Job Region: Ethiopia

Position: Senior Technical Expert II – Agribusiness in Apiculture
Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Background
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.
PROGRAM AND POSITION SUMMARY
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) has launched the Energizing Women and Youth in Agri-Food System (EWAS) project to tackle unemployment and promote green energy in the agricultural value chain, focusing on young women. ATI integrates youth employment, gender equality, climate-smart practices, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture across its programs to create sustainable job opportunities and build resilience. ATI currently works with over 3 million smallholder farmers, including 540,300 women and youths, through its Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) and digital agriculture programs. Additionally, the ADEY program also creates jobs for women and youths in ACC regions and Somali by improving access to markets and strengthening MSMEs. Leveraging ATI’s experience, EWAS project aims to create over 4,100 jobs for young women by establishing grain milling, horticulture collection centers, and honey processing enterprises, supported by capacity-building, skills development, and essential equipment.
The Senior Technical Expert II (STE-II) should have strong expertise in Apiculture, value addition, agribusiness, and stakeholder management, with a commitment to enhancing the lives of young women. The expert will provide technical guidance and oversee the implementation of EWAS project interventions at the federal level, ensuring timely and high-quality results. Responsibilities include planning, executing, monitoring, and advising the project manager and regional teams, while also facilitating the establishment of young women-owned honey processing. Reporting directly to the Project Coordinator at the head office, the expert will collaborate with all ACC project leaders and ADEY’s senior project officers and primarily work with regional senior project officers under the direction of the Project Team Leader, ACC’s director, and the regional senior director.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Assist the project manager with project management, annual planning, budgeting, and ensuring that the project’s implementation and budget utilization align with planned activities.
Actively engage in supervision, monitoring and technical backstopping, review, and frequent reporting to ensure proper implementation as per the projects annual plan.
Support the development of selection criteria for beneficiaries in In Apiculture value chain for the regions.
Critically support the establishment and monitoring of young women-led enterprises, ensuring progress follows key principles and proper implementation of value chain activities.
Assist the regional livestock team in identifying and prioritizing the knowledge and skill gaps of targeted youth (especially women) throughout the value chain.
Map infrastructures established for apiculture agribusiness by federal and regional partners across project regions and facilitate youth engagement in the business in collaboration with other partners.
Assist implementation and provide support in resolving strategic and operational problems that arise over the course of the project lifetime.
Provide technical advisory services and capacity-building support on matters related to the Apiculture value chain to the project execution team and stakeholders.
Provide technical support during the procurement, installation and calibration of honey collection related machineries and equipment.
Integrate and ensure implementation of young women centric design approaches in the program.
Closely work with ADEY, CCP, Livestock Commercialization (LC) and other related project teams.
Implement other activities as required by subprogram, ACC program or the ATI.
Demonstrate depth of expertise in Apiculture, and use knowledge to enrich and guide problem-solving with teams and external stakeholders.
Identify the need and prepare all necessary Terms of Reference (ToRs) for procuring goods and services.
Prepare specifications for all machinery and equipment needed for honey processing, in consultation with the electromechanical engineer and project team members, according to the project’s scope outlined in the document.
Support and supervise hired consultants in the development of training manuals and the execution of beneficiary training sessions.
Produce, update, and assist in disseminating capacity development materials to enhance project partners’ skills and promote technical expertise and business entrepreneurship within livestock value chains.
Organize and facilitate workshops and ToT trainings on prioritized activities to stakeholders.
Coach and mentor ToT trainers and project beneficiaries on effectively cascading training and implementation.
Assess technical gaps of the regional program staff, implementing partners and beneficiaries, and design and implement capacity building trainings.
Develop appropriate database and data collection tools in consultation with M&E and livestock team lead and ensure regular data collection with high quality and undertake analysis.
Identify potential risks that could affect the overall performance of the project.
Proactively engage with other team members of the ATI and external partners to develop solutions and recommendations to address identified technical issues.
Liaise with project manager and provide advisory service and capacity building to partners based on the identified gap.
Provide effective timely and regular upward reporting to the project manager on programmatic and operational issues
Conduct compiling, validating, and analyzing project data to ensure monthly and quarterly update, and analyses to draw lessons and write quarter, bi-annual and annual reports
Ensure effective regular communication and reporting with the various stakeholders (government and non-government institutions and the private sector).
Ensure effective communication (oral, written, digital etc.) among project and institutional team
Undertake any other duties as assigned by the Federal Project Coordinator.

