Agriculture

<h1>About Us</h1>World Vision Ethiopia began its first intervention in Ethiopia in 1971 with relief and opened the Ethiopia office in 1975. Relief, rehabilitation, and small community development projects dominated the decade that followed. During the 1984/85 drought, World Vision Ethiopia participated in a massive relief operation that saved the lives of millions of people.Starting its operation with emergency intervention in some parts of Ethiopia, World Vision currently operates in 53 Area Programs (APs) implementing effective programmes, such as Education, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Nutrition, Emergency Response, Faith and Development, Food Security, Economic Development, Climate change, and environmental projects and other cross-cutting programmes.GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGEAt present registered and licensed by Ethiopia’s Charities and Societies Agency, World Vision Ethiopia operates in 53 Area Programs (APs), coordinated by eight programme offices in eight regional states and one city administration.Moreover, World Vision carries out emergency response interventions in Northern Ethiopia, Eastern and Southern Somali (Dollo odo and Bokolomaya), Oromia (West Guji, Borena, East and West Wolega, and East and West Hararghe), and SNNP (Gedeo).OUR GOALContributing to the well-being of&nbsp;25 million children, 16 million of whom are the most vulnerable, in the five-year national strategy from 2021 to 2025.Our VisionOur vision for every child, life in all its fullness; Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.Our CORE VALUESWe are Christian/ We are committed to the poor/ We value people/ We are stewards/ We are partners/ We are responsive

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The purpose of the Emergency Agriculture officer position is to facilitate implementation of Emergency Agriculture interventions project in the mentioned woredas. The job holders are responssible to the facilitation of targeting selection, input distribution and trainings components of the project. The job holders are expected to support and monitor the implementation of Emergency agriculture interventions, participating the woreda agriculture office experts. They are responsible to organize training session to selected target beneficiaries and provide regular support. The job holders also responsible to produce progress reports, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports and submit in a timely manner.<ul><li>Facilitate selection, registration and verification of beneficiary HHs to be addressed and submit the list in excel to Emergency Livelihood Project Coordinator.</li><li>Ensure project information is shared, complaints are managed correctly and feed backs are provided to the complaints, and beneficiary selection is validated by relevant stakeholders.&nbsp;</li><li>Facilitate implementation of emergency livelihood project in the target woreda as per the detail implementation plan in alignment with donor and government requirements.</li><li>Prepare input distribution plan, facilitate the distribution, collect and document input distribution list and report to Emergency Livelihood Project Coordinator.</li><li>Facilitate training of agricultural extension agents and roll out of the training to targeted beneficiary together with agriculture office&nbsp;</li><li>Monitor and collect data of project implementation regularly and report the progress and challenges and lessons learned to the Emergency Livelihood Project Coordinator</li></ul>

Emergency Livelihood officer

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Caritas Switzerland prevents, alleviates and combats poverty in Switzerland and worldwide in more than 30 countries.
Together with the network of Regional Caritas Organisations, Caritas Switzerland is actively engaged wherever people in wealthy Switzerland are affected by poverty: families, single parents, the unemployed, and the working poor. Caritas organises volunteer placements and looks after asylum seekers and refugees.
Globally, Caritas provides emergency relief in disasters and is actively involved in reconstruction work. With its projects in development cooperation, Caritas works in the areas of food security, water, climate change, disaster prevention as well as education for children and adults.
Caritas Switzerland is an independent association with its head office in Lucerne. The aid agency is a member of the international Caritas network. This comprises 165 organisations worldwide, which are active in more than two hundred countries. In Switzerland, Caritas Switzerland works closely with the Regional Caritas Organisations.

CARITAS Switzerland (CACH)

