HEKS Ethiopia Market System Development Officer Jobs

HEKS Ethiopia Market System Development Officer Jobs

Job Id: 213955

Category: Agriculture
Location: With frequent travel to the target project area, Addis Ababa
Career Level: Mid Level ( 2+ - 5 years experience)
Salary: As per the organization scale

Job Description

About Swiss Church Aid/HEKS-EPER

Swiss Church Aid/HEKS is the aid organization of the Protestant Churches of Switzerland and has its headquarters in Zurich/Switzerland.

Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS works towards a more humane and more equitable world, assisting people and communities to overcome economic, social or humanitarian disparities in order to gain autonomy and to live with dignity both in Switzerland and abroad.

Therefore, Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS engage in development cooperation, humanitarian aid and church cooperation and works in more than 30 countries and runs around 200 projects world-wide. Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS is a member of the ACT Alliance.

In Ethiopia, Swiss Church Aid/ HEKS has country programmes with focus on Natural Resource Management, WASH, Inclusive Markets for Smallholder beekeepers producers and Farmers and Humanitarian Assistance for drought and conflict affected communities.

The Ethiopia country office is recruiting Market System Development Project Officer for its DAMMA (Developing Apiculture Management and Market Access) Project in Oromia, East Wollega Zone.

Job Description

Key tasks and responsibilities:

Lead to conduct market assessments and identify opportunities and challenges in the market system.

Identify market actors (Private and public) to partner with in the development of honey value chain/support services.

Strengthen value chain and link small holder beekeepers into these chains as well as linking them to financial and extension services

Assist in the linkage between small holder beekeepers producer groups, microfinance institutions and other value chain actors in the DAMMA project to get in financial inclusion with specific attention for women

Facilitate key actors to implement the interventions and

link market actors, arrange or provide capacity development or support in other necessary manners in line with DAMMA intervention strategies.

Lead, facilitate and ensure branding of the project area honey for fair price

Lead and monitor closely the implementation of the project

Collect and document information, knowledge , learning relevant for the improvement of the intervention strategies

Coordinate the planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reviewing of project activities with implementing partner

Liaison with various zonal and district government offices in project appraisal, joint monitoring and evaluation

Contribute to the development of publications, learning material, documentaries
Market based emergency interventions including cash transfer for Borena SHIFT project

Render timely technical assistance to implementing partners especially in the areas of gender mainstreaming and participatory project planning methods.


Job Requirements

Education, Qualifications & other knowledge

Bachelor’s Degree in agriculture, agri-business, business administration or related subject. Master degree is preferable

Minimum 3-5 year experience in private sector development, value cabin development, agri-business or another business. Experience working for or with private sector is an important plus

Experience working in remote, rural environment, and closely with small holder beekeepers and farmer groups is a plus

Minimum of four years extensive experience in gender, agriculture and agricultural commodities especially in honey value chain development.

Ability to speak the language of small holder beekeepers as well as of business players

Strong communication skills, ability to bring actors together, coach them and build capacities

Excellent communication skills (both written and spoken) in English.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates can apply by sending letter of application, updated CV and copies of relevant documents through Endalu.Endriyas@heks-eper.org

Deadline for application: July 30, 2019

Only short-listed applications will be contacted. No phone calls are allowed!

Qualified Female applicants are encouraged to apply

HEKS Ethiopia Market System Development Officer Jobs