About You

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS, TRAININGS, AND EXPERIENCE

Minimum of master’s degree in apiculture or beekeeping, honeybee product processing technology, livestock production or other related fields.
Minimum of 8 years of professional experiences in the areas of apiculture agribusiness, donor supported apiculture interventions, apiculture value chain related project management, , providing technical support, and implementing youth and women-focused initiatives in agricultural value chains and others directly relevant to the position.
Good track record of working relationship with beekeepers, honey and wax processors, bee research and training institutions, public and non-governmental organizations, and other actors engaged in apiculture agribusiness
Experience in providing management guidance and technical oversight
Extensive experience in implementing and managing donor-funded projects focused on the establishment of youth and women-based enterprises
Excellent understanding in micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), common interest groups, and entrepreneurship and the mechanisms how it functions
Experience in leading the development of program learning – identify opportunities for learning, research, and publication.
Experience in dissemination and institutionalization of best practices and lessons with implementing partners.
Experience leading multi-dimensional teams and complex work programs.
Analytical skills, including profitability and business analysis
Training or demonstrated experience of the agricultural economy.
Experience in Apiculture and agribusiness value chains, with strong skills in supporting MSMEs to scale from small to medium and large enterprises.
Broad understanding of how public, private, and informal actors operate within the agricultural system.
Monitor project risks, supervise implementation of risk mitigation measures, and update the risk and mitigation measures yearly.
Self-starter with strong motivation, ownership, and commitment to deliver results.
Promotes data-driven and evidence-based problem solving and decision-making.
Strong team player with excellent relationship-building and communication skills
Ability to work under pressure and in a constantly evolving and challenging environment
​Experience in green energy project is a plus
Desire of improving the lives of smallholder farmers.
Strong capacity to facilitate teamwork.
Willingness to undertake frequent field visits.
Strong Communication skills (writing, speaking, composing, presenting, etc).
Proficiency in oral and written English and Amharic
Proficient in using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Safeguarding risk level

The role holder will have frequent or intensive contact with program participants as he/she will be responsible for implementing and monitoring program activities.

Position: Senior Technical Expert II – Agribusiness in Horticulture
Term of Employment: One year with possibility of extension
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Background
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.
Program and Position Summary
The Energizing Women and Youth in Agri-Food System (EWAS) project seeks to address young women’s unemployment gaps by prioritizing rural young women in employment-focused initiatives. By utilizing a clustering approach, the project tailors support to distinct economic groups, ensuring a greater impact by addressing specific challenges. The project focuses on equipping young women with the tools and skills needed for entrepreneurship and employment in agro-processing and value addition. By emphasizing the productive use of energy, the project promotes the accessibility and adoption of reliable electrical equipment, enabling efficient processing and diversification of agricultural value chains. This approach not only enhances productivity but also fosters dignified employment opportunities, contributing to long-term economic empowerment and social inclusion.
This holistic approach ensures that the EWAS project not only tackles unemployment but also addresses systemic barriers to economic participation for rural young women, laying the foundation for sustainable development and improved livelihoods across Ethiopia.
To this end, the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) has launched the Energizing Women and Youth in Agri-Food System (EWAS) project to tackle unemployment and promote green energy in the agricultural value chain, focusing on young women. ATI integrates youth employment, gender equality, climate-smart agribusiness practices, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture across its programs to create sustainable job opportunities and build resilience. ATI currently works with over 3 million smallholder farmers, including 540,300 women and youth, through its Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) and digital agriculture programs. Additionally, the ADEY program has also been working to create job opportunities for more than 611 youth in Ethiopia by improving access to markets and strengthening MSMEs. Leveraging ATI’s experience, the EWAS project aims to create dignified and fulfilling employment opportunities for young women by establishing enterprises in three value chains, namely grain milling, horticulture collection centers, and honey processing, supporting them through capacity-building, skills development, and provision of essential equipment.
The Senior Technical Expert II (STE-II)- Agribusiness in Horticulture will provide technical guidance and oversee the implementation of the EWAS project interventions at the federal level, ensuring timely and high-quality results. He/she will integrate and ensure implementation of young women-centric design approach in the project. He/she will directly report to the EWAS Project Coordinator, with matrix reporting to ADEY’s Team Lead for Agribusiness in the Crops, and responsible to oversee and manage planning, execution, monitoring and reporting of the project activities. The position holder will provide supports to the regions on establishment of young women-owned horticulture collection centers, and enhancing their competitiveness through capacity-building and business development services. He/she will oversee value chain and market development with a focus on high-value horticulture commodities and identify and promote innovative solutions and services to increase young women’s engagement in horticulture business.
Major Duties and Responsibilities

