Regional Operations Director – OATC

Job Description

BACKGROUND:

The Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute (ATI) is a strategy and delivery-oriented government Institute created to help accelerate the growth and transformation of the country’s agriculture sector. The ATI envisions to be the leading center of innovative solutions for the transformation of Ethiopian Agriculture by 2030.

The Institute focuses on two primary national approaches to catalyze agricultural transformation. First, we support the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), its affiliate institutions, and other partners to identify and address systemic bottlenecks within an Agricultural Transformation Agenda. Second, we support Regional Governments to accelerate the development of high-priority commodity value chains in clearly defined geographic clusters, through the Agricultural Commercialization Clusters (ACC) Initiative.

Our major activities include conducting strategic and analytical studies, providing technical implementation support, coordinating platforms to better integrate partners and projects, and designing and directly leading a number of implementation projects. Our headquarters are in Addis Ababa, and we have regional offices in Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama, South-West, and Tigray regional offices, allowing us to work closely with a wide range of public, private and development sector partners across the country.

Our Culture

We have an exceptional team of highly competent employees with a proven track record of success in managing complex activities and achieving transformational results.  Our culture is one where talented, dedicated and adaptable individuals are committed to doing their best and exhibit great team work to achieve excellent results. 

At ATI, we provide an exceptional platform for people who want to achieve their highest potential and make a meaningful contribution in changing the country’s agricultural sector.  We offer rewarding work in a young, fast-paced growing organization with passionate, committed, motivated colleagues and excellent career development and training.  We recognize our most valuable assets are our staff and are committed to providing our employees with the tools, training and mentorships necessary to achieve their career goals.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Regional Operations Director will be responsible for managing the regional office finance, HR, IT, and logistics helping and creating operational and program budgets in collaboration with the RSD and Program Director.  Directly reporting to the RSD and serving as a member of the regional management team, this position’s primary responsibility is ensuring regional ATI office effectiveness by providing leadership for the regional office operations functions.

The role of the Regional Operations Director involves monitoring all operations personnel at the regional level to

• Ensure procurements are in accordance with the policies and procedures of ATI and other legal frameworks,
• Monitor the efficiency and effective transport services/logistics to achieve company transport and logistical objectives,
• Ensure financial processes are in alignment with financial guidelines of ATI and other legal national frameworks in addition to making sure financial objectives are met, and
• Ensure effective provision of IT services to regional staff.
• Ensure Human Resources and administration services are provided efficiently in the region.

The Regional Operations Director will report directly to the Regional Senior Director.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Provide direction and support to regional operations staff incl. mentoring
• Develop and manage the annual budget for the regional office
• Undertake performance appraisal for regional operations staff
• Manage and maintain the internal systems of ATI for operational effectiveness at the regional level
• Manage regional procurement process in line with international and Government of Ethiopia standards.
• Manage HR, IT, Logistics, and Procurement process and ensure it adheres to internal and external policies
• Monitor adherence to internal and external controls by the Regional Operations team and prepare and submit periodic reports on Regional Operations performance to Operations Senior Director
• Increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Support Services through improvements to each function
• Review and approve financial requests on ERP
• Manage any additional duties by the Senior Management Team or supervising Senior Director

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Public Administration, organizational development, or other related fields
• At least 12 years combined experience in Operations related roles (Admin, HR, Finance, Procurement, Logistics, and IT), of which at least 6 years worked in a leadership or senior management role
• Strong understanding of legal, administrative, and operational standards and procedures in the Ethiopian context
• Track record in organizational development, systems creation, and management, leadership of complex organizations, etc.
• Demonstrable experience in developing, implementing, and managing HR, IT, procurement, logistics and/or administrative systems
• Experience in building a strong team to whom significant responsibilities are delegated
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, strong interpersonal skills
• Flexibility, adaptability, and culturally sensitive
• Good working knowledge of communications systems
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary, diverse staff, and multi-sector environment
• Strong team player, highly energetic, self-motivated, goal-oriented and committed to shared goals
• Excellent adaptive problem-solver in a challenging environment
• Strong set of personal values, including integrity, honesty and desire to be of service
• Ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment with an emphasis on high performance, accountability and results
• Ability to work under pressure, long work hours, and high workload
• Ability to independently organize work and prioritize tasks
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Proficiency in English language & Amharic and the local language is required.

HOW TO APPLY

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

We invite all candidates meeting the required qualifications to submit (i) a cover letter and (ii) a CV (maximum 5 pages) to https://apply.ata.gov.et

It is mandatory to mention the position title under the subject line of your cover letter.

Please DO NOT submit scans of certificates with your application.

Women are highly encouraged to apply.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.