Dan Church Aid (DCA) is a Denmark-based international NGO registered under certificate # 1083 by the Authority for Civil Society Organizations and working to improve the wellbeing of particularly the rural and pre-urban people in Ethiopia. DCA\u2019s Programme mainly focus on save live, building resilience and fighting inequality targeting highly disaster-prone areas in Oromia, Amhara, Afar, and Gambella regions.
\nPosition Objective
\nThe Agricultural Officer Supports the design, and lead the coordination and technical implementation of sustainable, climate-smart, and market-oriented agricultural activities under the EU-INTPA project. The role enhances productivity, soil health, efficient water use, and resilience for host and refugee communities, while applying Market Systems Development (MSD) principles through market linkages, agro-dealer networks, enhanced value chain performance, and private-sector engagement aligned with climate-smart agriculture.
\nPurpose<\/p>\n
Lead field-level delivery of climate-smart agricultural and livelihood activities, ensuring productivity, soil health, and resilience improvements.
\nProvide technical guidance to farmer groups, irrigation cooperatives, agro-dealers, and other value chain actors.
\nEnsure quality implementation, beneficiary targeting, registration, and support distribution.
\nContribute to market-system development by strengthening linkages with traders, cooperatives, private sector, and extension services.
\nIntegrate gender-transformative approaches, including ensuring meaningful participation of women farmers, promoting shared decision-making in agriculture, and encouraging women\u2019s leadership in producer groups.<\/p>\n
Engagement<\/p>\n
Coordinate community-based targeting and verification in line with EU-INTPA criteria.
\nSupport establishment and strengthening of livelihood groups (vegetable producers, irrigation users, sharecroppers, compost makers, agro dealers).
\nDeliver regular agronomic training on backyard gardening, pest management, water-efficient irrigation, integrated soil fertility management, and climate-smart agriculture.
\nFacilitate demonstrations, trials, and introduction of innovative farming practices.
\nStrengthen crop value chains and market linkages, including local aggregation and input supply networks.
\nCoordinate with research institutions, government offices, private sector actors, and civil society partners.
\nSupport peacebuilding and conflict-sensitive programming within agricultural activities.
\nRepresent the organization by participating in coordination meetings, monitoring and evaluation activities, forums, workshops, and events at zonal, woreda, and camp levels.<\/p>\n
Delivery<\/p>\n
Ensure timely distribution of agricultural inputs and technical follow-up with beneficiaries.
\nMonitor crop performance and provide timely advisory services to reduce losses and improve yields.
\nSupport M&E processes, documentation of lessons, and preparation of reports and knowledge products.
\nEnsure compliance with donor requirements, project quality standards, and organizational procedures.
\nPromote gender-responsive and inclusive agricultural practices at all stages of implementation.
\nMaintain effective coordination with the community development facilitator and provide technical direction as needed.<\/p>\n
DCA Ethiopia Office is looking for a competent Agriculture \/ Agronomy Officer<\/p>\n
Vacancy Number: DCA-Eth\/VA-021\/2025
\nVacancy Date: December 05, 2025
\nPost Title: Agriculture \/ Agronomy Officer
\nRequired number: One
\nType of Contract: One Year with possibility of extension
\nDuty Station: Gambella
\nReporting to: Area Program Manager
\nExpected Start Date: January 2026
\nApplication Deadline: December 14,2025
\nSalary Range: As per DCA salary Scale<\/p>\n
About You<\/p>\n
Job Requirement<\/p>\n
Bachelor\u2019s Degree or MSc in Agriculture, Agronomy, Plant Science, Crop Science, Crop production,
\nor a related field from a recognized university.
\nMinimum of 5 years\u2019 experience for BSc in agricultural production, extension services, irrigation
\nagronomy, or livelihood projects.
\nProven experience working with smallholder farmers and agricultural value chain actors.
\nExperience working with NGOs or humanitarian organization is required.
\nPrevious experience in refugee and host community settings is required.
\nExperience working in Gambella or other disaster-affected areas of Ethiopia is an advantage.
\nExperience with EU-funded or donor-funded programs is an asset.
\nGood understanding of climate-resilient agriculture, crop value chains, and market-based approaches Knowledge of project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
\nKnowledge of humanitarian principles, conflict sensitivity, and cross-cutting issues.
\nStrong communication, facilitation, and report-writing skills
\nGood Knowledge of the Gambella regional context
\nProficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
\nProficient in English language.
\nAbility to communicate in the local language is mandatory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_promoted":"","_job_location":"","_application":"https:\/\/dca-1.career.emply.com\/ad\/a\/z4d2rw","_company_name":"Dan Church Aid","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job_listing_region":[11],"job-categories":[],"job-types":[12],"class_list":["post-2048","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry","job_listing_region-ethiopia","job-type-full-time"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/2048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job_listing_region?post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-categories?post=2048"},{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/ethiopia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=2048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}