Livestock Production and Marketing Officer

OB OPPORTUNITY

Internal/External

Reference No:  

REC/023/24

Job title:           

Livestock Production and Marketing Officer

Location:          

East Hararghe -Oromia

Reports to:

Senior Livestock Production and Marketing Officer

Number of Posts

1 (One)

Closing date:   

April 22, 2024

Description of the IFAA Programme:

Ifaa is a five-year initiative (2021 – 2026), implemented by CRS, CCL (Centre for Creative Leadership) GSAP (Global Sustainable Aid Project), GOAL, Harar Catholic Service (HCS  Whiz Kids Workshops (WKW) and Johns Hopkins University, School of Public Health (JHSPH)

. The purpose of Ifaa is to improve food security of vulnerable households in targeted PSNP communities, contributing to a sustained reduction in rural poverty in Oromia.  it is supported by USAID/BHA in Ethiopia.

 Ifaa will target 9 woredas (districts) based on poverty, Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) caseload/potential for scale, potential for continuum of response with other programs, partner presence, and opportunity for impact. This includes eight woredas  in East Haraghe (Babile, Chinaksen, Deder, Fedis, Gursum, Jarso, Melka Belo, Meta, Midega Tola. Ifaa will prioritize pregnant and lactating women (PLW), with a particular focus on first-time mothers, caregivers, and influential community members to ensure children under 5 (CU5) receive adequate nutrition, vulnerable community members are reached, and behaviour change takes root to create lasting change.

The programme has three purposes, CRS as the consortium lead have overall programme and grant management and are responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning using USAID/BHA’s Collaboration, Adaptation & Learning (CLA) approach. The programme components are:

• Vulnerable households and individuals have enough, quality and diversity of food at all times.
• Vulnerable community members' livelihoods transformed and
• PSNP systems deliver accountable, effective, and shock-responsive services.

GOAL will Lead the Livestock component which cut across the three purposes.

DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE

The Livestock Production & Marketing Officer will support the programme refinement, design and implementation considering appropriate approaches including Graduation Approach & Market system Development. He/she will facilitate  relevant  assessment, participate in co-design, co-invest and manage multiple partnerships with Private Sector Partners (PSP) to increase access to livestock and crop inputs to support production and to link livestock and crop producers to market players in pastoral and agro-pastoral communities. The post holder is required to have existing knowledge and connections to livestock and crop markets and their players. The post holder will manage private partners operating in his/her operational areas, be able to work independently, be solution orientated and have a business and livestock background and the life and professional experience to work appropriately with SMEs and consortium partners.

Description of Functional Relation Ships of the role

The Livestock production and marketing officer will directly report to Area programme manager and will have technical reporting line with Livestock production and Marketing team leader. S/he will also have a horizontal work relationship with HCS’s Ifaa technical team.  

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY/DUTIES  

1.     Livestock  market assessments

To have a detailed understanding of how the livestock and production and market systems work in pastoral and farming communities, the opportunities, constraints, and key players.

·       Actively participate with the Ifaa team in the livestock  market assessments and micro-nutrient improved animal feed/fodder

·       Keep the relevant value chain  assessment slide deck up to date and review regularly.

·       In collaboration with the Sr. Livestock Production and Marketing officer, review secondary data, including data from the previous DFSA project to inform various assessment.

·       Provide up to date information to the Sr. Production and Market Officer and to the consortium team on the livestock market systems and support linkages between the different Ifaa project components.

2.     Livestock  market input systems (Production)

To identify and manage partnerships with livestock input providers to extend access to productive inputs an003d skills to pastoral and farming communities.

·       Develop professional relationships with multiple livestock input service providers.

·       Collaboratively with Livestock production and market team, map production service players against the incentive and capacities matrix to identify providers with increased will and skill to extend distribution systems to pastoral and  farming communities.

·       Leveraging the data from the market assessments, co-design co-investment proposals with livestock input service providers to extend their reach towards pastoral and farming communities.