Lead design and analysis of the horticulture value chain to identify agribusiness opportunities for rural young women. Work closely with partner organizations to identify and analyze agribusinesses and market system constraints and propose market-based solutions to address these constraints.
Facilitate young women-led horticulture-related business linkages among private sectors, cooperatives, unions, and farmers’ groups that contribute to increasing production, income, and employment.
Provide technical leadership to facilitate market system/value chain development with a focus on horticulture value chains. In addition, the position will lead market analysis and identification, and the development of business opportunities in the sector.
Ensure the selected value chains’ multi-stakeholder platform meetings contribute to providing strategic guidance and solving challenges in strengthening the horticulture value chain.
Facilitate the strengthening of horticulture value chains by introducing and promoting new technologies, productivity improvement training, value addition, and engagement of the private sector in the provision of embedded services.
Assist the project lead in annual planning, budgeting, and ensuring that the project’s implementation and budget utilization align with planned activities.
Actively engage in supervision, monitoring, and technical backstopping, review, and frequent reporting to ensure proper implementation as per the project’s annual plan.
Support the development of selection criteria for beneficiaries in the horticulture value chain for the regions.
Integrate and ensure implementation of young women-centric design approaches in the program.
Critically support the establishment and monitoring of young women-led enterprises, ensuring progress follows key principles and proper implementation of value chain activities.
Assist the regional team in identifying and prioritizing the knowledge and skill gaps of targeted youth (especially women) throughout the value chain.
Map the crop development infrastructures established by federal and regional partners across project regions and connect them with targeted youth.
Assist implementation and provide support in resolving strategic and operational problems that arise over the course of the project lifetime.
Provide technical advisory services and capacity-building support on matters related to the horticulture value chain to the project execution team and stakeholders.
Provide technical support during the procurement, installation, and calibration of horticulture collection-related machinery and equipment.
Demonstrate depth of expertise in horticulture husbandry and use knowledge to enrich and guide problem-solving with teams and external stakeholders.
Identify the need and prepare all the horticulture value chain necessary Terms of Reference (ToRs) for procuring goods and services.
Prepare specifications for all machinery and equipment needed for horticulture collection, in consultation with the electromechanical engineer and project team members, according to the project’s scope outlined in the document.
Support and supervise hired consultants in the development of training manuals and the execution of beneficiary training sessions.
Produce, update, and assist in disseminating capacity development materials to enhance project partners’ skills and promote technical expertise and business entrepreneurship within horticulture value chains.
Organize and facilitate workshops and ToT trainings on prioritized activities for stakeholders.
Coach and mentor ToT trainers and project participants on effectively cascading training and implementation.
Assess technical gaps of the regional program staff, implementing partners and beneficiaries, and design and implement capacity-building trainings.
Identify potential risks that could affect the overall performance of the project.
Proactively engage with other team members of the ATI and external partners to develop solutions and recommendations to address identified technical issues.
Liaise with the project manager and provide advisory services and capacity building to partners based on the identified gap.
Provide effective, timely, and regular upward reporting to the project manager on programmatic and operational issues.
Conduct compiling, validating, and analyzing project data to ensure monthly and quarterly updates, and analyses to draw lessons and write quarter, bi-annual, and annual reports.
Ensure effective communication (oral, written, digital, etc.) among the project and institutional team
Closely work with ADEY and other ACC project teams.
Assume other tasks as assigned by the supervisors.

About You

Required Qualification, Competencies, and Experience

Minimum master’s degree in agricultural science, horticulture, agribusiness development, plant/crop sciences or related fields
Minimum of 8 years of experience in designing, providing technical support, and implementing youth and women-focused initiatives in agricultural value chains.
Knowledge and experience with participatory techniques, coaching, networking, learning, alliance building, and team building
Adequate experience in facilitating and supporting youth employment.
Solid understanding of young woman agri-entrepreneurship specificities in the Ethiopian context
Good experience in advisory and capacity building of smallholder producers in technologies and husbandry practices, and horticulture markets.
Experience in providing management guidance and technical oversight.
Extensive experience in implementing and managing donor-funded projects focused on the establishment of youth and women-based enterprises.
Experience in leading the development of program learning – identify opportunities for learning, research, and publication.
Experience in the dissemination and institutionalization of best practices and lessons with implementing partners.
Experience leading multi-dimensional teams and complex work programs.
Analytical skills, including profitability and business analysis.
Training or demonstrated experience in the agricultural economy.
Experience in horticulture and agribusiness value chains, with strong skills in supporting MSMEs to scale from small to medium and large enterprises.
Broad understanding of how public, private, and informal actors operate within the agricultural system.
​Experience in a green energy project is a plus
Desire to improve the lives of smallholder farmers.
Strong capacity to facilitate teamwork.
Experience in collaborative and adaptive monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
Willingness to undertake frequent field visits.
Strong Communication skills (writing, speaking, composing, presenting, etc).
Proficiency in oral and written English and Amharic.
Proficient in using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook

Safeguarding risk level
• The role holder will have frequent or intensive contact with program participants as he/she will be responsible for implementing and monitoring program activities.

