Vacancy Announcement
ETHIOPIAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGENCY
Positions: Senior Associate, MoANR Delivery Unit
Term of Employment: Through July 2020
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Required Number: 1
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: Dec 29, 2017
BACKGROUND:
The Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) was established by the Government of Ethiopia with assistance from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to identify and address systemic bottlenecks in Ethiopia’s agricultural development. The ATA does this through planning, analysis, implementation support, and reporting on the interventions outlined in the Agricultural Transformation Agenda. The Transformation Agenda is a set of prioritized interventions to accelerate the transformation envisioned as part of Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation Plan II. The ATA is accountable to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Secretary to the Agricultural Transformation Council chaired by the Prime Minister.
ATA has launched a Delivery Unit in the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MoANR) to directly support MoANR’s work on the Transformation Agenda. Specifically, the Delivery Unit supports owners of Transformation Agenda Deliverables (TADs) within MoANR, with planning, reporting, project management and technical and strategic analysis. Delivery Units have played a critical role in accelerating execution of development initiatives in many countries, particularly in East and Southeast Asia, and today are also present in Ethiopia’s Prime Minister’s office and the Revenue and Customs Authority. The Delivery Unit will be jointly overseen by the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources and ATA senior management. The Delivery Unit team plays a highly visible and pivotal role in accelerating agricultural transformation and development in Ethiopia.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Associate supports planning, problem solving and analysis within the Delivery Unit. The Senior Associate will work directly with Transformation Agenda Deliverable (TAD) owners within the MoANR to ensure meaningful planning and target setting, timely and accurate reporting, and rigorous and practical problem solving. The person in this role will also work to strengthen the project management and analytical capacity of TAD project teams.
The Senior Associate will report to the Manager of the Delivery Unit, and work with the Associate, Senior Data & Reporting Officer and a team of 18 technical experts (Transformation Agenda Specialists and Advisors). The Delivery Unit is part of the Strategic Services vertical at the ATA, which also includes the Delivery Unit at the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Performance Management (planning and evaluations), Project Management, Communications and Analytics (in 2018). The successful candidate for this role will have superior analytical and communication skills and demonstrate focus and urgency in their work, along with a passion for both results and capacity building. We are applying private sector style rigor to major social issues that can transform Ethiopian society.
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