Organic Liquid Fertilizer Producing PLC (known by the trade name ‘Eco Green’) is a legal entity registered in 2008 in accordance with Commercial Registration and Business License Proclamation number 980/2008 of the FDRE. As the name indicates, the Company produces 100% ORGANIC Liquid Fertilizer which is rich in microbes, improves soil fertility, increases the productivity and quality of the crop, and significantly cuts fertilizer costs. It has been bestowed different national and international awards including, but not limited to, “Prestigious Science Innovation Award in 2007 E.C.” from the hands of the former FDRE Prime Minister H/Mariam Desalegn, “Climate Innovation Prize in 2009 E.C” from Ethiopian Climate Innovation Centre, and “The Best Entrepreneurship of the year Award in 2015 G.C.” from UNDP.

Summary:

Training Assistants in Eco-Green will be involved in identifying and supporting agricultural extension, business skill development for youth, women, or community organizations at the commune level in the intervention area.

The successful applicant will be responsible for coordinating the ECOGREEN project in its respective national regional states Agriculture Bureaus, Zones, Woreda or Kebele. Participate to implementation of agriculture and food security intervention in general and organic fertilizer production and distribution intervention to target beneficiaries, farmers, agro-dealers, agricultural one-stop-shopping (AOSS) etc. in particular. Organize, mobilize and facilitate on implementation of activities with beneficiaries/communities and other stakeholders. The Training Assistants is/are expected to represent us in key events of their respective destination states. The role has a strong focus on ensuring an impactful approach to realize the project goals.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide training in the project target weredas to the beneficiaries
• Collaborate with the baseline survey enumerators to ensure that the value chain activities are captured, taking gender and socio-economic conditions into account.
• Select youth and/or women as value chain specialists. Implement the gender-responsive training program for marketing and business development skills of Eco-Green product distribution and usage.
• Collaborate with team members in introducing the project to regional, zonal, district and local officials.
• Prepare work-plan with project coordinators
• Organize and Coordinate Training Events, Create Training Materials, Clerical Duties, Design Training and Course Schedules, Write Promotional Materials.
• Prepare Conference and Training Rooms.
• Other tasks assigned by immediate line manager/s of Eco-Green

Location: Bahir Dar (1), Adama/Addis Ababa (1), Hawassa (2)

Employment Type: 1 Year Contract with possibility of extension

Career Level: Junior-Level

Reports to: Project Coordinator/s

Job Requirements

Educational Qualifications: Minimum Diploma/TVET/Degree in Agriculture, Plant Science, Horticulture, rural development, food security, and other related fields)

Experience and Skills : Minimum of 2 years of work experience on training

Required skills:

• Relevant training and/or work experience in field of agriculture
• Minimum of 2 years work-related experience (in the fields of plant science, horticulture, food security, livelihoods, community development) is an asset.
• Good analytical capacity
• Good human relation- team spirit- Autonomy
• Good knowledge of the intervention areas, local language and culture
• Strong computer skills, including sound knowledge of Windows and Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluency in oral and written Amharic and English for all; in addition, Oromiffa and Sidamgna is mandatory for Oromia and Sidama National Regional States