with the Ministry of Agriculture and its stakeholders, Federal and Regional Research systems, regional bureaus of Agriculture and other nongovernmental and private-sector research and development actors and with the farming communities

 Other knowledge, additional competencies

•  Excellent English language skills, both written and oral
• Proven ability to produce high-quality reports and documents, including publications
• Excellent knowledge of standard computer applications, especially PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience in workshop facilitation and multi-stakeholders’ engagements
• Excellent communication and presentation skills targeting different audiences
• Experience in working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines under tight schedules

How to Apply

Application procedure:

Interested and qualified candidates shall submit their motivation letter along with their non- returnable recent CV via CLICK HERE or Email: hreth@giz.de

Note: - Please make sure you mention the vacancy number and position title ‘Rural Development Specialist #077/2022’in the subject line of your email application. Due to large number of applications we categories 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

We encourage persons with disabilities to apply for the position. In case of equal qualification, persons with disabilities will be given preference.

Applications from qualified women are encouraged.

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