FAO Vacancies For October 2022
National Project Personnel – Early Warning and Anticipatory Action Specialist
The Early Warning and Anticipatory Action Specialist will work under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative in Zimbabwe, and direct supervision of the AFAOR-Program and the International Resilience Specialist. Supervision received is focused on the quality of the work performed and provides for on-the-job learning.
Technical Focus
- Program quality assurance and monitoring
- Information management, analysis, report writing
- Knowledge sharing
Tasks And Responsibilities
- Analyze existing vulnerability and disaster risk information to identify risks to agriculture and food security, priority areas and livelihoods
- Consolidate early warning information on the priority risks and support the strengthening of EW within the MoA
Establish early warning triggers, i.e. the risk level thresholds beyond which financial resources should be rapidly allocated to prevent and mitigate the impact of a forecast hazard on agriculture and food security.
- Formulate crisis timelines overlaying seasonality, livelihood impacts information to identify timings for early warning and anticipatory action;
- Define protocols and standard operating procedures for linking early warning to anticipatory action, including precise roles and responsibilities for risk monitoring and early action implementation.
- Support the operational and timely implementation of anticipatory action at country level by conducting field missions, advising on appropriate actions and operational arrangements as well as accessing the Early Action Fund.
- Strengthen partnerships and inter-agency efforts on EWEA at country level. This includes fostering collaboration on early warning (e.g. common triggers, joint alerts and appeals) as well as coordinated anticipatory action implementation on the ground;
- Support efforts to institutionalize EWEA with key government partners.
- Support capacity building activities at country level, including the delivery of FAO-EWEA’s learning program
- Externally represent and advocate EWEA with donors, technical partners and UN Agencies.
- Support communication efforts through tailored products and different means including web, photo/video, social media, press releases and other;
- Support the impact assessments including Return on Investment (ROI) of Anticipatory Action.
- Perform other duties as required
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
- Advanced university degree in development studies/ Agricultural Economics, Project Management or related discipline
- 7 years of relevant experience in project coordination and support
- Working knowledge (Level C) of English,
- National of Zimbabwe
HOW TO APPLY
• To apply, visit the recruitment website at Jobs at FAO and complete your online profile. We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, and language skills
• Candidates are requested to attach a letter of motivation to the online profile
• Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application
• Candidates may be requested to provide performance assessments and authorization to conduct verification checks of past and present work, character, education, military and police records to ascertain any and all information which may be pertinent to the employment qualifications
• Incomplete applications will not be considered
Closure Date
19/Oct/2022, 4:59:00 PM
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