EPHI – JOB DESCRIPTION
REPORTING TO: Nutrition, Environmental Health and Non-Communicable Disease Research Directorate
LOCATION: Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), Addis Ababa
NUMBER: 1
Main Duties Include:

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) strives to address nutrition and health-related problems by conducting intervention-based research and contributing to the effective implementation of the Health and Food and Nutrition Policies in Ethiopia. To this end, the Nutrition, Environmental Health and Non-Communicable Disease Research Directorate is planning to recruit a data analyst or data manager on a contract basis.
The work of the Data Analyst or data manger will be guided by a Senior researcher or project PI. He/She will join EPHI to manage ENABLE project trial data, aggregate, and merge data sets for analysis as well as create new data sets of summary statistics for presentation and report.
The “Enabling environments for NCD risk reduction in Ethiopia” (ENABLE) project is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe (Grant agreement ID: 101137232). ENABLE aims to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ethiopia by reducing the life-long prevalence of major NCD risk factors among pregnant women through multi-level actions to promote healthy diets, physical activity and reduce exposure to air pollution in a clean and supportive urban environment. The ENABLE project is dedicated to the implementation of pragmatic and effective interventions for promoting healthy diets, physical activity and reduce exposure to air pollution within a health-promoting urban environment for pregnant women and their families from the antenatal care entry point, as well as from the community. EPHI and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), and the consortium is comprised of 9 more international and Ethiopian partners. From Ethiopia, Jimma University (JU), Haramaya University (HU) and Addis Continental Institute of Public Health (ACIPH), along with international partners from University of Oslo (UiO), Lund University (LU), Uppsala University (UU), Wageningen University (WU), Vital Strategies, and Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR)
The work of the Data Analyst/data manger will involve:
Coordinate the research data activities under senior research supervision
Prepare on data management plan, report and manuscript writing
Travel to field for data collection and supervision.
Contributes to proposal development and proposals for institutional review board.
Coordinate field travels and required logistics.
Prepare weekly plan and report the same to the project focal.
Monitor whether the project’s planned activities are going as scheduled or not.
Participating in regular discussions with other project team members, project consultants and donors.
Engage in other relevant assignments assigned by project coordinators for the successful deliver of project output.
Daily follow of the real time data collection and give feedback to field data collectors and supervisors
Develop analysis plan of trial
Clean the collected dataset
Develop data dictionary for collected dataset and develop metadata
Develop syntax for analysis and draft dummy tables.
Analyse data using statistical software such as STATA or R by applying the most appropriate and robust statistical methods and sampling weights;
Conduct various statistical analysis that include:
Cleaning data and methodically assessing its quality before analysis;
Merging data sets or creating new data sets for analysis;
Creating or deriving new variables from existing data sets;
Assessing the distribution of variables so that the most appropriate statistical tests are applied;
Creating, annotating and maintaining syntax files of analysis that record all changes made to variables and the statistical procedures applied so that they can be checked and repeated;
Methodically storing and cataloguing the syntax files, the output files and any history file of analysis to create a record of the analysis done;
Creating tables of results and statistical output;
Creating maps of the distribution of variables;
Creating graphs and figures to present data;
Applying best practices in data processing, management and analysis.
Engage in other activities as needed.

Duration: 6-12 months with possible extension
Salary: As per the scale of the ministry of finance

About You

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

PhD or MSc in public health, biostatistics, Epidemiology
eight years’ experience for MSc holders; six years for PhD holder of work organising and analysing large datasets or clinical trial, ideally health or nutritional in origin, using statistical software.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

Experience in using statistical software is required; experience with STATA and/or R statistical software would be an advantage.
An ability to write reports of the analysis done in English.
Knowledge and experience about food composition, food sample collection, analysis and reporting.
A proven research experience with demonstrated
Demonstrated ability to publish research findings, priority will be given to candidate with publications.

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Operations
LOCATION: Mekelle
AM is expected to travel to the SCI field and project offices under the Area Offices.
GRADE: Executive B
POST TYPE: National
Child Safeguarding:
Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
ROLE PURPOSE: The Area Manager is a senior representative of SCI in the field and a member of the Extended Senior Country Leadership Team, responsible and accountable for the leadership and management of two or more Field Offices and project offices. He/ She will oversee the implementation of the Save the Children program, management staff, and resources and establish excellent working relationships with partners. S/he is also responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of Area office strategies and annual operational plans, and enforcing consistent implementation of Operational Core Business Processes, policies and procedures at all levels.
Reporting to the DPO, the role supports and facilitates key relationships between the CO Operational team and other CO units (PDQ, HR, Finance, and Safety & Security) with the Field Managers, Area-level support functions (Finance, HR/Admin, Supply Chain, Safety and Security, etc). In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Director of Program Operations (DPO)
Overall, the area office staff will consist of up to 100 or more people. There are seven direct reports, including 2-3 Field Managers and Area Office functional leads in Finance, Supply Chain, HR/Admin, Safety and Security, and others as applicable. The overall budget responsibility exceeds $5 million USD annually, with more than 10 active awards from a mix of bilateral and multilateral donors. Projects cover sectors such as Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), Education, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Child Protection, and Child Rights Governance. The Area Manager will be based in Mekelle and will lead SCI’s program in the Tigray and Afar Regional States.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Field Office Leadership and Management

