GOAL Production & Marketing Officer - (Livestock) Jobs in Ethiopia
GOAL Production & Marketing Officer - (Livestock) Jobs in Ethiopia
About the Position The Production & Marketing Livestock & Crop Officer will conduct market assessment, participate in co-design, co-invest and manage multiple partnerships with Private Sector Partners (PSP) to increase access to livestock and crop inputs to support production and to link livestock and crop producers to market players in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities.
The post holder is required to have existing knowledge and connections to livestock and crop markets and their players.
Key responsibilities
Livestock and crop market assessments
To have a detailed understanding of how the livestock and crop production and market systems work in pastoral and agro pastoral communities, the opportunities, constraints, and key players.
Actively participate with the RIPA team in the livestock and crop market assessments and micro-nutrient improved crop inputs (year 1.)
Keep the livestock and crop market assessment slide deck up to date and review regularly.
In collaboration with the Sr. Production and Market officer, review secondary data, including data from the previous USAID supported PRIME project to inform the livestock and crop market assessment.
Provide up to date information to the Sr. Production and Market Officer and to the consortium team on the livestock and crop market systems and support linkages between the different RIPA project components.
2. Livestock and crop market input systems (Production)
Livestock and crop output market systems (Marketing)
To identify and manage partnerships with livestock and crop output providers to extend access to markets, value addition and skills to pastoral and agro-pastoral communities.
Develop professional relationships with multiple livestock and crop marketing / value addition service providers.
Collaboratively with the Sr. production and Market officer, and the financial inclusion officer, map marketing / value addition players against the incentive and capacities matrix to identify providers with increased will and skill to increase marketing / value addition systems to pastoral and ago pastoral communities.
Leveraging the data from the market assessments, co-design co-investment proposals with livestock and crop marketing / value addition service providers to extend their reach towards pastoral and agropastoral communities.
Manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not) and take successful initiatives to scale.
Jointly with the Sr. Production and Market Officer and Financial Inclusion Officer, ensure due diligence processes are undertaken and manage milestone-based agreements
Verify milestones reached prior to initiating new installments
Ensure all partnerships follow GOAL’s SME partnership guidelines, are documented, appropriately approved, closed out and filed.
Linkages to financial services including Business Development Services (BDS)
To identify private sector partners who have capacity to grow and extend access to goods and services in the livestock and crop market systems.
Identify existing private sector partners who have the incentive and capacity to absorb and benefit from a BDS engagement (capacity building) and link with the Sr. Financial Inclusion Officer
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Identify existing private sector partners who have financial / investment requirements and link with the Sr. Financial Inclusion Officer.
Identify livestock and crop producers who require financial services and link to the Sr. Financial Inclusion Officer
Micro-nutrient improved input systems
To identify and manage partnerships with micro-nutrient improved crop input providers to extend access to inputs and skills to pastoral and agro-pastoral communities.
Develop professional relationships with multiple micro-nutrient improved crop input providers.
In collaboration with the Sr. Production and Marketing Officers, map micro-nutrient improved players against the incentive and capacities matrix to identify providers with increased will and
skill to increase distribution systems to pastoral and ago pastoral communities.
With the help of the Sr. Production and Market Officer, review data from the market assessments, co-design co-investment proposals with micro-nutrient improved crop service providers to extend their reach towards pastoral and agropastoral communities.
Team-up with the Sr. Production and Market Officer to manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not) and take successful initiatives to scale.
Collaborate with the Sr. Production and Marketing Officer, Financial Inclusion officer and grant manager, ensure due diligence processes are undertaken and manage milestone-based agreements
Verify milestones reached prior to initiating new installments.
Ensure all partnerships follow GOAL’s SME partnership guidelines, are documented, appropriately approved, closed out and filed.
Team management
This position has no direct supervisory role but it requires the incumbent to work closely with the Sr. Financial Inclusion Officer and Consortium team members assigned in the woredas where the position holder is assigned, in order to achieve RIPAs production and market objectives to enhance production and market for pastoral and agro-pastoral communities.
Collaboration, learning and adaptation
To manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not), take successful initiatives to scale and contribute to learning in livestock and crop production and marketing for pastoral and agro-pastoral communities within the consortium and more broadly within the sector.
Work collaboratively with the RIPA MEAL team to ensure the monitoring and evaluation plan (as regards livestock and crop production & marketing), is fit for purpose, and reflects all internal and donor reporting requirements.
Work collaboratively with the Sr. Production and Market Officer and with the RIPA MEAL team to develop the production and marketing learning questions and ensure that appropriate data is being collected and analyzed.
Through the guidance and support from the Sr. Production and Market officer, produce at least one production and marketing learning brief each year, prior to the annual learning event
Collaboratively with the Sr. Production and Market Officer, set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within livestock and crop production and marketing provider partners proposals which align with private sector partners own information systems and contribute to project indicators.
Job Requirements
Join Us
Do you want to join an exciting organization that brings high level impact to the community and add value to your professional advancement?
Then join us if you have:
At least 4 years previous experience in agricultural marketing, agri-business, commercial farm business
An appropriate 1st degree and above in animal science, agronomy, veterinary medicine, natural resource
Ability to work within a team of professional staff from diverse technical and cultural backgrounds
Able to work independently and act on own initiative
Good communication, facilitation and negotiation skills
Good computer skills with ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook
Good English language skills, ability to speak, read and write of Oromiffa language is mandatory
Desirable qualities, skills and competences
Qualified and experienced candidates who originate from agro / pastoral communities.
This description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position.
This description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties and responsibilities associated with the position.
Language Requirement
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Oromifa for woredas in Borana/Guji Zone,
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; GOAL Production & Marketing Officer - (Livestock) Jobs in Ethiopia
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