Doing the right thing: We are active in Switzerland and 20 countries across four continents. Join us in our commitment to fostering a more caring society, here in Ethiopia.Caritas Switzerland (CACH) has been working in Ethiopia for 50 years. Currently, CACH cooperates with four partners in Ethiopia. CACH has successfully registered as an International Non-Governmental Organization in Ethiopia, enabling it to operate at the project implementation level. CACH's main areas of focus are Climate, Income, Migration, and Humanitarian Aid. CACH’s current working areas are in Oromia, SNNPR, and Tigray, where it supports and implements approximately ten projects.Summary of DutiesThe Community Development&nbsp;Facilitator (focus on Poultry)&nbsp;will be responsible for facilitating and coordinating the overall implementation of activities under the mandate project. The CDF will be responsible for facilitating and coordinating the overall project implementation and community/institutional capacity building activities at field level, which is coordinating the project activities at Kebele and Woreda level. The post holder will work in close coordination and alignments with Partners and Government stakeholders.Expected key results<ul><li>A household resilience package is designed and implemented, to increase income diversification and nutrition.</li><li>Community-specific development initiatives aligned with ecosystem requirements are implemented.</li><li>Innovations for income diversification based on (new) agricultural technologies and knowledge are identified and piloted.</li><li>Enhanced skills and knowledge within the community, enabling effective participation in development initiatives.&nbsp;</li><li>Community participation in planning and implementing projects, fostering ownership and sustainability.</li></ul>Main Areas of ResponsibilityKey Responsibilities<ul><li>Act as a mentor coach and closely accompany community-based Poultry facilitators and Poultry groups in support of the achievement of outcome.&nbsp;</li><li>Being a key driver in the implementation of the expected key results outputs in the community.</li><li>Support the sourcing of key inputs (supply chain) and establishment of sustainable market linkages between value chain/market actors, producers and consumers (under guidance and with the technical support of external consultant &amp; Senior Project Manager).</li><li>Contribute to the implementation of business models in support of HH resilience (under guidance and with the technical support of external consultant &amp; Senior Project Manager).</li><li>Actively contribute with your learnings to improving CACH’s asset-based community approach (good practice documentation; training material improvement; etc.)</li><li>Routine data collection as required; collect, record and share data related to the work (production quality and quantity, sale, income and any change seen because of the project intervention) to supervisors.</li><li>Closely accompany and capacitate community-based Poultry entrepreneurs.&nbsp;</li><li>Assist CACH of all poultry related activities at field level.&nbsp;</li><li>Collaborate with other relevant poultry development actors such as external advisors, research centers and implement their technical advice at field level together with the poultry entrepreneurs and poultry community more broadly.&nbsp;</li><li>Assist the Senior Expert in improving poultry cooperatives management.&nbsp;</li><li>Assist Poultry Cooperatives in implementing chicken and egg processing.&nbsp;</li><li>Assist all elements around Poultry Centers such as infrastructural improvements, monitoring and supervision of infrastructural works.&nbsp;</li><li>Along with community-based poultry entrepreneurs, capacitate Kebele/Woreda level poultry extension workers.&nbsp;</li><li>Support any other project activity if required.</li></ul>Facilitate and coordinate overall project implementation at Kebele/Woreda level<ul><li>Work with the project team, partners and government counterparts to achieve the project outputs/outcomes at his/her specific cluster.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure adequate consultation and participation of Woreda/Kebele and village/community level stakeholders, ensuring active participation of women and youth.&nbsp;</li><li>Facilitate identification of training needs; coordinate and deliver training, business plan development and other services to Cooperative and Unions.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide expertise and advice for community institutions on gender mainstreaming in project scheme.&nbsp;</li><li>Provide direct community support in partnership with government stakeholders.&nbsp;</li><li>Conduct other duties as may be assigned by the Senior Expert.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure conducive working environment and enabling team spirit in the field.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure implementation of capacity building plans in close collaboration with the stakeholders.&nbsp;</li></ul>Play an active role as a member of Caritas Switzerland Project team<ul><li>Identify and explore opportunities to improve project implementation and guarantee its sustainability</li><li>Identify and explore opportunities to grow and expand the country project pipeline, both in relation to the current project (e.g., potential scale-up opportunities, replication in other geographies/regions) or related to new project opportunities.</li><li>Contribute to the implementation of Caritas Switzerland’s strategy.</li></ul>Other related activities<ul><li>Work on the analysis of collected real time data and coordinate communication and facilitate information sharing among the project team, implementing partners, and project beneficiaries at the community level to assist local partners in strengthening the community interest, involvement and support networks.</li><li>Liaise with various community stakeholders and mobilize them to ensure full involvement of community leaders, community representatives, and local government representatives in the overall implementation and improvement of project activities.&nbsp;</li><li>In coordination with the project team support capacity building events for government stakeholders and partners.&nbsp;</li><li>Support the project team in implementing any other activities relating to beekeeping and marketing.</li></ul>Programme approach<ul><li>Use and encourage partners to use participatory approaches and mobile data collection methods as far as possible throughout the project cycle in site identification, implementation, operation and maintenance of schemes.&nbsp;</li><li>Be informed about local context and needs and make use of indigenous knowledge to check the appropriateness proposed activities, technologies and approaches.&nbsp;</li><li>Take account of gender, Do-No-Harm, environment and other important cross-cutting concerns in programme design, implementation and reporting; carry out activities in a way that reflects the needs of specific groups and individual’s e.g. elderly people, women, children and people with disabilities</li></ul>Duty stations:&nbsp;Delomena/ Operational Kebeles&nbsp;Required No.: 1 (one)

Community Development Facilitator – Poultry (100%)

