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Job Description
Position: Team Lead- Livestock
Term of Employment: One Year with Possibility of Extension
Duty Station(s): Head Office -Addis Ababa
Required Number: One
Application Deadline: March 15 , 2024
BACKGROUND
The Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) was established by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to identify systemic bottlenecks, conduct studies, and provide recommendations, provide implementation support, manage projects, create linkages and coordination among activities and agricultura]l development programs. The Institute is a strategy and delivery-oriented government institute created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the countrys agriculture sector. The ATI envisions that it would be the leading centre of innovative solutions to catalyse and contribute to the transformation of the Ethiopian Agriculture by 2030 where smallholder farmers are commercialized with greater incomes, inclusiveness, resilience, and sustainability.
ATI provides a unique platform for people who want to achieve their highest potential and make a meaningful contribution in changing the countrys 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 countrys 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.
Program and position summary
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) has designed a program calledAgriculture-focused Dignified Employment for Youth in Ethiopia(ADEY)to address youth and women unemployment rate and increase the participation of young people in the labor market, particularly in the agriculture sector. ATI has mainstreamed youth employment, gender equality, climate-smart, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture in all its programs and projects with the primary objectives of increased access to sustainable and inclusive job opportunities for youth, inclusivity, and the sustainable use of natural resources while building resilience capacities to shocks at all levels.
ATI, among others, currently works with more than 3 million smallholder farmers (540,300 are women and youth) engaged in the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) and digital agriculture programs designed to improve smallholder farmers production and productivity while supporting other actors along the value chain. Taking ATIs reputable experience, ADEY program is designed to create inclusive and dignified work opportunities in ACC regions and Somali for over six hundred thousand youths. The program will focus on several streams such as agriculture and Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to strengthen access to agricultural input and output markets and finance; improve the competitiveness of youth-owned MSMEs through capacity-building activities; enhance the skills and mindsets of young women and men through technical and business skill development and create an enabling environment for work opportunities through policy interventions. ADEY will operate along the commodity value chain, largely using ACC infrastructures and complement the different ACC outcomes in general and outcome four in particular.
The Entrepreneurship Team Lead - Livestock is responsible for coordinating and implementing livestock related interventions planned in ADEY program at federal and regional level with high quality and in a timely manner. He/she will be responsible to guide, manage, coach and mentor ADEY staff implementing livestock interventions at all levels. The Entrepreneurship Team Lead - Livestock is also responsible for overseeing livestock related ADEY interventions implemented by partners at regional level.
He/she will report to ADEY Deputy Director technically and administratively, and matrix reporting to Livestock Director at the head office. He/she will closely work with all ACC, Digital Agriculture and Operation vertical teams at the head office and with ADEY regional managers. Besides, He/she will closely work with key stakeholders at federal and regional levels.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
Job Requirements
Required Qualification, Competencies, and Experience
How to Apply
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to submit (i) a cover letter and (ii) CV (maximum 5 pages) to https://apply.ata.gov.et
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.Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
"We highly encourage competent FEMALE candidates."
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