The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI), formerly known as the Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA), is a strategy and delivery-oriented government institute created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of Ethiopia’s agriculture sector, which is a key contributor to the country’s GDP, exports, and workforce. The ATI’s work is cantered on improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers (SHFs) across the country for improved income, inclusiveness, resilience, and sustainability. 

The ATI works to transform the agriculture sector in Ethiopia by conducting policy and analytical studies, providing technical implementation support and capacity building, coordinating. 

platforms to better integrate partners and projects and designing and directly leading several innovative/pilot interventions. The Institute joins forces with various stakeholders, including policymakers, researchers, farmers, and development partners, to support the implementation of agricultural development programs and initiatives. In addition, the ATI collaborates with national and international partners to facilitate knowledge exchange and learning opportunities. The Institute plays a crucial role in generating and disseminating information to support evidence-based decision-making in Ethiopia’s agricultural sector

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. 

The role of the IT Support Officer is to assist end-user who are experiencing any procedural or operating difficulty with the use of IT applications, products or services. Complex and/or high priority problems are elevated to specialized support groups for resolution when needed, but the  IT Support Officer is responsible to ensure that an effective solution is provided to the user.

In this role, the candidate will provide maintenance of the computer desktop environment by analyzing requirements, resolving problems, installing hardware and software solutions, and supporting the internal IT Help desk. S/he will be responsible for administration and internal support of the Agency’s PCs, Laptops, printers, servers, and related equipment. Tasks include end user support, license tracking, and performing PC maintenance, upgrades, and configurations. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the first point of contact for customers seeking technical assistance over the phone or email

• Perform remote troubleshooting through diagnostic techniques and pertinent questions

• Provide helpdesk support and resolve problems to the end user’s satisfaction 

• Monitor and respond quickly and effectively to requests received through the IT helpdesk 

• Monitor Service Desk for tickets assigned to the queue and process first-in first-out based on priority 

• Modify configurations, utilities, software default settings, etc. for the local workstation 

• Utilize and maintain the helpdesk tracking software 

• Document internal procedures 

• Assist with onboarding of new users 

• Ensure each workstation has a computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, Docking station, LCD display, hard drive, and any additional specialized equipment 

• Install, test and configure new workstations, peripheral equipment and software 

• Maintain inventory of all equipment, software and software licenses 

• Report issues to the Service Desk for escalation 

• Manage PC/ Laptop, tablet, smartphone setup and deployment for new employees using standard hardware, images and software 

• Manage Printers, scanners, digital senders, UPS 

• Assign users and computers to proper groups in Active Directory 

• Perform timely workstation hardware and software upgrades as required 

• Provide accurate information on IT products or services

• Record events and problems and their resolution in logs

• Pass on any feedback or suggestions by customers to the appropriate internal team

Job Requirements

Required Qualification, Competencies, and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in software engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Information Systems, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field.

• Minimum 2 for master and BSc 4 years of relevant experience as a help desk technician/officer or other customer support role

• Training / certification in industry standard products preferably from Microsoft or Cisco is preferred

• Strong computer literacy skills with an emphasis on software, hardware, networking, application knowledge, installations and use, Microsoft applications, Data Base applications, Internet, and internet protocols 

• Tech savvy with working knowledge of office automation products, databases, and remote control

• Good understanding of computer systems, mobile devices, and other tech products

• Ability to diagnose and resolve basic technical issue

• Ability to multitask - Sense of urgency; maintain a positive attitude 

• Excellent telephone presence with organized follow-up skills 

• Ability to be proactive and able to take direction and establish ownership of projects

• Excellent communication skills

• Customer-oriented and cool-tempered

• Proficiency in English and Amharic

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 in both the subject line of your cover letter and the Outlook email subject line. Please DO NOT submit scans of certificates with your application.

Women are highly encouraged to apply 

NB. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.