Ensure that the area leadership team and field office leadership teams have clearly defined objectives and accountabilities and that area and field office leadership teams meet regularly and coordinate effectively
Lead the continual improvement of ways of working that will ensure managers, coordinators and staff in area and field offices are accountable, can access the support they need when they need it and can collaborate effectively with Country Office teams
Lead the development of Area Strategic Plans, operationalize to goals and objectives, and follow up its implementation.
Ensure the Area Office has an up-to-date, context-based and achievable Emergency Preparedness Plan (EPP)
Ensure programs are implemented in ways responsive to the communities and children in line with Save the Children principles, values and strategic plan and following Save the Children compliance procedures. This includes working with government, local administrations and national NGO-partners to strengthen national capacity.
Ensure that management support is provided to the Field Offices within the Area Office, implementation of quality programs for children.
Ensure accountabilities are clearly understood and communicated at all level (Field Managers, Area Support function Leads and Budget Holders)
Grant agreements and are completed within time and on budget with an emphasis on cost effectiveness, innovation and high-quality programming to serve hard-to-reach children.
Ensure adaptive programme and management approaches to meet the challenges of a volatile and constantly changing operating environment
Lead the implementation of Programme Operations Best Practices.
Ensure that effective mechanisms are in place to listen to, act upon and address children’s and communities’ concerns/recommendations through active participation by children and communities in project design, monitoring and evaluations
Ensure that staff capacity in quality project management is improved and strengthened through training, coaching and mentoring.
Ensure that rigorous remote project management tools are put in place and used by relevant managers (independent third-party monitoring, verification through other partners, operational plan, procurement plan, output trackers, etc ).
Closely work with PDQ and Awards Team on the coordination of the overall funding process from both grants and SC members. This includes: developing funding strategies, contribute to development of grant proposals, and identifying strategic concepts
With support from the Head of Humanitarian Operations and under the leadership of the Director of Program Operations, mount appropriate and timely responses at scale to all emergencies consistent with established benchmarks, plans and organizational policies, and in close cooperation with incoming surge teams.
Working with Field Managers/their team, ensure that all relevant staff across all work sectors are familiar with, adhere to and implement the procedures and processes, and adhere to applicable emergency response standards and guidelines (CHS, SPHERE, Protection Mainstreaming etc)

Strategic Human Resources Management

Work closely with the Area Sr. HR and Admin Coordinator as well as the HR Director to ensure that all HR policies and guidelines for national staff are in place, are understood by all staff and are adhered to. Support all managers in recruitment, induction, placement, promotion, training/development and separation/termination
Enhance staff performance through mutually agreed performance management plans, clarity of individual and collective roles and responsibilities; ensure a robust process of performance monitoring, learning & development initiatives and timely management actions, including full implementation of matrix management system
Address staff concerns in a timely manner and timely escalate to DPO or SLT for support required.
Promote an inspiring and motivating working environment through teamwork, delegation and the team building initiatives. Identify and nurture talents, and boost staff motivation for continued excellence
Promote and build a culture of trust and respects that promotes collaboration, embraces diversity, and inclusion
Ensure that SCI safeguarding policies and procedures are implemented in all offices and that all staff are aware of safeguarding policies and understand their responsibilities with regard to child and adult safeguarding, including awareness, prevention, reporting and response.

Budget, Finance and Awards Management

Serve as overall budget holder for all programming in the area; appoint, manage and support budget holders for individual projects and grants as appropriate.
Ensure that programme budgets are managed through rigorous budget and finance monitoring practices with participation of all key functions involved in projects.
Oversee the general application and observance of financial procedures and guidelines set out in SC financial manual and donors’ requirements
Ensure that budgets are spent and charged to their respective budget heads and grants by diligently reviewing the financial (AGRESSO) reports at least every month and bringing to the timely attention of the DPO and the Finance Director any major budget concerns
Efficiently and successfully manage the grant cycle by putting in place robust mechanisms to start, implement and close grants in line with donor as well as Save the Children’s policies
Ensure that adequate support to and monitoring of the field finance teams is provided by the finance and awards team at country office
Ensure that grants are managed as per Save the Children’s and donors’ requirements including the quality and timely submission of reports
Establish a good command and oversight of the budget situation in each field office and ensure that field offices are efficient at covering all of their costs.
Working with colleagues in the PDQ department to ensure the preparation of timely and high-quality progress reports, program reports, and donor reports.

