Senior Project Officer-Farmer to Farmer Full Time

• Job Title:         Senior Project Officer-Farmer to Farmer
• Duty Station:          Addis Ababa
• Department:           Programs
• Job grade:               8
• Reports To:      Program Manager II– Farmer to Farmer
• Number required:   1(one)
• Term of employment: Definite term for Maternity Cover (i.e. up to August 31, 2025)
• Country/Location:   CRS Ethiopia

Job Summary:

As a senior Project Coordinator for the Farmer to Farmer (F2F) project in Ethiopia, you will facilitate the achievement of project objectives through coordinating and reporting on all project activities and providing technical guidance and advice to volunteer technical experts, host organizations and implementing partner(s) advancing Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your coordination and relationship management skills will ensure that the project for which you are responsible applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist implementation of the F2F project activities as outlined in the detailed implementation plan in line with CRS program quality principles and standards, donor requirements, and good practices.
• Ensure learning properly accompanies project activities throughout the project cycle. Support accountability through coordinating project evaluation activities and guiding hosts and partners in their efforts to reflect on project experiences. Analyze implementation challenges and report any inconsistencies and/or gaps to inform adjustments to plans and implementation schedules.
• Coordinate and oversee working relationships with all local project host organizations and stakeholders and serve as the liaison between them and the volunteer experts to mobilize local actors and promote project activities and impact.
• Supervise and perform ad-hoc inspections of various processes and resources at project sites to ensure timely project activities implementation and adherence to established process standards and procedures. Ensure proper tracking of resource use for project activities through periodic budget reviews and follow-up with and assistance to implementing partner.
• Support and coordinate capacity building and technical support activities to ensure assigned project activities are implemented per project guidelines and standards.
• Coordinate provision of any logistical and administrative support to F2F volunteer experts, host organizations and partners.
• Ensure project documentation for assigned activities is complete with all required documents and is filed per agency and donor requirements. Assist with preparation of trends analysis reports and documentation of case studies and promising practices.
• Take a leading role in engaging with USAID and other IPs during country project director’s absence, participating in Feed the Future Implementing Partners meetings
• In close collaboration with the Program Manager and other in country Programs, oversee F2F integration with other CRS programming in Ethiopia
• Lead in establishing partnership linkages/engagement roles with the private sector at the higher end of the value chains as described in the F2F country project strategies
• Support CP in new business development as and when required