Fertilizer Market Analyst Ethiopia

About IFDC

IFDC is a public international organization active in 27 countries in Africa, Asia, and America. IFDC uniquely approaches the global issues of food security and poverty by bridging the gap between research and impact, combining science-based innovations, holistic market systems development, an enabling policy environment, and strategic partnerships to assist farmers and countries to identify and scale sustainable agricultural solutions, including improved nutrient use efficiency. These approaches are needed to boost soil health and crop productivity while reducing the environmental impact of fertilizer use. IFDC translates research into action by using locally driven, environmentally sound, and impact-oriented solutions. With our partners, we seek to close the yield gap, eradicate global hunger, safeguard the soil on which our lives depend, and generate economic resilience for farming households and the countries in which they live.  

The main objective of this role

AfricaFertilizer is seeking to recruit a Fertilizer Market Analyst, who will serve as the key point of contact for AfricaFertilizer activities covering market data and information compilation, reporting and partnership management in Ethiopia.

Responsibilities

1.    Analyze fertilizer statistics on trade (import and export figures), and consumption data production capacities in Ethiopia;

2.    Monitor and report on national and regional fertilizer policy environments including national fertilizer laws, national subsidy programs, fertilizer quality regulations and private sector participation;

3.    Collect, analyze, and disseminate relevant fertilizer market information on public and private tenders, policies, and regulations etc. within Ethiopia;

4.    Collect and report on fertilizer retail prices and market comments monthly for one of AfricaFertilizer’s monthly publication (FertiNews) including trade corridor product movement from Djibouti into Ethiopia;

5.    Develop fertilizer cost chain build ups and process maps for Ethiopia’s main trade corridors;

6.    Monitor and analyze Ethiopia fertilizer market dynamics including key players i.e national distribution channels and hubs, product availability and national pricing mechanisms;

7.    Monitor, analyze, and report on trends in international fertilizer production, procurement, trade and consumption (by product and key crops), and how it affects the fertilizer market in Ethiopia.

8.    Organize and facilitate Ethiopia Fertilizer technical working group, (FTWG) statistics validation workshop annually (Report from one of the FTWG’s for reference);

9.    Provide primary data to feed into the Africa Fertilizer Watch by the 21^st of every month;

10. Build and strengthen/ manage partnerships with regional and national institutions, key industry partners, and stakeholders;

11. Identify possible fund-raising avenues for AfricaFertilizer when they occur and communicate this to the program team through the Program Lead and business development team;

12. Update the Ethiopia country dashboard on a monthly/quarterly basis based on data availability.

Reporting and Work Relationships

The Fertilizer Market Analyst will report to the AfricaFertilizer Program Lead or their designee.

The role will collaborate closely with other projects within IFDC Ethiopia office, as needed.

Location

This is a national recruitment with a duty station at the IFDC office based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Salary Clause

The salary grade for this position is BG 7 with a starting salary of ETB 106,616.45 gross per month.

The determination of new employee salaries takes into account various factors. These include the salary range linked to the assigned job grade, the candidate's qualifications in relation to the job's responsibilities and prerequisites, internal fairness, the competitive state of the job market, as well as potential organizational and budgetary considerations

Benefits

IFDC's benefits include annual and sick leave, health and group life insurance coverage, a 13th-month salary, social security and pension contribution in compliance with local laws and end-of-contract benefits.

Diversity Clause

IFDC is committed to fostering, cultivating, and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, and offers equal employment opportunities based on ability, performance, and potential. Equal opportunity is integral to the recruitment and selection practices at IFDC. IFDC recognizes the value in recruiting employees with different backgrounds, knowledge, experiences, perspectives, and beliefs. IFDC recognizes and values the contribution of people with a diverse background in capabilities, experience, and perspectives. Diversity encompasses gender, age, experience, education, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and cultural backgrounds as well as other dimensions such as lifestyle and family responsibilities.

About Program/Project

AfricaFertilizer is an initiative led by the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) which began activities in 2010. The Initiative implements activities across the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region with current support and funding from the International Fertilizer Association (IFA), The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and USAID Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (BRFS). Key technical partners include Development Gateway (through the BMGF VIFAA Project), Wallace & Associates, the Africa Union Commission (AUC) and also receives technical and financial support from other projects implemented by IFDC in the field of fertilizer market development and soil fertility improvement, such as the Feed the Future EnGRAIS project in West Africa and the Soils Consortium project funded by the USAID Bureau of Resilience and Food Security.

AfricaFertilizer’s Vision is to be the leading provider of fertilizer data and information for Africa

to support market transparency, improved decision making, for a more prosperous agriculture

sector. AfricaFertilizer’s Mission is to be the provider of reliable, high-quality, unbiased data and

information on fertilizer and soil fertility issues in Africa for promotion of sustainable agriculture in the Continent. To accomplish this, AfricaFertilizer is progressively working to develop, manage, facilitate and share technical and market information on fertilizers in Africa to support the implementation of continental, regional and national agricultural policies and regulations that benefit both the public and private sector, including smallholder farmers and

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Required Skills

1. Good communication skills;
2. Excellent report-writing skill in English language;
3. Must possess deductive reasoning skills and the ability to analyze and synthesize information for effective problem-solving.

Required Experience

1.  Bachelor’s degree in agriculture, agribusiness, economics, or any other closely relevant field. Master’s or professional training is an added advantage;
2. Relevant work experience of 4-5 years in data analysis and expertise specific to the fertilizer industry, particularly the Ethiopian fertilizer market, is mandatory.;
3. Strong networks and working relationships with actors in the fertilizer sector including but not limited to The Ethiopia Agricultural Business Corporation (EABC), main private fertilizer companies, relevant Ministry officials (Agriculture/statistics etc.) port and custom officials and bureau of statistics etc. within Ethiopia is required.