Compliance and Risk Management

Ensure full compliance with SCI policy and procedure on HR, SC, Finance, Program and Security Management
Regular planning and Implementation of Area and Field office Risk Management Plans
Ensure internal systems and processes are consistently adhered to and meet the purpose
Coordinate the provision of management response on internal and external audit findings, and follow up its implementation
Ensure follow up improvement actions identified from monitoring visit by CO and RO team are implemented in a timely manner
Ensure that partners and SC staff understand and implement Save the Children’s policies and procedures including child safeguarding, procurement, fraud and whistle blowing.

Networking, Partnership and Representation

With the support from the Head of Partnership and Localization, establish a quality partnership management environment through mutual respect and trust, robust partnership assessments, capacity building, project monitoring, sharing, and networking by drawing support from technical resources from within the country programme.
Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with regional, zonal and woreda government authorities, donors, partner agencies including major institutional donors, UN Agencies and local and international NGOs.
Ensure representation with UN agencies, donors and other INGOs
Work with partners and SC staff to ensure that effective mechanisms are in place to listen to, act upon and address children’s and communities’ concerns/recommendations through active participation by children and communities in project design, monitoring and evaluations
Ensure that partners understand and implement Save the Children’s policies and procedures including child safeguarding, procurement, fraud and whistle blowing.
Ensure effective representation in all relevant meetings: clusters, working groups, NGO Consortium, etc

Security Management

Responsible for safety and security of all SCI staff and assets in the area and field offices
In close collaboration with the Director of Security, the Field managers and the Security Focal Points, proactively monitor the political and security situation at both national and local level and ensure that a clear and updated security management plan is in place for all areas of.
As far as possible ensure that all staff are involved in the sharing of security related information, review of guidelines, protocols and developing security plans that should be formally reviewed on a weekly basis.
In close collaboration with the Area Security Coordinators and the director of Security, the Field Managers and the Security Focal Points, report and manage any significant security incident in your area of operation. If this involves a “critical incident” the Director of Security, the DPO and the CD must be informed immediately.
Adapt to security constraints and ensure that staff are adequately aware of security risks and management issues in order to deliver projects for children.
Support the DPO and the Director of Safety and Security to ensure that all safety and security minimum operating standards and in country guidelines and procedures are met by all area offices. Promote a culture of security awareness and a shared duty of care amongst staff in area teams

About You

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s in business administration, Management, Development Studies or other Social Sciences.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Minimum of 12 years management experience in a corporate or an NGO environment, and at least 5 years in senior leadership role or relevant experience
Experience in strategic planning and operationalizing into achievable targets and outcomes
Ability to drive, adapt to and mange change. Strive for continual improvement and organizational excellence;
Experience of working within a complex and matrix organisation structure
Proven experience of developing leaders and managers
Analytical skill, ability and tact to deal with complex problems
Good understanding of the humanitarian landscape and complexities, procedures and accountability frameworks and good practices in emergency management.
Substantial and proven experience and knowledge of effective financial and budgetary control
Ability to analyse information, evaluate options, think and plan strategically.
An in-depth understanding of nationaland international developmentissues particularly in relation to children.
Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
Fluency in written and spoken English.
Flexibility for unforeseen demands, willingness to spend up to 50% of time in visiting field offices security allowing.
Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights- based approaches.

Additional job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties with respect to their level of skills and experience
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures. The post holder must commit to work in an international agency that respects racial diversity and fights racism in all forms; and to model positive behaviours and respect to all colleagues, partners and communities.
CHILD SAFEGUARING POLICY
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Adult Safeguarding
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy, all employees are also expected to carry out their duties in accordance with the SCI protection from sexual exploitation abuse policy.
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified talent.

