The Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) has been established by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to identify and address systemic bottlenecks to Ethiopia’s agricultural development. The Institute does this through problem-solving, implementation support, and capacity building of stakeholders involved in implementation of interventions that address the systemic bottlenecks. 

ATI has an exceptional team of highly competent and committed staff with proven track records 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 results as an individual and as a member of a team. 

ATI provides a unique 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 teams with the tools, training and mentorships necessary to achieve their career goals.

The programmatic focus of the Institute responds to a core set of needs identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and other sectors along commodity value chains. Across the programs, the ATI engages public, private, and non-governmental stakeholders to support strategic planning, manage and strengthen implementation capacity and test innovative models. Currently, ATI is tasked to coordinate the revised Agriculture and Rural Development policy agendas of the sector and such sectoral level delegation requires high level expertise in the policy areas and skillsets in coordination and networking with multiple stakeholders.

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 ATI, 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 Senior Subgrant Officer has the overall responsibility of leading and evaluating implementing partners, namely governmental and non-governmental organizations and the private sector that are eligible to receive sub-grants from ATI according to ATI’s sub-grant operation guidelines. The SGMO will also be responsible to provide overall oversight to ensure that implementing partners are executing on agreed plans and are providing timely reports on programmatic progress and financial utilization and monitoring the performance of funded activities against planned objectives and targets. The SGMO will coordinate with all ATI Program Teams to consolidate and provide comments on both the technical and cost components of project proposals and provide inputs for project appraisals. Moreover, the SGMO will liaise with program teams, procurement, and finance to track relevant information, such as the progress of planned activities, new institutional partnerships, and subgrantee processes.

The performance of the Senior Subgrant Officer will be evaluated primarily based on the degree of adherence of sub-grants to Implementing Partners to the principles and procedures of ATI’s sub-grant operation manual and on the processing efficiency of any sub-grant ideas initiated by the program team as per the required quality and within the agreed timeline.

 ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Lead the overall ATI sub-grant processes working closely with the program team which includes: preparing and reviewing requests for expression of interest, and proposals, participating in the due diligence process, draft/reviewing sub-grant agreements to ensure that the overall processes are properly coordinated and consistent with ATI’s and development partners priorities;  

• Being the focal person to provide, where necessary, guiding support to government, NGOs, and, private sector sub-grant applicants or to program teams in the preparation of proposals for sub-grant consideration;

• Facilitate the technical and financial evaluation report with recommendations from the technical evaluation team for the consumption of the sub-grant review committee and take notes of the evaluation team;

• Ensuring the proper documentation (proposals, due diligence reports, minutes, agreements, exchanged letters, reports etc) of each sub-grant on OneDrive and ERP and preparing up-to-date compiled reports over the overall status of ATI sub-grants;

• Coordinate with teams to gather and consolidate information related to sub-grant progress that is required for narrative reports which in turn will be incorporated into the main reports submission to development partners as per the agreed timeframe;

• Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual reports and updates, summarize the results of program implementation through a sub-grant approach and identify potential areas of improvement;

• Work closely with the program and grant team under the partnership and resource mobilization and management team for proper post-sub-grant monitoring and evaluation and to keep consistency between narrative and financial reports of sub-grants;

• Initiate and lead the monitoring and evaluation of programs/projects implemented through a sub-grant approach based on the identified major issues during compiling the monthly and quarterly reports;

• Assist in the development of guidelines and program-wide efforts to create continuity, consistency, and standardization of the sub-grant process;

• Lead problem-solving efforts mainly related to sub-grants with complex legal and technical issues;

• Draft different correspondences to government and non-government organizations and private sector partners; 

Job Requirements

• Master or Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Law, Agriculture, Development, or other relevant fields of study obtained from a recognized University

• Minimum of 4 years for Master’s Degree or 6 years for Bachelor of Arts Degree work experience in handling grant management in relation to a project/program and donor relationships.

• Experience in the area of development, including working in project management, donor relations, grant management, and resource mobilization for multilateral and bilateral agencies, private foundations, or NGOs.  

• Experience in the agriculture sector and/or NGO is a plus.

• Experience in basic accounting and budget management, database administration, project management, and information gathering.

• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

• Ability to establish priorities in a time-sensitive environment and meet deadlines

• Ability to cooperate effectively and harmoniously with all stakeholders including different teams within ATI, government organizations, development and implementing partners, and other organizations

• Fluency in English and Amharic, both verbal and written, and + any other local language.

• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).

• Willingness to respect and adhere to ATI values.

How to Apply

We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to submit (i) a cover letter and (ii) a CV (maximum 5 pages) to THIS LINK

It is mandatory to mention the position title under the subject line of your cover/application letter.

Please DO NOT submit scans of certificates with your application.

Women are highly encouraged to apply.

NB. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.