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Recrutement de 01 National Project Personnel - Early Warning and Anticipatory Action Specialist

Localité : Zimbabwe / Harare
Domaine : Agriculture
Niveau : Non precise
Entreprise recruteur : FAO

Recrutement de 01 National Project Personnel - Early Warning and Anticipatory Action Specialist
Niveau d'études: Non précisé
Expérience: 7 ans
Expire le: 19-10-2022

FAO
Harare, Zimbabwe
Humanitaire (ONG, Associations, ...), Projet/programme de développement
Job Description: 2202758

National Project Personnel - Early Warning and Anticipatory Action Specialist

Closure Date: 19/Oct/2022, 11:59:00 PM
Organizational Unit: FRZIM
Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel)
Grade Level: N/A
Primary Location: Zimbabwe-Harare
Duration: 12 months renewable
Post Number: N/A

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please note that Closure Date and Time displayed above are based on date and time settings of your personal device

FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality, background and culture
Qualified female applicants, qualified nationals of non-and under-represented Members and person with disabilities are encouraged to apply
Everyone who works for FAO is required to adhere to the highest standards of integrity and professional conduct, and to uphold FAO's values
FAO, as a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, has a zero-tolerance policy for conduct that is incompatible with its status, objectives and mandate, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination  
All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality

Organizational Setting
The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative (FAOR) , is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner. For the period 2022-2026, the FAO Office in Zimbabwe is supporting Government efforts through the Country Programme Framework (CPF) which is based on three pillars: (i) Promotion of inclusive and sustainable agrifood systems to address food security and nutrition
(ii) Building resilience to climate change, agricultural threats and crisis; (iii) Sustainable management of natural resources and environmental protection

The position is located in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Reporting Lines
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-Programme 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
• Programme 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 ction, 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 programme;
● 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

FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical Skills
• Good knowledge of corporate information systems
• Good analytical and writing skills
• Good knowledge of communication and documentation standards


FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.

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
• Personal information provided on your application may be shared within FAO and with other companies acting on FAO’s behalf to provide employment support services such as pre-screening of applications, assessment tests, background checks and other related services. You will be asked to provide your consent before submitting your application. You may withdraw consent at any time, by withdrawing your application, in such case FAO will no longer be able to consider your application
• Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered
• Your application will be screened based on the information provided in your online profile
• We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.


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