Overview

Supports the management and implementation of the Digital Trade Growth project in Ethiopia, focusing on inception and pilot phases.

Tasks Summary

• Participates in project development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Monitors and analyzes project development and implementation.
• Reviews relevant documents and reports.
• Identifies problems and issues and proposes corrective actions.
• Liaises with relevant parties and identifies and tracks follow-up actions.
• Performs consulting assignments, including planning and facilitating workshops.
• Assists in developing action plans for pilot interventions and future programme design.
• Researches, analyzes, and presents information from diverse sources.
• Contributes to market systems analysis, ecosystem mapping, and sector diagnostics.
• Assists in policy development, including review and analysis of issues and trends.
• Prepares evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Undertakes survey initiatives and analytical assessments.
• Designs data collection tools.
• Reviews, analyzes, and interprets responses.
• Prepares conclusions and recommendations.
• Prepares written outputs, including draft background papers and analytical sections of reports.
• Provides substantive support to meetings, conferences, and workshops.
• Undertakes outreach activities and contributes to training workshops and seminars.
• Makes presentations on assigned topics and activities.
• Participates in or leads field missions.
• Coordinates activities related to budget and funding at the national level.
• Prepares related documentation and inputs.
• Performs other duties as required.

Experience Requirements

• A minimum of five years of relevant experience in project or programme management, administration or related area is required.
• Experience working on projects in the digital and agricultural sectors, especially in Ethiopia is desirable.
• Experience working on projects following a Market Systems Development approach is desirable.
• Experience in Trade Related Technical Assistance in developing countries is desirable.
• Experience advising companies on export, investment or business development is desirable.
• Experience engaging with senior government officials, policymakers, the private sector, and civil society is desirable.
• Experience in partnership building and effective fundraising is desirable.

Qualification Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in business administration, management, economics or a related field.
• A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.

Other Details

Languages Required: • Fluency in English, (both oral and written) is required

Languages Preferred: • Knowledge of another UN official language is an advantage

Contract Duration: 11 months, with possibility of extension

Work Modality: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Remuneration: