Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Project Officer Jobs in Ethiopia

Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency Project Officer Jobs in Ethiopia

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 ATA is seeking to hire a Federal Market Data Expert (Project Officer II) who will be responsible for NMIS market data validation, processing and dissemination as well as storing qualitative information.

In terms of the data validation, he/she may also check the reliability and accuracy of market data transmitted by the enumerators in to the data center, carry out random market visits to to ensure regional data collection, encoding and transmission activities, work closely with IT service provider on skill up-grading training, to monitor the ongoing technical provided by IT service provider, checks the accuracy and reliability of processed/analyzed market data before disseminating to users.

The ideal candidate will therefore have significant experience in project management, coordination and implementation at rural community level, working with public and private sector stakeholders in the agriculture sector.

He/she will preferably have experience in agricultural marketing and market information, and ICT technologies, and possess a passion for improving the lives of smallholder farmers.

This position will officially report to the National market Information system project Team Lead. The position will be a 12-month contract, with possibility of extension.

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