Job Purpose: The purpose of the Senior Technical Assistance responsible for supervising water, sanitation and hygiene activities on daily base to be as of the design, specification, drawing, contract agreement, standard and protocol of WASH infrastructure at community and health facility. The senior technical assistance will work closely and liaise with the government health structure including the Regional Health Bureau, Woreda Health and Water offices, other implementing agencies, other Concern teams and the community. He/She is this charged to ensure collaboration with all the relevant stakeholders at all levels of the project implementation; kebele, Woreda and at the zonal level.
Main duties &
Responsibilities:
Duties and Responsibilities:
Technical Support and Facilitation
• Undertake jointly with relevant authorities at the Woreda level an assessment of the WASH situation at the health facility level, community level and provide recommendation to address existing WASH gaps at those health facilities and kebeles.
• Provide detailed technical reports to the WASH Engineer/Team leader following such assessments.
• In liaison with the WASH Engineer and other team members organize and undertake relevant training on WASH to the health facility staff, project staff and project beneficiaries
• Ensure strong project management of all WASH interventions so that projects are designed and implemented on time, within scope and budget and achieve high quality outputs
• Ensure an integrated and multi sectoral approach to WASH programming, assist the team in finding ways to integrate/link and combine hygiene & health promotion, water and sanitation facilities design, construction & maintenance, with Health , Nutrition, protection etc.
• Ensure that cross cutting issues are mainstreamed into WASH programmes.
• Provide regular progress reports to Woreda Team leader/WASH Engineer
• Preparation of detailed work plans, technical drawings, bills of quantity, procurement plan and bid documents for the implementation of WASH projects as necessary.
• Identify and address capacity building opportunities for both concern staff and line ministry staff; Health, Water bureau and others at Woreda level as necessary.
Coordination and networking
• To liaise with Government and other relevant stakeholders both at Woreda and Zonal level as requested by the line manager.
• Establish good working relationship with Concern staff, government bodies, other WASH partners etc
• Participate in WASH cluster meeting as required.
Planning, Reporting and Accountability
• Submit weekly and monthly progress update on the WASH activities to the WASH Engineer
• Contribute to the preparation of internal and external reports by supporting the WASH Engineer in gathering relevant information from the field.
• Ensure that program participants and stakeholders have clear information about the program activities as appropriate and relevant to them.
• Give technical support to the field staff on mainstreaming gender, protection, accountability and inequality in the implementation of WASH and Infrastructure activities.
Additional Duties
• Perform other duties assigned by the line manager for the accomplishment of program objectives.
Emergency response
Concern is committed to responding to emergencies efficiently and effectively in order to help affected people meet their basic needs, alleviate suffering and maintain their dignity. To this end, when emergencies strike and the Ethiopia Programme is to respond, all staff are required to actively participate in the response, regardless of location and contribute to the efforts aimed at achieving the humanitarian objective of the organization.
Gender Equality

Demonstrate understanding of Concern Ethiopia’s Gender Equality Strategy
Contribute to ensuring that Concern Ethiopia is a place where men and women are treated equally and with dignity and respect
Demonstrate gender equality awareness and gender sensitivity and an ability to integrate a gender equality perspective into tasks and activities.

Accountability
In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS): 

actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E); 
work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed; 
Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Safeguarding

Able to seek appropriate advice and report concerns, and feel confident that they have been understood.
Understands local safeguarding structures and arrangements.
Practice in a manner that seeks to reduce the risk of abuse, harm or neglect.
Identifies and refers to appropriate services any other associated persons including carers, family members and children at risk.
Able to document safeguarding concerns, and maintain appropriate record keeping, recording the wishes and views of the adult or child at risk, differentiating between fact and opinion.

Head of Maintenance Department (Technical)
Quantity Required: 1
Job Purpose:
To lead the maintenance department, ensuring all machinery, equipment, and vehicles are properly maintained for optimal performance and safety.
Key Responsibilities:

Develop and implement preventive and corrective maintenance plans.
Supervise and guide maintenance staff and technicians.
Diagnose equipment breakdowns and ensure timely repairs.
Monitor spare parts inventory and procurement needs.
Ensure compliance with safety, quality, and operational standards.
Prepare maintenance reports, budgets, and improvement plans.

About You

Minimum Experience: 5 years
Qualification: BSc Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering with relevant experience
Skills & Competencies:

Strong leadership and team management skills.
Technical expertise in mechanical/automotive systems.
Ability to diagnose and solve complex equipment issues.
Knowledge of maintenance planning and safety regulations.
Good communication and decision-making skills.

Job Purpose:
To provide technical support and assistance to staff, ensuring smooth IT operations across hardware, software, and network systems.
Key Responsibilities:

Install, configure, and maintain hardware, software, and networks.
Respond to IT support requests and troubleshoot system issues.
Assist with user account setup, access rights, and security protocols.
Perform routine system updates, backups, and maintenance.
Support IT projects and implementation of new technologies.
Document technical issues and solutions for reference.

About You

Minimum Experience: 1–3 years
Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related fields
Skills & Competencies:

Knowledge of operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS).
Familiarity with networking, databases, and system security.
Problem-solving and analytical skills.
Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Logistics Officer (Documentation)
Quantity Required: 1
Job Purpose:
To ensure smooth documentation and processing of imports/exports, shipment handling, and logistics operations in compliance with company and regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities:

Prepare and verify shipping and customs documentation.
Coordinate with suppliers, transporters, and clearing agents.
Monitor shipments to ensure timely delivery.
Maintain accurate records of imports, exports, and local transport.
Ensure compliance with trade regulations and company policies.
Support inventory and warehouse teams with documentation.

