Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Jobs in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Director, Finance Jobs in Ethiopia

Background:

The Agricultural Transformation Agency (ATA) has been established by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to identify and address systemic bottlenecks to Ethiopia’s agricultural development. The Agency does this through problem-solving, implementation support, and capacity building of stakeholders involved in implementation of interventions that address the systemic bottlenecks. The Agency reports to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Development and is Secretary to the Transformation Council chaired by the Prime Minister.

The programmatic focus of the Agency responds to a core set of needs identified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources Development and the Transformation Council. Within the Agency, issues are divided into four different pillars: Crops & Natural Resources which includes Inputs and Plant Protection, Soil Health & Fertility, Irrigation and Drainage, and Mechanization; Cross Cutting Initiatives, which includes Inclusive Growth, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, and Planning and MLE; Livestock, which includes Animal Health and Genetic Improvement and Feed & Feeding; and Agribusiness and Markets including Market Development, Rural Finance, ICT, and Private Sector. In addition, the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters Initiative is another critical focus area for the Agency. 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.

Duties

Provides strategic financial management and leadership, ensuring appropriate systems, procedures and internal controls are in place to support the continued growth of program needs.

Developing and successfully implementing a strategy for Finance aligned with organizational objectives;

Develops an annual budget with input from and in consultation with the Senior Directors, monitor the budget utilization in order to ensure effective utilization and value for money;

Establishes the priorities and focus of team members on priorities in order to meet the need of the program which is expanding;

Establishes strong finance team which enable to effectively implement all key finance functions, produce concise, comprehensive and high quality management information;

Manage the performance and development of the finance team and ensure quality and timely delivery;

Develops management information reporting systems and provide timely financial reports to senior managers;

Ensures compliance of donor requirements, policies and procedures across the organization; provide guidance and training on donor requirements, policies and procedures to finance and non-finance programme teams;

Closely monitor the donor reporting schedule and the programme business cycle to ensure timely and accurate financial donor reports are prepared & submitted consistent with narrative reports.

Work with other team members to manage the preparation of financial reports of donors.

Ensure a complete audit trail from primary documentation to the accounting system for accurate and rapid donor reporting and general record keeping.

Maintain current knowledge of the government requirements related to financial matters and ensures compliance with tax regulations and other legal requirements;

Supervise all project bank account activities including negotiation of fees, interest and currency exchange rates;

Establish policies regarding cash holding limits, cash movements and foreign currency holdings;

Required Qualifications

Master’s degree in Accounting, Financial Management, Accounting

and Finance and related fields;

Minimum 10 years relevant experience in a senior team leadership role in an international agency;

Proven ability to manage the overall work process of a finance unit by ensuring effective work assignments, supervision and development to ensure availability of competent and well-motivated staff;

Critical thinking, well organized, analytical, and determined to follow through;

Good knowledge of Financial Management and Accounting;

Certification in Accounting is an advantage;

Demonstrated ability in problem solving, priority setting, planning and delegation;

Detailed knowledge of the Ethiopian financial laws, regulation and procedures;

Familiarity with donor funded projects and project reporting is essential;

Excellent knowledge of accounting software’s;

Excellent computer skills with knowledge of office software packages ;

Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Amharic.

Ability to work in a very busy environment and good in stress management

HOW TO APPLY:
For more information and job application details, see; Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Director, Finance Jobs in Ethiopia

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Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Director, Inclusive Growth Jobs in Ethiopia

Duties

He/she will support ATA’s Performance Management Unit (PMU) to identify key gender/youth/nutrition related progress indicators as well as to assess and report on progress on inclusive growth and nutrition sensitivity in relation to Ethiopia’s agricultural transformation.

He/she will lead the development of “do no harm” principles and social safeguards, and ensure that they are incorporated into initiatives of the ATA.

He/she will lead the development of capacity building initiatives for the ATA and public sector staff (particularly MOANR and MOLF) in regards to issues related to inclusive growth and nutrition sensitive agriculture.

He/she will oversee the implementation of any inclusive growth and nutrition sensitive agriculture related project approved by ATA’s senior management

He/she will demonstrate depth of expertise and share experience within and outside of the ATA in the areas of gender, youth and nutrition sensitive agriculture and use knowledge to enrich and guide problem-solving with teams and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

Masters’ degree in a related field is required; PhD degree is preferred

At least 10 years of relevant, professional experience working on gender issues in a development context, preferably in Ethiopia, at a leadership role

Expertise in strategic gender planning, gender analysis, gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting, and gender-sensitive indicators
Knowledge of best practices and lessons learned in designing and implementing gender approaches in specific sector work

Understanding of Ethiopia’s agricultural system, with a broad perspective on how the entire system operates and how public, private and informal actors operate within the system

Experience with civil society and governance structures at the national, regional and local authority level preferred

Demonstrated ability to take initiative in solving problems, manage multiple projects effectively (prioritizing and sequencing both programmatic and operation activities), think analytically and ensure the team delivers outputs on schedule

Practical experience in piloting and scaling up relevant solutions at the local level.

Strong leader with outstanding management skills and experience

How to apply
For more information and job application details, see; Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Director, Inclusive Growth Jobs in Ethiopia