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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Senior Advisor Capacity Development / Out scaling  GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement #004/2018 GIZ-SURED-ISFM As an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, the federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH supports the German Government in achieving its development policy objectives. GIZ promotes reforms and change processes. In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 50 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors. The Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP) is one of the Flagship programs of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the Ethiopian government. It has been designed under the long-term (2009-2023) Ethiopia Strategic Investment Framework for Sustainable Land Management (ESIF) and the Agricultural Sector Policy and Investment Framework (PIF). Both are designed to strengthen domestic and foreign support as well as planning of investments that contribute to Ethiopia’s agricultural growth and development agenda for addressing issues related to the existing challenges related to land and water resources. GIZ has been supporting the implementation of SLMP since 2008 in different forms in Amhara, Oromia and Tigray regions. Starting from 2015, GIZ SLM has increased its geographical coverage and included three additional regions, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella and Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples’ Region. GIZ-SURED (Sustainable Use of Resources for Economic Development 2018–2020) will be focussing on the economic development and sustainable utilization of rehabilitated areas. GIZ’s global programme, “Soil protection and rehabilitation for food security” implements two projects in Ethiopia, the “Integrated Soil Fertility Management Project (ISFM+)” in the highlands and the “Afar Soil Rehabilitation Project (ASRP)” in lowland areas. ISFM+ is a component project of  GIZ-SURED while ASRP is part of the GIZ programme “Strengthening Drought Resilience of the Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Population in the Lowlands of Ethiopia”. With complementary funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a new project entitled “Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia – SSHI” aims at providing proof of concept for the impact of leveraged geo-spatial soil, agronomic, and health data on transformational agricultural development. The SSHI project operates under the ISFM+ project and will be implemented with the support of national and international consultants, in close collaboration with government and NGO partners, most importantly the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (MoANR) and the newly established Ethiopian Soil Resource Institute (ESRI). GIZ is seeks an experienced and qualified Senior Advisor Capacity Development/out scaling as per the detail below:-   Position:                         Senior Advisor Capacity Development / Out scaling Remuneration:               As per the GIZ scale Application deadline:    January 13, 2018 Place of Work:               Addis Ababa   Responsibilities Develop, introduce and monitor innovative capacity development (CD) approachesSupervise and coordinate CD for staff of partner institutions, Farmer Research and Extension Groups and Model FarmersLead project out scaling activities in Tigray, Amhara and Oromia     The Senior Advisor performs the following tasks: Tasks Lead the revision of existing and the development of new training materials on integrated soil fertility management and related topicsProvide training of trainers on ISFM technologies and participatory extension & training approaches to partner staffCoach partner staff in demand-driven, result-oriented training and extension approaches In collaboration with ISFM+ staff, support government and NGO partners in the implementation of ISFM activities in SNNPR In collaboration with SURED staff, develop and apply a methodology to monitor the impact of CD measures and their costs Organize and facilitate meetings, workshops and knowledge sharing events and ensure  high quality documentation of these events Support and stand-in for Senior Regional Advisors in Amhara, Tigray and OromiaPerform other tasks given by the project management