Job Description
Reference No:
REC/ 018 /26
Job title:
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Rangeland and Watershed Management Advisor
Location:
Based in Addis Ababa and requires approximately 70% travel to GOAL Ethiopia’s field offices in South Omo.(For Two months)
Reports to:
ICSP Team Lead
Number of Posts
1 (One)
Closing date:
October 31/2026 Due to the urgency, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE:
The Participatory Rangeland and Integrated Watershed Management Advisor will provide technical leadership for the development of four participatory rangeland management plans and eight integrated watershed management plans for PLACE project in Nyangatom and Dassenech Woredas, South Omo Zone, South Ethiopia Region. The role will ensure that the planning process is informed by sound technical assessments, local knowledge, pastoral resource-use systems, customary governance arrangements, and the environmental and livelihood context of the target areas.
The Advisor will facilitate inclusive and conflict-sensitive engagement with pastoral communities, customary institutions, local government, and other relevant stakeholders to develop context-appropriate and sustainable natural resource management solutions. Working closely with the GIS and Geospatial Planning Advisor, the postholder will ensure that the resulting plans are spatially informed, technically feasible, locally supported, and sufficiently detailed to guide implementation and monitoring.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY/DUTIES
A. Participatory Rangeland Assessment and Governance Analysis
Review project documents, relevant studies, existing natural resource management plans, and the FAO-commissioned watershed assessment to inform the assessment methodology and planning process.
Establish the methodology and work schedule for desk reviews, field assessments, stakeholder consultations, and data collection in coordination with the GIS and Geospatial Planning Advisor.
Conduct rapid field assessments and stakeholder consultations to understand local conditions, pastoral resource-use systems, management challenges, and community priorities.
Assess and document communal grazing areas, seasonal grazing patterns, livestock mobility routes, water resources, rangeland conditions, land degradation, competing resource demands, and opportunities for sustainable management and restoration.
Examine customary institutions, traditional resource management practices, existing bylaws, and relevant policies and institutional frameworks to identify governance gaps, capacity needs, resource-use conflicts, and coordination challenges affecting communal rangeland management.
Engage pastoral women, youth, customary leaders, community representatives, and relevant government stakeholders to incorporate local knowledge, resource-use priorities, and management needs into the planning process.
Work jointly with the GIS and Geospatial Planning Advisor to integrate field findings, spatial data, and resource-use information, ensuring that assessments and maps provide a consistent evidence base for management planning.
B. Participatory Rangeland Management Planning
Facilitate participatory planning in Bandira and Nakiya Kebeles in Dassenech Woreda and Kakuta and Nawyape Kebeles in Nyangatom Woreda, using assessment findings, geospatial information, and community priorities to develop four kebele-level rangeland management plans.
Facilitate the identification and prioritization of technically feasible and locally appropriate interventions for sustainable rangeland management, rehabilitation, restoration, and improved resource governance, considering land condition, degradation drivers, seasonal resource availability, pastoral mobility, customary management systems, and climate risks.
Ensure that plans reflect functional grazing landscapes and livestock mobility corridors, including areas extending beyond kebele boundaries where necessary, and address resource-use conflicts and coordination between communities and institutions.
Define priority interventions, their locations and rationale, implementation sequencing, stakeholder responsibilities, coordination and governance arrangements, indicative resource requirements, and measurable monitoring indicators.
Incorporate relevant geospatial maps and analysis developed jointly with the GIS and Geospatial Planning Advisor to support spatially informed and practical management decisions.
C. Integrated Watershed Assessment and Planning
Review the FAO-commissioned watershed assessment and conduct targeted field assessments and stakeholder consultations to verify watershed conditions, identify degradation drivers, and assess drainage, water resources, land-use pressures, and upstream–downstream relationships.
Work jointly with the GIS and Geospatial Planning Advisor to delineate and assess the relevant sub-watersheds associated with the eight water-point development sites, ensuring that planning covers the complete relevant hydrological units and necessary upstream and downstream areas.
Facilitate the identification and prioritization of technically feasible watershed management interventions, including soil and water conservation, land rehabilitation, natural resource restoration, and sustainable water-resource management, based on biophysical conditions, ecological processes, community livelihoods, and stakeholder priorities.
Develop eight integrated watershed management plans that specify priority interventions and their locations, technical rationale, implementation sequencing, responsible stakeholders, coordination arrangements, indicative resource and financing requirements, and measurable monitoring indicators.
Prepare practical implementation roadmaps for the watershed plans, outlining priority actions, responsibilities, resource requirements, timelines or sequencing, and monitoring arrangements.
D. Joint Review and Validation of Management Plans
Work closely with the GIS and Geospatial Planning Advisor to verify the consistency and technical quality of assessment findings, spatial datasets, maps, proposed intervention locations, and management recommendations.
Jointly present draft assessments, maps, and management plans to pastoral communities, customary institutions, and relevant government stakeholders for technical review and participatory validation.
Document stakeholder feedback and incorporate agreed recommendations into the final plans, ensuring that proposed interventions are locally supported, technically feasible, spatially appropriate, and aligned with relevant local government planning processes.
E. Other Duties as Assigned
Adhere to GOAL Ethiopia’s organizational policies, principles, safeguarding standards, and program objectives.
Represent GOAL Ethiopia professionally and undertake other relevant duties assigned by the supervisor in support of project objectives.
Required Qualifications and Experience
BSc degree, preferably an MSc, in Rangeland Management, Natural Resource Management, Watershed Management, Environmental Science, Forestry, or a related field.