Environment and Natural Resource

Internal/External Vacancy AnnouncementAgriculture Project Officer&nbsp;(100%)Doing the right thing: We are active in Switzerland and 20 countries across four continents. Join us in our commitment to fostering a more caring society, here in Ethiopia.Caritas Switzerland (CACH) has been working in Ethiopia for 50 years. Currently, CACH cooperates with four partners in Ethiopia. CACH has successfully registered as an International Non-Governmental Organization in Ethiopia, enabling it to operate at the project implementation level. CACH's main areas of focus are Climate, Income, Migration, and Humanitarian Aid. CACH’s current working areas are in Oromia, SNNPR, and Tigray, where it supports and implements approximately ten projects.Summary of DutiesThe Agriculture Project Officer (Livestock Expert) will focus on supporting on drought-affected pastoralist communities through various activities, including coordinating slaughter destocking and enhancing animal health services such as vaccination, surveillance, and voucher-based treatments. The expert will lead the training of animal health staffs and community animal health workers (CAHWs) to deliver specialized drought-related services and ensure efficient supply chains for vaccines and medicines. Additionally, the expert will manage livestock feed supplementation, assess local fodder production along perennial rivers, and work with private sector suppliers to implement voucher-based feed support using a market-driven approach. The role also involves promoting climate-smart agriculture, irrigation-based fodder and crop production, and providing advisory services on pest management and alternative income opportunities, with a particular focus on supporting women.Expected key results<ul><li>Improved Animal Health Services: Strengthened capacity of animal health staff and community animal health workers (CAHWs) to deliver drought-related services, with enhanced vaccination, surveillance, and voucher-based treatment programs in place.</li><li>Effective Livestock Feed Distribution: Successful implementation of voucher-based livestock feed support, including concentrate feed, through a market-based approach, ensuring feed availability in remote, drought-affected areas.</li><li>Enhanced Fodder Production: Increased local fodder production along perennial rivers through improved irrigation-based farming practices and conservation of locally produced fodder, supporting livestock feed security.</li><li>Climate-Smart Agricultural Adoption: Adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices and irrigation systems for both fodder and crop production, contributing to resilience against drought and other climate challenges.</li></ul>Main Areas of ResponsibilityKey Responsibilities<ul><li>Coordinate Livestock Health Initiatives: Lead the planning and implementation of vaccination campaigns, disease surveillance, and voucher-based treatment programs to improve animal health in drought-affected regions.</li><li>Train Veterinary Staff and CAHWs: Provide training for animal health staffs and Community Animal health workers (CAHWs) to equip them with the skills necessary for effective drought-related livestock management.</li><li>Manage Livestock Feed Distribution: Oversee the implementation of market-based voucher systems for the distribution of livestock feed supplements.</li><li>Enhance Fodder Production: Assess and promote sustainable fodder production practices, utilizing irrigation systems along perennial rivers to improve livestock feed availability.</li><li>Engage Private Sector Suppliers: Collaborate with private sector partners to facilitate the linkage for voucher-based livestock feed and treatment.</li><li>Support Livelihood Diversification: Assist in developing alternative income-generating opportunities, particularly for women, to enhance economic resilience in the face of drought and livestock losses.</li></ul>Prepare and keep the Database of the beneficiaries up to date.&nbsp;<ul><li>Inform the beneficiaries of the registration procedure.</li><li>Provide input and up-date beneficiary data.</li><li>Prepare lists and distribution cards.</li></ul>Implement and follow up the activities.<ul><li>Implement the planned Livestock and related Livelihood activities.</li><li>Determine and update regularly the material needs for the activities.</li><li>Calculate the necessary quantities of materials and equipment’s and prepare the orders.&nbsp;</li><li>Contribute to the training of the project beneficiaries.&nbsp;</li><li>Set and organize and monitoring systems.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure regularity and punctuality of monitoring, supervision, and reporting.</li><li>Write Daily update, weekly and monthly and quarterly reports; and provide an input for donor reports.&nbsp;</li><li>Ensure the logistics and finance needs are met.</li><li>Write an activity, monthly minute and other necessary reports.</li><li>Make recommendations for improving the project according to activity results.</li><li>Propose new directions for future activities.</li></ul>Sustain internal and external coordination<ul><li>Represent Caritas at all relevant technical external task forces, working groups, seminars or other meetings/forums which have been identified and approved and use these meetings to negotiate strategic, and advocacy positions.</li><li>Explain the project’s activities and objectives to partners and the community.</li><li>Participate in internal and external coordination meetings.</li><li>Integrate and coordinate the work of the community and local partners;</li><li>Supervise the team members.</li><li>Provide the team with technical support.</li><li>Handle other responsibilities and tasks apart from the aforementioned ones as per the order of the line managers.</li></ul>Other and Special tasks<ul><li>Staying up to date with internal and donor as well as government standards and tools.</li><li>Work collaboratively with all departments and units.</li><li>Other duties as assigned to her/him in the scope of his assignment.</li></ul>Duty stations: Gorodola with frequent travel to the project sites&nbsp;Duration of the Project: Six (06) month&nbsp;Required No.: 1 (one)

Agriculture Project Officer (100%)

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