Reference No:   REC/097/23

Job title:            Livestock Production and Market Systems Development Advisor

Location:           Addis Ababa, Head Office

Reports to: Livestock Production and Marketing Team lead

Number of Posts 1 (one)

Closing date:    January 04,2024

About GOAL

GOAL’s mission is to work with the most vulnerable communities to help them respond to and recover from humanitarian crises, and to assist them to build transcendent solutions to mitigate poverty and vulnerability.

GOAL is a non-for profit organization that has been working in Ethiopia for over 30 years across all the region of the country towards ensuring the poorest and most vulnerable in our world and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental rights of life, including but not limited to adequate shelter, food and livelihoods, water and sanitation, nutrition, healthcare and education. GOAL implements a range of multi-sectoral development, resilience, recovery and humanitarian responses Programmes by being sensitive to cross-cutting issues including gender, accountably, child protection, HIV/AIDS.

We envision a world where poverty no longer exist, where vulnerable communities are resilient, where barriers to wellbeing are removed and where everyone has equal rights and  opportunities. GOAL Ethiopia’s main donors are Irish Aid, USAID/OFDA, EHF, ECHO and other private donors.

Description of the IFAA Programme 

Ifaa is a five-year initiative (2021 – 2026), implemented by CRS, GOAL, HCS, CCL (Centre for Creative Leadership), Whiz Kids Workshops (WKW) and JHU. The purpose of Ifaa is to improve food security of vulnerable households in targeted PSNP communities, contributing to a sustained reduction in rural poverty in Oromia.  it is supported by USAID/BHA in Ethiopia.

 Ifaa will target 9 woredas (districts) based on poverty, Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) caseload/potential for scale, potential for continuum of response with other programs, partner presence, and opportunity for impact. This includes 9 woredas  in East Hararghe (Babile, Chinaksen, Deder, Fedis, Gursum, Jarso, Melka Belo, Meta, Midega Tola. Ifaa will prioritize pregnant and lactating women (PLW), with a particular focus on first-time mothers, caregivers, and influential community members to ensure children under 5 (CU5) receive adequate nutrition, vulnerable community members are reached, and behaviour change takes root to create lasting change.

The programme has three purposes, CRS as the consortium lead have overall programme and grant management and are responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning using USAID/BHA’s Collaboration, Adaptation & Learning (CLA) approach. The programme components are:

•        Vulnerable households and individuals have enough, quality and diversity of food at all times.

•        Vulnerable community members' livelihoods transformed and

•        PSNP systems deliver accountable, effective, and shock-responsive services.

GOAL will Lead the Livestock component which cut across the three purposes.

About the Position:

The Livestock Production and Market Systems Development Adviser will be responsible to facilitate implementation of intervention/s primarily across all Ifaa/RFSA program team and in close relation with the government and private sector actors in the market system. 

The Livestock Production and Market Systems Development Adviser will be responsible for identifying/selection of relevant and potential market systems for the Ifaa target population, detailed analysis of the selected market systems to identify the root causes (constraints) that affect the performance of the identified market systems (core function, support functions and rules), and to design strategic interventions to address the identified root causes.

The He/She will work closely with Livestock Production and Marketing Team Leader, Financial Inclusion and BDS Manager and senior Livestock Production and marketing officers and partners in the consortium. 

The Livestock Market Systems Development Adviser will also be responsible to train, mentor and follow up implementing partner organization and government staff in order to make sure that the Market systems development approach is well understood and is practiced.  The Adviser will also work with other program teams in GOAL Ethiopia in order to harmonize market system approaches across the organization.

Description of Functional Relation Ships of the role

The Livestock Production and Market Systems Development Adviser will directly report to Livestock production and marketing team lead. S/he will have a horizontal work relationship with Ifaa’s team in CRS and HCS. Will also work with the Senior livestock production and marketing officers. Accordingly, the Livestock production and marketing team leader is the direct Supervisor.

Key Areas of Accountability/Duties

TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP

• Provide technical oversight to Ifaa’s Livestock Production and Marketing team across the consortium members. 

