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Position Announcement
Director, Climate and Environmental Sustainability
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia is seeking aqualified candidate to serve as Climate
and Environmental Sustainability Director.
BACKGROUND:
The ATA is an initiative by the Government of Ethiopia (GOE)
with the primary aim of promoting
agricultural sector transformation by supporting existing
structures of government, private-
sector and other non-governmental partners to address systemic
bottlenecks and deliver on a
priority national agenda to achieve growth and food
security.
The formation of the ATA is a result of two years of extensive
diagnostic study across eight sub-
sectors of Ethiopias agricultural system in a
highly-consultative, multi-stakeholder processconducted by the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation. Its structure and function is focused
on
nimble, innovative and results-oriented support to a range of
partners in the agricultural sector.
The programmatic focus of the Agency responds to a core set of
needs identified by the
Ministry of Agriculture and the Transformation Council. Within
the Agency, issues are divided
into three different groups; systems which includes seeds, soil
health and fertility
management, cooperatives, input/output markets and
extension/research; high priority value
chainsand special initiativesthat are cross-cutting including
technology access and adoption,
gender mainstreaming, climate change adaptation and
environmental sustainability, and
monitoring and evaluation. Across the programs, the ATA engages
public, private and non-
governmental stakeholders to support strategic planning, manage
and strengthen
implementation capacity and test innovative models. The ATA will
be financed by GOE and a
range of development partners.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Climate and Environmental Sustainability Director will be
responsible for the coordination
and strategic direction of the ATAs overall activities linked to
climate-smart rural development.
Specific activities will include the programmatic integration of
climate information and
environment sustainability issues in substantive ways into the
ATAs three programmatic
strategies of seeds, soils, and cooperatives as well as value
chains to ensure optimal leverageand sharing of existing climate
knowledge and experience, the director will coordinate ATAs
interaction with climate and environment governmental and
non-governmental institutions to
support to provide input to his / her activities and priorities.
The director will also work to
mobilize additional financial resources from other donors and
partners for investment in
climate-smart rural development in Ethiopia.
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Duties and Responsibilities
Serve as a link between policy development and implementation
byo Drawing on existing policy networks and learnings from
innovation in Ethiopia
and globally on climate, environment (e.g. conservation
agriculture andbiodiversity conservation) to integrate and leverage
this knowledge in all of the
ATAs program activities.
o Utilizing his/her centralized position within the ATA to
implement theselearnings in a highly leveraged way to drive to
action and change within the
greater agricultural system in Ethiopia
Ensure that the overall approach and strategy of the ATA
effectively integrates andmainstreams climate smart rural
development in its core work.
Ensure that specific approaches to target the achievement of
climate-smart ruraldevelopment are incorporated into each of the
ATAs programmatic areas of focus.
Collaborate with ATA extension/research director and other value
chains and systemsto ensure that training for extension agents is
sensitive to adaptation issues involvingclimate.
Develop climate do no harm principles and safeguards, and ensure
that they areincorporated into the agency as a whole, as well as
into its individual programmatic
areas
Based on the current strategy of the ATA on climate and
Environmental Sustainability,assess current interventions and
upscale the most promising interventions in
collaboration with other program areas at the ATA.
Build capacity of ATA and public sector staff in regards to
climate issues, especially theintegration of climate information
for agronomic decision-making.
Identify key climate progress indicators identified and
integrated into the monitoringand evaluation frameworks for each
programmatic area and the ATA as a whole.
Assess relationship between environment, climate, and human well
being Serving as the leader of the Climate and Environment team,
responsible for the overall
direction and management the Program
Engaging stakeholders working on climate and environment
(government, NGOs, civilsociety, universities, initiatives,
farmers, donors, etc.) to identify and prioritize actions to
improve all issues related to environment and
Work with national agricultural research system to build
capacity to assess tolerance toclimate-related abiotic stress.
Work with the National Meteorlogical Agency (NMA) to ensure to
build capacity in theprovision of useable climate information to
agricultural decision making by extension
agents and farmers.
Supporting stakeholders to mobilize needed financial, human or
organizationalresources for project execution
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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
10-15 years in a senior program leadership role in government,
international agency orprivate sector.
Deep understanding of Ethiopias agricultural system, with a
broad perspective on howthe entire system operates and how public,
private and informal actors operate withinthe system.
Understanding and experience in creating an enabling climate for
better agriculturalpractices especially by those who practice
rainfed agriculture.
Understanding of the climate information needs of smallholders
who depend onseasonal rainfall.
Practical experience in implementing solutions at the local
level. Experience in prioritizing and sequencing both programmatic
and operation activities Experience in creating public-private
partnerships in the sector preferred Experience in a successful
development grant proposal. Demonstrable track record of success
with program design, performance management,
learning systems and monitoring & evaluation
Masters / PhD in Agriculture Science, or Masters degree in
Business Administration, orother relevant subject
Fluency in English is essential. Fluency in at least Amharic
and/or one additionalEthiopian language is a plus
Competencies
Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, start-up environment, with
an emphasis on high-performance, teamwork, accountability and
results.
Ability to build relationships with all kinds of people.
Highly facilitative and collaborative leadership style.
Excellent adaptive problem-solver in challenging environment.
Excellent analytical skills. Strong set of personal values
including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to
send your applications including a
detailed CV either through www.ethiojobs.net or e-mail:
[email protected] by clearlyindicating the position title.
Women are highly encouraged to applyNB. Only short listed
candidates will be contacted.
Application Deadline: September 10, 2013
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