·       Manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not) and take successful initiatives to scale.

·       Ensure all partnerships follow GOAL’s SME partnership guidelines, are documented, appropriately approved, closed out and filed.

3.     Livestock output market systems (Marketing)

To identify and manage partnerships with livestock and crop output providers to extend access to markets, value addition and skills to pastoral and agro-pastoral communities.

·       Develop professional relationships with multiple livestock and crop marketing / value addition service providers.

·       Collaboratively with the Sr. Livestock production and Market officer, and the financial inclusion/BDS manager, map marketing / value addition players against the incentive and capacities matrix to identify providers with increased will and skill to increase marketing / value addition systems to pastoral and ago pastoral communities.

·       Leveraging the data from the market assessments, co-design co-investment proposals with livestock marketing / value addition service providers to extend their reach towards pastoral and farming communities.

·       Manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not) and take successful initiatives to scale.

·        Ensure all partnerships follow GOAL’s SME partnership guidelines, are documented, appropriately approved, closed out and filed.

4.     Linkages to financial services including Business Development Services (BDS)

To identify private sector partners who have capacity to grow and extend access to goods and services in the livestock market systems.

·       Identify existing private sector partners who have the incentive and capacity to absorb and benefit from a BDS engagement (capacity building) and link with the Sr financial inclusion/BDS manager

·       Identify existing private sector partners who have financial / investment requirements and link with the Sr financial inclusion/BDS manager.

In collaboration with the Sr livestock production and marketing implementing partners on the ground identify livestock producers who require financial services and link to the Sr financial inclusion/BDS manager

5.     Micro-nutrient improved input systems

To identify and manage partnerships with micro-nutrient improved  input providers to extend access to inputs and skills to pastoral and farming communities.

·       Develop professional relationships with improved  input providers.

·       In collaboration with the Sr. livestock Production and Marketing Officers, map input supply players against the incentive and capacities matrix to identify providers with increased will and skill to increase distribution systems to pastoral and ago pastoral communities.

·       With the help of the Sr. livestock Production and Market Officer, review data from the market assessments, co-design co-investment proposals with micro-nutrient improved crop service providers to extend their reach towards pastoral and agropastoral communities.

·       Team-up with the Sr. Livestock Production and Market Officer to manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not) and take successful initiatives to scale.

·        Ensure all partnerships follow GOAL’s SME partnership guidelines, are documented, appropriately approved, closed out and filed.

 Collaboration, learning and adaptation (CLA)

To manage joint initiatives adaptively to identify what work (and what does not), take successful initiatives to scale and contribute to learning in livestock production and marketing for pastoral and farming communities within the consortium and more broadly within the sector.

·       Work collaboratively with the MEAL team to ensure the monitoring and evaluation plan (as regards livestock production & marketing), is fit for purpose, and reflects all internal and donor reporting requirements.

·       Work collaboratively with the Sr. Livestock Production and Market Officer and with the MEAL team to develop the production and marketing learning questions and ensure that appropriate data is being collected and analyzed.

·       Through the guidance and support from the Sr. Livestock Production and Marketing officer, produce at least one production and marketing learning brief each year, prior to the annual learning event

·       Collaboratively with the Sr. Livestock Production and Market Officer, set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) within livestock production and marketing provider partners proposals which align with private sector partners own information systems and contribute to project indicators.

·       Manage joint initiatives with livestock production and marketing service provider partners adaptively, monitoring KPI very regularly to know what is working and what is not, adapt initiatives and either stop those that are not working or take to scale those that are.

·       Convene at least quarterly informal learning events with key stakeholders (e.g. government, communities / civil society and financial service providers and private sector partners), to reflect on what is working and what is not.

·       Plan and manage the livestock production and marketing content and participants for the Ifaa annual learning event.

·       Review and report livestock production and marketing data on a monthly basis and report to the Sr. Livestock Production & Marketing officer.