Cluster Coordinator

About the Organization

The Well in Action (TWA) is an Ethiopian Resident Charity Organization. TWA intervention in Ethiopia is to contribute to sustainable improvement of living conditions of the small holder farmers and deprived people. This can be achieved by performing projects which focus on improving agricultural productivity and stimulating entrepreneurship that are implemented both in rural and urban contexts.

Job Summary

The Cluster Coordinator will drive day-to-day coordination of implementation activities in the Mass Youth Employment in Apiculture (MaYEA) program. Coordinates planning within the project, including strategic as well as joint operational planning with other on-going activities, ensures strong program management within the project through driving day to day coordination of interventions and reporting, verifies status and progress of interventions, proactively identifies issues and solution options, working with stakeholders to ensure effectively joint problem-solving, ensures upward reporting needs for related Regional and Zonal offices and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the staffs and offices of the organization and other stakeholders in their effort to properly implement the MaYEA program.
• Ensures quality of program delivery and efficacy of the program resources allocated for enterprise development and maintains closer working relationships with relevant program stakeholders at the regional, zonal, cluster and woreda levels.
• Ensures all program resources are effectively and properly utilized.
• Ensure implementation of all activities respects the law of the land and complies with MasterCard Foundation's and TWA's rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Nurture and demonstrate team spirit to create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect that motivates program staff.
• Based on the program document, with the support of the program manager, prepare detailed annual implementation plans of the cluster for every fiscal year.
• Ensure records of the cluster coordinator component are well kept; quarterly and annual reports are timely produced and communicated to all concerned.
• Build the capacity of the cluster team.
• Ensure an enabling environment is created and mechanisms are in place in the cluster for effective engagement of young people in the apiculture value chains.
• Coordinate with the other officers of the cluster to plan, implement and follow up by prioritizing youth women.
• Ensure the program's objectives and standards are well communicated to all stakeholders and program participants in the cluster.
• Ensure that all periodical and informal communications of the cluster coordinator component of the cluster are accurate and timely.
• Make sure every cluster coordinator related activities of the program in the cluster are in line with universally accepted safeguarding principles and TWAs and Master Card Foundations safeguarding policies and procedures.

Reports to:Program Manager

Category: Agriculture

Duration: One Year (Possibility of Extension)

Number of Position: 1

Application Dead Line: 7 days from the date of posting

N.B:- :- TWA requires that all employees take seriously their ethical responsibilities to safeguard our intended program participant, their communities, and all those with whom we work. staffs at all levels have responsibilities to support and develop systems that create and maintain an environment that prevents harassment, sexual exploitation, and abuse, safeguards the rights of program participant and community members (especially womans, childrens and people with disability).

Education

• MSc/BSc Degree in Rural Development, Agri-business, Agro-economics, and related field.

Experience

• Minimum 5 years for MSc and 7 years for BSc degree job experience in NGO with proven related to the position.

Skills

• Proven skill and track record in team work, coordination, partnership building, multi- stakeholder engagement, networking, effective communication & facilitation, problem solving & decision making.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work independently
• Ability to think and lead strategically while managing details
• Advanced computer skill.
• Integrity and honesty, hardworking, firm belief in human equality, transparency and respect to others.
• Prior experience in beehive, honey production and allied value chain development is advantageous.
• Proficiency in English, Amharic and Tigrigna both verbal and written and Tigrigna is mandatory;

Competencies

• Integrity, excellence, respect, building partnerships, stress tolerance, problem solving, and result oriented; communicating with impact, leading through vision and values, coaching, planning and organizing.

Preference

• Women applicants are highly encouraged to apply.