Horticultural Value Chains Development Expert/2/

About Heifer International

Since 1944, Heifer International has empowered over 46 million smallholder farmer families globally to overcome hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. Our new goal is to close the Sustainable Living Income gap for 10 million more households by 2030.

Heifer Ethiopia's contribution to the Global 10 million households target is to help 1,000,000 of Heifer Africa's 6.745 million households achieve sustainable living income by 2030. Heifer Ethiopia's maiden Signature Program focuses on dairy, poultry, small ruminants, and horticulture.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Heifer International is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

Position Overview

The Horticultural Value Chains Development Expert reports to the Project Team Leader and is responsible for providing technical leadership and hands-on field-level implementation support for horticulture value chain development under the Transforming Horticulture through Responsive and Inclusive Technical and Vocational Education in Ethiopia (THRIVE-HORT Ethiopia) Project.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate project strategies and designs into practical, high-quality interventions at regional, district, and community levels
• Support improvements in horticulture production, productivity, and post-harvest handling
• Lead quality assurance, aggregation, and market access initiatives for farmers and commercial enterprises
• Ensure interventions are technically sound, market-oriented, and climate-smart
• Align activities with the project's Market Systems Development (MSD) approach
• Address systemic bottlenecks in horticultural value chains

Location

Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia