Ethiopia Government Relations and Program Support Coordinator (Fixed-Term)
One Acre Fund
Ethiopia
Role description
About One Acre Fund
About the Role
Debre Berhan TownResponsibilities
- Serve as the primary day-to-day liaison with woreda and zonal project focal persons (FP) and other government stakeholders.
- Proactively identify government relations issues at the woreda and kebele levels by maintaining close communication with the program team, particularly Tree Officers (TOs) and Cluster Leads (CLs), and work with relevant government stakeholders to resolve them in a timely manner.
- Participate in the weekly cluster lead meetings to understand GR challenges that may exist in the field and resolve them on time by leveraging run alignment meetings with woreda and zonal FPs as needed
- Attend other government meetings as directed by the Senior Partnerships Associate
- Update contacts and meeting notes on Customer Relationship Management tool
- Leverage networks and knowledge of the landscape to help identify opportunities to expand and/or improve One Acre Fund’s work
- Gather inputs for quarterly reports from department leads or their designee
- Write and develop clear and concise quarterly reports that track progress and inform project stakeholders.
- Coordinate the review from his manager, incorporate comments, and finalize the report.
- Coordinate the submission of the reports to the woreda and zonal project signatory offices.
- Prepare project mid-term and terminal reports.
- Prepare outgoing letters for woredas as needed.
- Identify, monitor, and obtain all compliance requirements at the woreda and zonal government level and submit documents as required.
- Monitor the assistance provided by woreda FPs and DAs to OAF operations on a weekly basis using a tracker
- Evaluate results and resolve issues in consultation with Woreda SHs and zonal focal persons.
- Ensure that the woreda FPs and DAs are fulfilling their roles and responsibilities as per prior agreements with One Acre Fund
- Follow up and ensure the woreda office of agriculture takes appropriate actions on the focal persons and DAs with underperformance issues.
- Participate in the resolution of identified issues/risks with manager support.
- Troubleshooting of Woreda Government Relations in consultation with the Senior Partnerships Specialist and with escalation,
- Provide GR capacity-building trainings to field team at least once a year
- Support on GR orientation and onboarding of new Woreda and Kebele employees,
- Co-lead project launch, mid-term, and terminal workshops
- Support/facilitate field visits and events for external stakeholders.
- Provide other administrative support as needed
- Other Partnerships and Program projects as assigned by your supervisor (when time and skill allow)
Career Growth and Development
Qualifications
- University degree
- Minimum three years of work experience
- At least one year of partnerships or communications work experience
- Worked and lived in the North Shewa Zone for at least two years
- Experience in Independently facilitating and organizing workshops
- Some public speaking or training delivery or teaching experience
- Very good report writing, communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent attention to details
- Willingness to travel to rural kebeles using public transport
- Professional and formal demeanor
- Good problem-solving skills and ability to learn quickly
- Challenge anticipation skills
- Good computer skills—in email, Excel and Word
- Fluent in English, Amharic (both written and spoken)
- University Degree in a related subject (Agriculture, Natural Resource Management, Communication, Management, Law, etc.)
- Experience working in the agriculture sector, particularly within the agricultural extension system or in natural resource management (NRM).
- Experience managing projects and/or teams.
- Experience designing, implementing, or coordinating agricultural pilot projects or field trials.
- Experience working within or closely with government institutions.
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders, including government agencies, NGOs, community organizations, and development partners.