FDRE Ministry of Agriculture

Chief Executive Officer

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Chief Executive Officer

Mr Tesema GebreMedhen

Duties and Responsibilities

The Chief Executive Officer will be accountable to the Minister and will have the following duties and responsibilities:-

By strategically planning and coordinating sector activities, establishing operational frameworks, evaluating and overseeing sector operations, and facilitating capacity-building initiatives and support activities, it ensures effective management of the sector. This includes preparing strategic plans, annual sector plans, and implementation budgets for the institution's operations, meticulously evaluating and approving them before distribution to relevant stakeholders.

It monitors performance, provides supervision, and coordinates activities to ensure resources—including budgetary allocations and human resources—are effectively utilized for their intended purposes. Evaluating the performance of executives within the sector, it ensures accurate reporting and approves results accordingly. It designs strategies to modernize sector practices, implementing improvements and assessing outcomes.

The evaluation, approval, and motivation of executives and professionals who excel, along with strategies to enhance skills where gaps exist, are integral to its approach. Regular assessment of project timelines, costs, and quality ensures adherence to standards. It compiles and submits comprehensive sector performance reports to relevant authorities for review and action.

Executives Duties and responsibilities

The Procurement Executive will have the following duties and responsibilities:-

Responsible for directing procurement performance activities and establishing effective local and international procurement systems, it ensures adherence to quality, timeliness, and quantity requirements essential for institutional needs.

Aligning procurement plans with the institution’s strategic goals and budgetary constraints, it prepares and monitors annual procurement plans, evaluating their execution and ensuring accuracy before distribution. Organizing the procurement department with necessary resources, it fosters a conducive work environment and directs, coordinates, and supervises departmental employees.

Evaluating employee performance, identifying skills gaps, and providing necessary support, it ensures operational efficiency. Implementing modern procurement strategies and overseeing their application, it enhances practices and monitors outcomes.

Ensuring compliance with government procurement regulations and fostering a transparent and accountable procurement process, it oversees procurement activities and manages contract administration effectively. It coordinates supplier interactions, monitors procurement performance, and manages financial obligations for international purchases. Regularly updating market prices through expert analysis, it ensures competitive procurement processes.

Addressing procurement challenges and proposing solutions based on market research, it maintains contract compliance and negotiates agreements as required. It organizes procurement documentation for audits and prepares comprehensive performance reports for review by relevant authorities, ensuring continuous improvement in procurement practices.

The Finance Executivewill have the following duties and responsibilities:

By effectively managing the organization’s cash flow and ensuring strict adherence to financial laws, monitoring accounts payable, receivables, and disbursements, and preparing comprehensive accounting reports, it facilitates efficient financial activities.

Aligned with the organization’s strategic plan, it timely prepares and implements work unit plans, assigning tasks to teams, groups, and experts upon approval. It meticulously prepares and manages the annual budget and departmental work plan, coordinating team leaders, experts, and workers, evaluating performance, and providing necessary training and technical support. Monitoring task completion for timeliness and quality, it ensures adequate resources and promptly resolves any issues that arise.

It oversees service delivery to internal and external customers, preventing complaints and adhering to directives from relevant government offices. Monitoring financial activities according to agreements with lenders and donors, it proposes income-generating strategies to management and modernizes financial management systems, facilitating training programs for staff.

It develops operational systems to ensure financial transparency and accountability, registering approved budgets by program and monitoring cash flow and bank accounts regularly. Supervising financial activities to ensure compliance and preparing statements to support planning and budgeting, it recommends additional funding and oversees payment requests and documentation compliance during budget shortfalls.

It ensures timely disbursement of aid and loan funds in collaboration with relevant departments. Monitors and verifies revenue collection, ensures prompt payment of taxes and bills, and oversees timely collection and deposit of grants and loans. Prepares financial statements, reports, and coordinates audit activities, enhancing staff capabilities through training in modern accounting practices and systems.

The executive of competency and human resource management is the chief executive of work management and performs the following key tasks by following the decrees, regulations and instructions of the government employees.

The role oversees comprehensive human resource management and development within the ministry, encompassing planning, organization, direction, monitoring, support, decision-making, supervision, performance evaluation, gap identification, and termination activities.

It formulates detailed plans and strategies for manpower development aligned with the ministry’s strategic goals. Annual plans are derived from this strategy and rigorously monitored for performance evaluation. Policies, guidelines, and procedures related to human resources are effectively implemented and supervised. Decisions regarding human resource management are made in accordance with delegated authority.

The establishment and operation of committees for various HR functions adhere to government regulations. Newly hired employees receive induction training on government guidelines, institutional goals, and departmental responsibilities. A performance evaluation system is established and managed to ensure consistent improvement. Plans for manpower development, training, and education enhance staff skills and competence.

Strategies for leadership development and professional growth are coordinated and implemented. The role also manages technology integration and business process improvement initiatives. Continuous capacity building frameworks and institutional development plans are designed to align the ministry with its goals.

Job analysis, job descriptions, and periodic evaluations adhere to government standards. Studies on workplace safety and health are conducted and evaluated, with findings reported to relevant authorities for action.

The Information Communication Technology Executive will have the following duties and responsibilities:-
 
It coordinates the development and oversight of information technology plans tailored to support the agricultural sector’s objectives. The Ministry directs digital strategies and system implementations, ensuring alignment with approved enforcement policies. The Ministry plays a pivotal role in formulating and implementing ICT strategies, policies, and usage guidelines aligned with our country’s overarching communication policy.Regular monitoring of information technology infrastructure and service access across relevant institutions enables timely evaluations and performance enhancements.Engagement with stakeholders ensures information security through the deployment and monitoring of essential network security tools and technologies.

