Community Development Officer

A. Job Purpose / Summary

The Community Development Officer is responsible for implementing the MaYEA program in Damot Pulasa District of Wolaita Zone in South Ethiopia Region. S/he will work within the wider MaYEA program team and other staff of SOSSE. S/he is accountable to his/her respective cluster coordinator and coordinates with other SOSSE teams. Moreover, s/he is responsible for the follow-up of the overall MaYEA resource management and communications in the district. The CDO shall pledge adherence to all universal and MasterCard Foundation, SOSSE, Federal and Regional Governments, and program-specific standards and procedures.

B. Duties and Responsibilities

• ·Makes sure the program resources are well managed and effectively utilized for the purpose,
• Prepare annual plans of enterprise development activities of MaYEAP within the district; implement and follow-up the implementation by others; keep proper records and documentations of activities, outputs and outcomes of the enterprise development activities,
• ·Properly implement the MaYEA program with the required quality and magnitude within the districts,
• ·Make sure records are updated and well kept, ad hoc and monthly, quarterly and annual reports are timely produced and communicated to all concerned.
• ·Coordinate, implement and follow up the MaYEAP’s apiculture and allied value chain related interventions of the program and support government employed District Officers, Kebeles Experts, community beekeeping mentors and other stakeholders to improve the quality and quantity of apicultural and allied/associated commodities production.
• Coordinate with the cluster coordinator and cluster officers of the program to plan, implement and follow up the commercialization of existing apiculture enterprises, establish new youth lead apicultural enterprises organize cooperatives and promote contractual farming.
• ·Coordinate with the cluster coordinator and cluster officers of the program to plan, organize, implement and follow up business opportunity identification, business plan development, market studies, input and output market development activities and promote market driven production system that meet quality standards.
• · Coordinate with the cluster coordinator and cluster officers to plan, implement and follow up a youth focused targeting strategy and prioritize young women (at least 80%) and other vulnerable groups (at least 10%) to engage in apiculture based and allied enterprise.
• ·Serve as a liaison between the organization and project community on safeguarding matters.
• ·Ensure the implementation of safe programs by being alert and responsive to safeguarding risks in project communities
• ·Make sure every MaYEAP program’s and related activities in the District are in line with universally accepted safeguarding principles and SOSSE’s and MasterCard Foundation’s safeguarding policies and procedures.

   

C. Qualification and Competence

Educational Background

• · Minimum of BSc Degree in Animal Science, General Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Agri-business, and related fields.

Work Experience

• · Direct experience on agricultural enterprise development especially on apiculture at grass root level is required. A minimum of five years practical work experience is mandatory.
• · Experience in the NGO sector has advantage.

Skills and competencies

• · Ability to work and leave with communities
• · Knowledge and competence of participatory approach and multi-stakeholder engagement facilitation,
• · Gender sensitiveness, inclusiveness, sense of equity and ability to engage and work with young people,
• · Fluency in written and spoken English and the local language (Wolaitgna),
• · Ability to work independently and under tight deadlines,
• · Motorbike riding license & experience,
• · Team sprit with other staff.