• Facilitate the development and review of Intervention for On and market systems development  activities across the implementation geography and which are  relevant and appropriate to local context

• Research and design promotion strategies for improving livestock production technologies which are suitable for ultra-poor safety net beneficiaries.

• Support analysis of Components market assessments and ensure integrated interventions are designed that will contribute to wider program vision and strategy.

• Work with Team Lead/s to strengthen program systems for integrated planning and implementation across all project partners and stakeholders.

• Partner with the MEAL team and other component senior advisors to facilitate regular review and reflection sessions, integrated and comprehensive interventions implementation with team members, against the program’s theory of change, to understand progress against results and

• Develop deep understanding and mastery of Markets System Development facilitation including coaching, relationship building, communicating, and entrepreneurialism/business understanding and innovating.

 TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND LEARNING

• Provide regular mentoring and technical assistance to team members and implementing partners in the implementation of markets systems activities, including refresher workshops as necessary to ensure approaches are responsive to local context

• Facilitate regular learning sessions related to market system development, grounding examples in Ethiopia’s pastoral area context

•  Provide on-site and remote guidance with respect to market systems activity implementation, ensuring guidance is tailored to local context

In partnership with the MEAL team, facilitate the collection, review and reflection on data related to markets system development; provide feedback and inputs into continuous improvement of market-system monitoring

•           Regularly participate and input into monitoring, research and learning processes with respect to market systems development

•           Support the capture of lessons and best practices, as well as inputs into quarterly report

•           In collaboration with the Financial Inclusion and BDS manager facilitate building private sector partnerships that can further MSD of GOAL Ethiopia

REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:

·       GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with addition benefits.

·       A chance to develop tangible experience.

·       Being part of a team who continue to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people.  

Commitments:

GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations. Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safe guarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other rules and regulation of the organization. GOAL is strongly committed not to harm the people under its care.

GOAL Ethiopia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety of people who involves in its work and demands all staff exhibit the highest commitment. GOAL Ethiopia will verify skills and commitment of the candidate in the assessment process and perform Background reference check.

Job Requirements

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:

Knowledge and experience

• At least 6 years direct experience in relevant working areas (technical support to project activities implementation, working with stakeholders, market development, etc.).  

• Very good professional experience in market systems development and facilitation including M4P; experience in facilitating stakeholders’ engagement including assessment of incentives and capacity (attributes and gaps), specifically facilitating private sector involvement.

• Very good knowledge on enterprise business development policies, procedures including range of business support services such as BDS, financing, sales and marketing;

• Very good understanding of range of enterprises development opportunities; strong networking, partnership and interpersonal skills;

• Familiar with all aspects of the relevant market systems including key actors, job matching service providers, information service providers, employers of different scale, micro-finance institutions (MFIs), banks, Insurances providers, inputs suppliers, small scale producers, traders, intermediary and terminal markets governance frameworks (formal and informal); and all support markets and functions;

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in private sector or working with other agencies in market systems facilitation, livelihood programs, rural development, agribusiness or financial services

• Excellent communication, organizational and prioritization skills and the ability to multi-task and support and/or fill multiple positions at one time.

• Very good experience in the Ethiopian Government’s PSNP program approaches.

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Masters degree in Veterinary sciences, Livestock marketing and Production, Entrepreneurship or other related field, or commensurate private sector or field experience is required

• At least 6/4 years of previous experience in livestock related private business agencies.  

• Able to work independently and act on own initiative.

Success factors:

• Fluent in English and Amharic and Afan Oromo is an advantage

• Business minded, entrepreneurial, adaptive, curious, great problem solving skills, and results oriented.

• Excellent communication skills, facilitation and networking skills with a wide range of private, partner and NGO-sector actors

• Computer literate especially in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

How to Apply

Interested and qualified applicants need to submit ONLY once their non - returnable application with CV for one vacancy. The vacancy reference number along with the title & Duty station need to be written in the application letter

·       Applicants can directly apply online using THIS LINK

GOAL strongly encourages female candidates to apply!

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview and exam.

Shortlisted candidates will need to submit other supporting documents upon request at later stage.

GOAL is not able to contribute towards any costs incurred by candidates during the recruitment process