At least 10 years of experience in participatory rangeland and watershed management, natural resource management, or landscape restoration.
Proven experience working with pastoral communities, customary natural resources governance institutions, and local government in Ethiopia.
Strong facilitation, analytical, technical writing, and stakeholder coordination skills, with the ability to deliver quality outputs within tight deadlines.
Willingness and ability to undertake extensive field travel to Nyangatom and Dassenech Woredas.
Core Competencies
Understanding of pastoral livelihoods, seasonal grazing patterns, and livestock mobility.
Ability to assess complex natural resource management challenges, understand pastoral resource-use systems and customary governance arrangements, and identify context-appropriate, feasible, and sustainable solutions.
Proven experience of applying landscape-based approaches to participatory rangeland management, integrated watershed management, and sustainable natural resource management.
Ability to analyze and understand customary resource management systems, engage constructively with competing interests, and facilitate stakeholder coordination.
Ability to assess natural resource conditions, prioritize feasible interventions, and develop practical, evidence-based management plans.
Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, manage time and competing priorities, and deliver quality outputs within agreed deadlines.
Assignment Duration and Completion
This job is a fixed term temporary job for 60 calendar days. The Advisor will deliver and revise the agreed outputs within the two months period, in line with GOAL Ethiopia's technical quality requirements.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND LEVEL OF TRAVEL REQUIRED
This position is based in Addis Ababa and requires approximately 70% travel to GOAL Ethiopia’s field offices in South Omo.
Job Requirements
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Required Qualifications and Experience
BSc degree, preferably an MSc, in Rangeland Management, Natural Resource Management, Watershed Management, Environmental Science, Forestry, or a related field.
At least 10 years of experience in participatory rangeland and watershed management, natural resource management, or landscape restoration.
Proven experience working with pastoral communities, customary natural resources governance institutions, and local government in Ethiopia.
Strong facilitation, analytical, technical writing, and stakeholder coordination skills, with the ability to deliver quality outputs within tight deadlines.
Willingness and ability to undertake extensive field travel to Nyangatom and Dassenech Woredas.
Desirable quality, skill and competence:
Familiarity to local culture.
Passionate, strongly dedicated and highly committed to work for the improvement of the poor community
Resilience: Maintains focus and intensity and remains optimistic, persistent and professional even under adverse, stressful or difficult situations
Core Competencies
•Understanding of pastoral livelihoods, seasonal grazing patterns, and livestock mobility.
•Ability to assess complex natural resource management challenges, understand pastoral resource-use systems and customary governance arrangements, and identify context-appropriate, feasible, and sustainable solutions.
•Proven experience of applying landscape-based approaches to participatory rangeland management, integrated watershed management, and sustainable natural resource management.
•Ability to analyze and understand customary resource management systems, engage constructively with competing interests, and facilitate stakeholder coordination.
•Ability to assess natural resource conditions, prioritize feasible interventions, and develop practical, evidence-based management plans.
•Ability to collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary teams, manage time and competing priorities, and deliver quality outputs within agreed deadlines.
ADDITIONAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
GOAL has a Staff Code of Conduct, Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants and children from exploitation. GOAL also has a confidentiality policy ensuring the non-disclosure of any information whatsoever relating to the practices and business of GOAL, acquired in the course of duty, to any other person or organisation without authority, except in the normal execution of duty. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to these policies and other GOAL and Donor policies.
GOAL’s Conflict of Interest Policy applies to all recruitment processes. Staff will be required to declare Conflict of Interest during the process.
Note: If you have any serious concern over wrong doing please report it at www.safecall.co.uk/report or email goal@safecall.co.uk . All information is treated confidentially by Safecall and you may remain anonymous if you wish
REMUNERATION and BENEFITS:
GOAL will pay a competitive basic salary based on the salary grading with addition benefits.
A chance to develop tangible experience.
Being part of a team who continue to make a real difference to the lives of the most vulnerable people.
Commitments:
GOAL’s recruitment procedure is fair and transparent which is also in line with the organization’s commitment to its integrity, honesty and culture. GOAL is committed to ensure that, its performance complies with the terms and conditions of relevant agreements, applicable laws & regulations.
GOAL highly promotes Equality, diversity and inclusion and works with women and men, People with disabilities, and employees of various ages including youth, supports their empowerment and appreciates their achievements constantly. GOAL also encourages applications from diverse candidates including women, people with disabilities, people with diverse backgrounds, and youth to apply.
GOAL has zero tolerance to discrimination on the basis of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, religion, race, economic status etc . we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.
Hence, pre-employment background checks will be conducted, and employees are required to read, understand, sign and implement different polices including safe guarding and child protection policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and abuse policy, sexual harassment policy, code of conducts and any other rules and regulation of the organization. GOAL is strongly committed not to harm the people under its care.
GOAL Ethiopia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety of people who involves in its work and demands all staff exhibit the highest commitment. GOAL Ethiopia will verify skills and commitment of the candidate in the assessment process and perform Background reference check.
You are welcome to include your sex (Male or female) and any disability issues in your CV (please note that this information will only be used to comply with affirmative action policy of the organization)
How To Apply
APPLICATION PROCEEDURE:
Interested and qualified applicants need to submit ONLY once their non - returnable application with CV for one vacancy. The vacancy reference number along with the title & Duty station need to be written in the application letter
GOAL strongly encourages female candidates to apply!
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview and exam.
Shortlisted candidates will need to submit other supporting documents upon request at later stage.
GOAL is not able to contribute towards any costs incurred by candidates during the recruitment process
