Ethiopia Government Relations and Program Support Coordinator (Fixed-Term)

About One Acre Fund Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post. In Ethiopia, we engage farmers in agroforestry and community-based seed multiplication to increase farmers’ incomes and make farming systems more resilient. Engaging with local actors at every step but bringing innovative ideas from outside, we are making rural farming more market-friendly and environmentally sustainable. The farmers we work with in Ethiopia have planted more than 30 million trees, produced over 1500 metric tonnes of improved teff seed, and improved the futures of nearly 200,000 community members. Our permanent team numbers over 180 with nearly 1,000 rural seasonal staff supporting them. Our country headquarters are in Addis Ababa and we have a large program office in Bahir Dar, plus several smaller field offices. About the Role Seeking a Government Relations & Program Support Coordinator to liaise with Zonal/Woreda offices, support program growth in North Shewa zone, strengthen partnerships, ensure compliance, de-risk fieldwork, and travel frequently. The duty station will be at Debre Berhan Town ). Responsibilities Manage work relationships with woreda government and Zonal Focal Persons (FPs) Serve as the primary day-to-day liaison with woreda and zonal project focal persons (FP) and other government stakeholders. Proactively identify government relations issues at the woreda and kebele levels by maintaining close communication with the program team, particularly Tree Officers (TOs) and Cluster Leads (CLs), and work with relevant government stakeholders to resolve them in a timely manner. Participate in the weekly cluster lead meetings to understand GR challenges that may exist in the field and resolve them on time by leveraging run alignment meetings with woreda and zonal FPs as needed Attend other government meetings as directed by the Senior Partnerships Associate Update contacts and meeting notes on Customer Relationship Management tool Leverage networks and knowledge of the landscape to help identify opportunities to expand and/or improve One Acre Fund’s work Prepare, organize, review, and Submit documents as required on time to project signatory offices and other government offices, especially quarterly reports Gather inputs for quarterly reports from department leads or their designee Write and develop clear…