Project formulation for system development is followed by rigorous performance monitoring upon approval. The Ministry oversees design, installation, and configuration tasks at the institution’s data center to optimize network services. Technical assistance in building regional agricultural office network infrastructures is provided, fostering modernization efforts in agriculture.

Initiatives include independently developing and maintaining office systems for efficient service delivery, including website management and software development. Comprehensive data management ensures accurate database entries. Technical requirements for ICT equipment procurement are regularly updated through rigorous evaluation processes. Ongoing maintenance and refurbishment of ICT equipment extend its operational lifespan. Tailored training programs are designed to enhance the ICT skills of Ministry staff, fostering improved performance and efficiency.

By meticulously preparing short, medium, and long-term plans, managing institutional budgets, and optimizing information management systems, this role ensures efficient implementation of office strategies. It oversees plan execution, evaluates team performance, and fosters cohesive work relationships across units.
 
Identifying and addressing performance gaps enhances service delivery under its purview, supported by tailored training and resource allocation. It develops and implements result-based measurement systems, preparing development indicators to gauge institutional progress.
 
The office cultivates and maintains relationships with both governmental and non-governmental development organizations to foster collaborative efforts.
 
It meticulously evaluates development project documents from NGOs for alignment with government policies, offering recommendations and signing off on behalf of the office. Conducting field observations with partners ensures that program budgets are optimally utilized and proposes enhancements where necessary. The office rigorously evaluates mid-term and final performance of programs, ensuring projects meet financial, economic, social, technical, and environmental feasibility criteria comprehensively. It actively develops, enhances, and oversees partner relations, resource mobilization, and project management systems.
 
Identifying diverse financial avenues for sector activities, it coordinates efforts to secure resources from various development partners, negotiating, monitoring, and verifying project implementations accordingly. It ensures sector information is efficiently organized and disseminated, employing modern data management and analytical models. Information is systematically collected, compiled, and analyzed, supporting informed decision-making and reporting to stakeholders through various mediums. Additionally, it facilitates public-private partnerships, streamlining tender processes and overseeing cooperative agreements to enhance ease of doing business and provide comprehensive services to the private sector.
 
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The Implementation executive for women and social issues will have the following duties and responsibilities:

By directing and coordinating the efforts of the work unit, ensuring the implementation of regulations, guidelines, and operational improvements, and strategizing to secure resources for women and social issues, the role ensures equal participation and benefits while safeguarding rights and safety.

It oversees the planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the work unit’s activities, providing performance reports to stakeholders. Identifying and addressing capacity gaps among department professionals is crucial, as is monitoring their activities and evaluating performance.

Ensuring adequate resource allocation and monitoring expenditure aligns with organizational goals. It leads in coordinating policies, guidelines, and regulations for women and social issues, integrating HIV/AIDS, disability support for the elderly, and environmental considerations into our initiatives.

Implementation and evaluation of policies, decrees, and operational strategies are conducted rigorously. It innovates operational strategies to enhance the effectiveness of women’s and social issues movements, implementing them upon approval. Research-based insights guide strategic design, system implementation, and performance evaluation. It fosters sustainable partnerships with stakeholders through effective communication, monitors agreement implementation, and reports outcomes. Participation in national and international forums facilitates the adoption of best practices.

Establishing collaborative platforms with sector counterparts promotes knowledge sharing and best practice implementation. Developing income generation strategies and resource mobilization efforts are integral to funding plans, project coordination, proposal preparation, evaluation, and implementation monitoring for women and social issues.

 
 
 
 
 
The Institutional Change Executive is responsible for the following tasks and responsibilities:-
 
By planning, coordinating, and directing departmental activities, overseeing the implementation of international best practices for institutional change, and integrating human resources and financial tools with information technology infrastructures, it ensures efficient service delivery and competency development among institution employees.
 
It oversees performance evaluation, budgeting, and project formulation, ensuring optimal resource allocation and implementation. Identifying capacity gaps, it designs and implements strategies for skill enhancement and monitors their effectiveness. It develops and utilizes technology-based tools to measure service quality and customer satisfaction, continuously improving operational efficiency.
 
It leads the implementation of new change management systems, supports national-level change programs, and updates operational standards using digital technologies. It conducts governance surveys, provides feedback for improvement, and coordinates performance evaluation platforms.
 
Training and awareness forums are organized to foster a culture of strategic planning and effective change management. Performance appraisal systems ensure accountability and continuous improvement, while recognition programs motivate exemplary performance. Leadership and executive performance are evaluated and guided toward achieving institutional goals and maintaining high standards of service delivery.

The Basic Service Executive is responsible for the management of the work and performs the following key functions by following the decrees, regulations and instructions of the government employees.

To effectively manage institutional operations, it plans, coordinates, and directs transportation, office organization, and site services, ensuring seamless support for ministry office operations. It develops the department’s annual plan aligned with the institution’s strategic goals, distributing tasks and monitoring performance, followed by rigorous evaluation. Regular assessments are conducted to evaluate staff performance, recognizing effective employees and addressing capacity gaps where performance is lacking.

Creating a conducive training environment, it introduces new procedures to enhance efficiency and tracks training outcomes to measure effectiveness. It ensures adequate operational resources and manpower, fostering optimal working conditions. It implements modern asset management systems to ensure proper use and reporting of institutional assets, proposing and monitoring protective operational systems for agricultural assets.

It supports executive and user awareness on asset management, designing operational methods to enhance transportation services and overseeing their implementation. Providing support and monitoring for timely vehicle maintenance and service, including prompt repairs, ensures continuous operational readiness.

It maintains updated profiles of vehicles, offices, and administrators, facilitating efficient resource allocation. It oversees procurement processes for vehicles and office supplies, ensuring compliance and timely deployment. It monitors and supports comprehensive service provisions for electricity, telephone, and water, ensuring uninterrupted operational services.