The RuSACCO capacity building project has been established to improved access to demand driven financial services to small holder farmers (SHFs) and rural communities by strengthening targeted rural savings and credit cooperatives (RuSACCOs) and unions in ACC weredas. The project is expected to strengthen and improve RuSACCOs to create financial access to smallholder farmers through improved service delivery for procurement of agricultural inputs & technologies and production and productivity, hence improving their livelihoods.

The Senior Project Officer II – RuSACCO will be a core member Rural finance service (RFS) team of the Agri digital and finance program and supports the director of RFS for the overall direction, values, culture, and management of the project. The Senior Project Officer is responsible for providing technical support to RuSACCOs and actors by technology identification, designing and implementation of appropriate capacity building activities. Moreover, he/she will be responsible for the creation of linkage among financial institutions. Achieving successful implementation of the project will require practical experience in implementing project and scaling up solutions from the Senior Project Officer.

ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Responsibilities for the Senior Project Officer of RuSACCO Capacity building Project include, but not limited to:

• Supports the RFS director, who is responsible for the overall direction, values, culture, and management of the Project

• Identify capacity gaps at different levels and design support programs in collaboration with technical experts e.g. training programs, organization of workshops, etc.    

• Track project results and outputs in accordance with ATI’s overall MLE framework 

• Manage project resources and support technical experts who are currently overseeing the implementation of RuSACCO road map in each region

• Ensure alignment of different stakeholders and complementarity of project activities between each region so that RuSACCO road map is implemented uniformly

• Engaging stakeholders to creatively solve problems and overcome obstacles in order to achieve desired results, hence capacitate RUSACCOs to meet the standards required by similar financial institutions in the micro finance industry.

• Aid in managing the performance of agricultural finance in setting key performance indicators, milestones, and targets;

• Document and report project progress and associated risks to ATI’s leadership and external partners (FCC, MoA, RCPA and development partners

Others

• The Senior RuSACCO Capacity Building Project Officer is responsible for additional tasks assigned by the Senior Director and Director RFS in order to meet the team’s functions

Job Requirements

• Master’s degree in Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Project Management, Cooperative development/marketing, Finance, or related field

• Minimum 8 years relevant experience in the cooperative/SACCO sector or similar experience.

• Knowledge of the cooperative sector in general and saving and credit cooperatives (SACCO) sector in particular

• Deep understanding of Ethiopia’s agricultural system, with a broad perspective on how the entire system operates and how public, private and informal actors operate within the system

• Track record in project management, reporting, and information material development

• Proven experience in creating partnerships at the regional and national level

• Highly facilitative and collaborative leadership style

• Excellent adaptive problem-solver in a challenging environment

• Excellent analytical skills

• Experience in workshop/ trainings, campaign/events organizing

• Strong personal skills, organization and communication skills

• Proficiency in the use of computerized programs

• Proficiency in the English language both written and spoken

How to Apply

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Note: It is mandatory to mention the position title under the subject line of your cover letter. Women are highly encouraged to apply.