Key responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall implementation, including functional administrative and financial management of the project activities,
• Participate in identification and development of market strategies for the project activities in line with its overall program objectives; and take the overall technical responsibility for market promotion of economically feasible products and lead marketing assessment or research;
• Based on the gender policy of the organization prepare gender focused detail action plan and followup its implementation across the project implementations;
• Review the action plans of the different components and work with the project staff to fully integrate/mainstream gender issues within them based on overall objectives of the project;
• Provide support from the Program Manager on an ongoing basis to ensure follow-up of the action plans and resolution of any problems that may occur. Encourage all concerned to ensure gender main streaming within the activities of the project;
• Carry out tracking of gender balance / marginalized group participation in all project meetings and events including setting up systems with the woredas;

JOB REQUIREMENT

Qualification and Skills: The post holder is expected to have M.Sc. or B.Sc. Degree in Agricultural Economics, Marketing / Business Management, and related fields with 5 or 3 yrs relevant practical experience respectively, preferably in the NGO Sector