Field of activity

The special initiative 'Training and Employment' (SIAB) aims to improve the conditions for sustainable economic and employment growth and to promote investment in partner countries in Africa. The project 'Job partnerships and SME funding: Cluster funding agricultural and food industry' in Ethiopia (SIAB II) focuses on strengthening medium-sized companies in clusters of the agricultural and food industry. The focus is on the environment of the so-called integrated agro-industrial parks (Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks, IAIP), ie on the economic space between the IAIP and agricultural production.

Your tasks

• Accompanying a cooperative association in the development of a high quality service offering for the surrounding agro-industrial companies
• Strengthening the technical, organizational and participatory capacities of the cooperative association and, if applicable, its member companies
• Support of the project component 'business services and cluster infrastructure'
• Support in dialogue formats with private companies and the operators of rural transformation centers
• Knowledge management support

your profile

• Completed studies or completed training in the field of agricultural economy, agricultural management, agricultural and food industry, organizational development or similar
• Several years of professional experience within or in connection with private business associations and / or companies in the agricultural industry
• High understanding of the agricultural sector and of agricultural value chains
• Very good self-organization skills, reliable, independent and structured way of working

• Tags

  capacity development

  entrepreneurship

  gender mainstreaming

• Experience in working with local partners to design and develop common solutions as well as networking and teamwork
• Experience abroad and experience working in intercultural contexts
• Sensitivity to gender and conflict issues
• Fluent in English and German, knowledge of Amharic is an advantage

Location information

In order to do justice to the peculiarities of use in a location with a fragile security situation, GIZ offers an additional, attractive performance system.

Under the following link you will find information about living and working in Ethiopia.

The security situation requires increased vigilance. Special precautionary measures apply to GIZ employees on site. The GIZ security measures must be followed at all times. Please also find out about country-specific information from the Federal Foreign Office.

GIZ is on site with professional security risk management.

Occasionally there are special restrictions on freedom of movement for the work environment.

GIZ does not restrict family members from leaving the country. We ask you, if necessary, to find out which forms of relationships are legally and socially accepted in the country of assignment.

Hints

The GIZ development service welcomes applicants with completed vocational training and / or a degree who have at least two years of relevant professional experience. You also have German citizenship or the nationality of another EU member state.

Please understand that we can only accept and process applications via our e-recruiting system. After confirming the successfully created application, we ask you to check your spam / junk folder regularly, as e-mails from our eRecruiting system are classified as spam by some providers.

Here you can get an overview of our service packages.

Our benefits

• We are a service provider of international cooperation for sustainable development and work worldwide for a future worth living. We support projects in more than 130 countries in order to achieve sustainable goals together with our partners.
• At the beginning of your work there is an induction and preparation phase that gives you initial insights into GIZ and lays the foundations for the upcoming assignment as well as establishing contacts and networks.
• Extensive examinations and precautionary measures (e.g. when hiring, before leaving the country, during a stay in a country of deployment, in an emergency) are a matter of course for our employees and family members traveling with them.
• As a development worker, you can use the project vehicle for trips to school or to the doctor or get a monthly mobility fee as a replacement. Private trips with the project vehicle are also possible with the approval of the manager.
• As a development worker, you will receive a wide range of other benefits in addition to the basic maintenance allowance (e.g. foreign allowance, family allowances, private group health insurance).
• To enable you to prepare for your development aid mission and your departure, you will receive a leave of absence after your preparation time in Germany.
• For children under the age of 14 who are traveling with dependent children, we cover a large part of the childcare costs, provided that your partner does not travel with you and does not work as a development assistant or integrated specialist. Costs for kindergarten or schooling are mostly covered.
• We reimburse your rental costs based on the country-specific rent index and pay an additional equipment and furnishing fee.
• You and your family members traveling with you are insured through us with health and liability insurance, and your family members are also insured against accidents. For crisis countries, we have a comprehensive risk management system for your protection that minimizes personal dangers and risks.

We are a service provider of international cooperation for sustainable development and work worldwide for a future worth living. In more than 130 countries, we support projects so that we can achieve sustainable goals together with our partners. and network development., Extensive examinations and precautionary measures (e.g. when hiring, before leaving the country, while staying in a country of assignment, in an emergency) are a matter of course for our employees and family members traveling with them., As a development worker, you receive , in addition to the basic maintenance allowance, Comprehensive additional benefits (e.g. foreign allowance, family allowances, private group health insurance). So that you can prepare for your development aid mission and your departure, you will receive an exit holiday after your preparation time in Germany., For children under 14 who are traveling with dependent children We cover a large part of the childcare costs, provided your partner does not travel with you and is not working as a development assistant or integrated specialist. Costs for kindergarten or school attendance are mostly covered., We reimburse your rental costs based on the country-specific rent index and pay an additional equipment and furnishing fee., As a development worker, you can use the project vehicle for trips to school or to the doctor or get a monthly mobility fee as a replacement. Private journeys with the project vehicle are also possible with the approval of the manager. You and your family members traveling with you are insured through us with health and liability insurance and your family members are also insured against accidents. For crisis countries, we have a comprehensive risk management system for your protection that minimizes personal dangers and risks.

about us

We offer you to work in an innovative, global development agency. Your skills are required in an interdisciplinary team on site. They advise state and civil society organizations at local and municipal level. The GIZ development service offers a comprehensive service package. This includes targeted professional and personal preparation. The development aid law (EhfG) forms the basis for the posting of specialists in the development service.

Contact & application

Customer portal of the recruitment and follow-up department +49 6196 / 79-3200kundenportal-rueckfragen@giz.de

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