Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Director - Partnerships & Resource Mobilization
Job Id: 212388
Category: Business and Administration
Location: Addis Ababa
Career Level: Managerial Level (Manager, [Supervisor, Director)
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: Competitive
Job Description
Vacancy Announcement
Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency
Position: Director - Partnerships & Resource Mobilization
Term of Employment: Fixed
Duty Station(s): Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Required Number: One
Salary & Benefits: Competitive
Application Deadline: July 14, 2019
Background:
The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) is a strategy and delivery oriented government agency created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the country’s agriculture sector.
The ATA envisions that, by 2025, smallholder farmers are commercialized with greater incomes, inclusiveness, resilience and sustainability, contributing to Ethiopia’s achievement of middle-income country status.
The agency focuses on two primary national approaches to catalyze agricultural transformation.
First, we support the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Resources (MoALR), its affiliate institutions, and other partners to identify and address systemic bottlenecks within an Agricultural Transformation Agenda.
Second, we support Regional Governments to accelerate development of high-priority commodity value chains in clearly defined geographic clusters, through the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) Initiative.
Our major activities include conducting strategic and analytical studies, providing technical implementation support, coordinating platforms to better integrate partners and projects, and designing and directly leading a number of implementation projects.
Our headquarters are in Addis Ababa, and we have regional offices in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray regional offices, allowing us to work closely with a wide range of public, private and development sector partners across the country.
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 ATA, 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.
Position Summary:
The Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Director (P&RMD) will report to the Senior Director of Operations and lead a team that works to create, maintain and facilitate effective partnerships between ATA and its collaborating partners, namely donors, GOE organizations, non-governmental organizations and the private sector.
The P&RMD will serve as the primary focal person with Development Partners and Ministry of Finance (MoF) to mobilize/secure fund/budget and to monitor and provide update on both technical progress and financial utilization of programs to relevant bodies.
In addition, the Director is a liaison between ATA program teams and both funding and implementing partners in coordinating proposal development, partner solicitation, ensuring timely fund mobilization, budget allocation, reporting, sub-grantee selection and the entire processes management.
Essential Duties:
The specific duties of the Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Director will include the following:
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