About You

Minimum Experience: 1 year
Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field
Skills & Competencies:

Strong knowledge of logistics and customs documentation.
Attention to detail and accuracy.
Good problem-solving and coordination skills.
Computer literacy (MS Office, ERP systems preferred).

The Youth Skill Development Officer is responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring young women-focused skill development initiatives. aimed at enhancing employability, entrepreneurship, and self-reliance. ensure the implementation of agroeconomics, agribusiness, and livelihood opportunities to improve rural young women’s participation in sustainable development.
Specific Responsibilities

Plan and implement Rural Young Women skill development activities, focusing on agribusiness, agro-processing, cooperative development, and entrepreneurship.
Assess young Women’s skill gaps and promote vocational and market-driven training aligned with local economic opportunities.
Facilitates and/ or provides soft skills training and facilitates employment linkage in collaboration with other officers and advisors.
Facilitate linkages between Rural Young Women and value chain actors (farmers, cooperatives, agro-industries, traders, financial institutions).
Support Rural Young Women-led agribusiness initiatives, start-ups, and small enterprises with technical and business advisory services.
Integrate life skills, financial literacy, and leadership into training programs.
Deliver training on agribusiness development, entrepreneurship, and cooperative management.
Collect field data, success stories, and best practices to share with the program team.
Prepare quality reports on project progress, achievements, and challenges.
Collaborate with government offices (Agriculture, Cooperative Promotion, TVET, and Job Creation), universities, and private sector actors to create opportunities for youth.
Perform other relevant tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor or management of the organization

Duty Station: Woliso and Mizan Aman
Required No; 2

About You

Educational Qualification and Experience
BA/ MA in Agro-economics, Business, Economics, Agribusiness, Rural Development, or related fields. At least 3 years of experience with Proven experience in youth skills development, agribusiness promotion, entrepreneurship, or value chain development.
Additional Skills

Excellent report writing, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Commitment to integrity, accountability, and gender inclusion
Fluency in English and local language/s

Qualified Female applicants who fulfill the requirements are appreciated

DEC is a local CSO established in 2007 and re-registered in May 2019, as per the new Authority for CSO Proclamation by the Ethiopian government, bearing registration number 0009. The organization has five major programs: the Child Well-being and Education Development Program, the Gender and Life Skill Development Program, the Employable Skills Development Program, Advocacy, and the Humanitarian Emergency Program. DEC actively works in six National Regional States and one city administration of Ethiopia, namely Amhara, Afar, Oromia, Tigray, Gambela, Benishangul Gumuz, and Addis Ababa City Administration. DEC would like to recruit for the following positions:
Zonal Supervisor, Youth Skill Development Officer, Livestock Business Officer, Crop Business Advisor, Youth Engagement & Inclusion, Woreda Field Facilitator, Financial Inclusion Advisor, Project Coordinator, MEL Coordinator, Finance Coordinator, Admin & Procurement Officer, Area Coordinator, MEL Officer, Admin, Finance Assistant, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion and Information Management Officer.
Zonal Supervisor
Job Summary
The Zone Supervisor is responsible for coordinating, supervising, and supporting the implementation of agricultural and livelihood-related project activities within the zone. He/she ensures woreda-level facilitators deliver high-quality services in line with program objectives, organizational policies, and donor requirements.
Specific Responsibilities

Coordinate and supervise program implementation in the zone.
Support rural young women cooperatives and producer groups in improving productivity, market linkages, and entrepreneurship.
Facilitate training, capacity building, and cooperative development with a focus on young women.
Monitor program activities, collect data, prepare reports, and ensure compliance with donor and government requirements.
Liaise with zonal/ woreda government offices, NGOs, and private actors to ensure coordination.
Supervise field staff and ensure effective resource utilization.
Support young women groups in improving productivity, market linkages, and entrepreneurship.
Monitor program activities, collect data, prepare reports, and ensure compliance with donor and government requirements.
Liaise with zonal/woreda government offices, NGOs, and private actors to ensure coordination.
Supervise field staff and ensure effective resource utilization.
Perform other relevant tasks assigned by the immediate supervisor or management of the organization

Required No. 5
Duty station: Jimma, Southwest Shewa, West Shewa, Bench Sheko& Keffa

About You

Educational Qualification and Experience

MA/BA in Rural Development, Agricultural Extension, Agribusiness, Livestock Science, Plant Science, Animal Science, or related fields.MA with 5 years or BA with 7 years of relevant professional experience.

Additional Skill

Strong skills in supervision, coordination, and stakeholder engagement.
Good communication, reporting, and computer literacy skills.
Commitment to integrity, accountability, and gender inclusion
Fluency in English and local language/s

Qualified Female applicants who fulfill the requirements are appreciated