AFD is a central actor in France’s development policy and supports States, companies, local authorities and NGOs. It builds synergies with them to catalyse, feed into and disseminate innovative solutions that benefit people. Through its network of 85 agencies, AFD operates in 108 countries, where it is currently financing, monitoring and supporting over 2,500 development projects.

The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) is a strategy and delivery-oriented government Institute created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the country’s agriculture sector. The ATI envisions to be the leading center of innovative solutions for the transformation of Ethiopian Agriculture by 2030. 

The Institute focuses on two primary national approaches to catalyse agricultural transformation. First, we support the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), its affiliate institutions, and other partners to identify and address systemic bottlenecks within an Agricultural Transformation Agenda. Second, we support Regional Governments to accelerate the development of high-priority commodity value chains in clearly defined geographic clusters, through the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) Initiative.

Our major activities include conducting strategic and analytical studies, providing technical implementation support, coordinating platforms to better integrate partners and projects, and designing and directly leading a number of implementation projects. Our headquarters are in Addis Ababa, and we have regional offices in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, South-West, and Tigray regional offices, allowing us to work closely with a wide range of public, private and development sector partners across the country. 

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 teamwork 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. 

Under the direct supervision of the Procurement Director and FARM Project Director, the Senior Procurement Officer is responsible to execute and facilitate procurement of goods, services and works required for ATI’s program and operational needs with a focus on AFD procurements in accordance with the policies and procedures of ATI, Government Public Procurement, AFD Procurement requirements and guidelines. .

Duties and Responsibilities

Support procurement and FARM Project Directors to ensure effective service delivery.

The position is a full time on AFD - Farm Project.

• Review Specification for goods/Terms of Reference for service before commencing the procurement process for their compliance requirements of AFD.

• Examine and re-evaluate AFD contract agreements and report to a FARM Project Director when there are any deviations.

• Assist in the preparation of consolidated AFD procurement requests and detailed procurement plan

• Assist the FARM team in performing risk management regarding supply contracts and agreements

• Assist in managing the FARM project implementation including setting targets and monitoring performance in relation to procurement.

• Work with procurement officers and prepare AFD bidding documents, bid evaluation proceeding and contract documents preparation on time with AFD standard.

• Prepare and facilitate the presentation of procurement evaluation reports to Procurement Endorsing Committee

• Regularly update procurement status on the ERP to make sure Service Level Agreements of FARM project are met the standard.  

• Review and submit periodic AFD procurement status reports on timely basis

• Assist in the identification of new work areas including the sourcing of new suppliers, methods 

• Update vender list periodically to meet the requirements of the ATI and AFD 

• Follow up the implementation of FARM Project procurement contracts and other additional contracts as per the request from the immediate supervisor.

• Perform any other FARM Project duties assigned to him/her as deemed necessary by his/her immediate supervisor.

• AFD procurements Supervision, including day-to-day progress monitoring, reviewing deliverables, assessing progress, and contributing to supervision documentation.

• Prepare and facilitate training on procurement based on AFD guidelines and international development financing institutions.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in economics, Management, Procurement and Supply Management, Logistics and Supply Chain Management or other relevant fields

• At least 10 years (with Bachelor’s) or 8 years (with Master’s) of related experience (recent experience as Senior Procurement Officer a plus)

• Knowledge and experience of government procurement procedures and practices. A previous experience of AFD procurement guidelines (or world bank procurement guidelines) would be an asset.

• Experience working in donor financed project procurement activities is a plus

• Good knowledge of supplies management software is a plus

• Experience in collecting and analyzing data

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship

How To Apply

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

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 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.