GIZ –InS P4F EWCP 2

Announcement Number 002/22

Field of activity

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (English: German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH), often shortened to simply GIZ, is a German development agency that provides services in the field of international development cooperation and international education work. GIZ's main commissioning party is Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Other commissioners include European Union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector, and governments of other countries.

Expanding on the successes of its first phase, the Ethiopian Wild Coffee project funded by P4F will pursue a private sector driven approach to expand the volumes of coffee that the participating companies process and market. Shared intervention areas and objectives include making the value chains more transparent, enabling full traceability of sourced coffee to the various wild coffee regions, expanding certification of higher priced premium wild coffee, and strengthening the positioning of the Ethiopian wild coffee in the local and international markets.

Summaries of duties and Responsibility:

The incumbent of this point has the main responsibility for the:
Coordination of the project activities under the guidance of the team leader.
Communication with local stakeholders of the coffee sector on site (cooperatives, unions, local authorities)
Delivering of basic training and follow up of specific training to beneficiaries’ farmers, coops, unions, and local actors.
Monitoring and reporting on the overall project activities.
Follow GIZ rules and regulations in the work process.

Tasks:

Coordination and implementation of the project activities on site under the guidance of the team leader

Keep local stakeholders informed about the project
To gather and process all incoming information and share it with the relevant stakeholders
To keep contact with unions, traders, cooperatives, farmers and local officials/authorities involved in the coffee value chain
To keep the contact with all projects working in the coffee sector at the local level
To coordinate the implementation of project activities on the site
To support project partners in specific activities in the implementation site according to the project operational plan

Communication with stakeholders of coffee sector at the field areas

To be aware of what is being done locally and nationally in the coffee sector
To create network among actors at the field level in the coffee sector and to integrate the Tea and Coffee Authority at the local level
To feed the national coffee forum and workshop at national level with accurate information from the site

Analysis of value chain (focus on coffee)

To analyses the coffee value chain from the production to the client/end market
To identify gaps and bottle necks in this value chain
To address these gaps and try to sort them out to contribute to the ‘’formalization’’ of the value chain

Capacity building to the people along the value chain

To assess needs for capacity building for the field level operation
To implement basic training activities for the stakeholders according to the operational plan
To coordinate the implementation of training events with specialized trainers
To follow up training results
To identify further training needs and include them in the project plan

Monitoring and reporting on the project’s activities in the site

To carry out/be part of the field monitoring based on established monitoring system
To undertake field level activities’ reporting based on the established reporting system
To actively participate in a knowledge management culture with regards to local settings

Other responsibilities

To support and manage the field level administration tasks of the project
To ensure that the rules and regulations of GIZ are always followed and respected
To keep on regular contact with Addis Ababa project office for all sort of information exchange.

Required No: One (1) for each zone

Duty Station: Illubabor, Bale in Oromia region, Kaffa in SNNP region

Job Requirements

Qualifications

Bachelors and/or master’s degree in Agriculture, agro economics, Natural Resource Management, Plant science with economics understanding, in relation to forest coffee.
Minimum of 5 years professional experience in the value chain development in the coffee sector and in an international/local NGO or cooperation body
Understanding of forest management and forest landscape restoration with associated alternative income options
Have proven communication skills and organized reporting as per the planned activities progresses
Good mastering of spoken and written English and Amharic (Oromifa for Bale, Illuababor, Kaffa for Kaffa is required)
Good understanding of the local settings, socio-cultural and coffee forest landscapes.
Previous GIZ experience is an asset.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants shall submit their application letter marking name of the position and zone. The application is made along with a non-returnable current CV and credentials to the following address gizinsvacancy17@yahoo.com.

Only short-listed applicants who are considered for the position will be contacted.

Specify which zone (1 of the 3) you are applying for.

Further information on GIZ International Services

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Field Coordinator in Forest Coffee Value Chain