JOB DESCRIPTION
Organizational Setting
The Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) is responsible for ensuring FAO’s efforts to support countries and partners in preparing for and effectively responding to food and agricultural threats and crises by i) increasing the numbers of people reached in Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) 3 and above; and ii) increasing the numbers of people supported to move out of IPC 3 and above from a humanitarian caseload onto pathways of resilience and development. FAO has mainstreamed a humanitarian, development, peace nexus approach and a localization agenda throughout its strategic positioning and programmatic design and implementation at country and regional levels. In this organizational setting, OER is responsible for coordinating the development and maintenance of corporate tools and standards to enable Decentralized Offices (DOs) to assist Members to prepare for and respond to emergencies as well as strengthen capacities of national and subnational institutions and partners for resilience and risk-informed development. OER ensures humanitarian policy coordination and knowledge, liaison with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee as well as with humanitarian resource partners, co-leadership with World Food Programme of the global Food Security Cluster, organizational preparedness, surge capacity and response to large-scale emergencies. OER supports food and nutrition security and sectoral/systems assessments, early warning activities related to emergency and humanitarian analysis and responses. OER plays a major role in the development and leadership of the Organization’s programme to increase the resilience of livelihoods to food and agriculture threats and crises of the Organization’s programme in areas such as risk governance and coordination, anticipatory actions, disaster risk reduction, early warning and response in agriculture and food chain crises.
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The position is part of the OER Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team, established in OER to improve the generation and analysis of project and programme data to inform learning about emergency and resilience programmes. The incumbent will contribute to FAO’s analytical efforts within the Global Network Against Food Crises, a multi-stakeholder initiative composed by humanitarian and development actors united by the commitment to tackle the root causes of food crises and promote sustainable solutions through shared analyses and knowledge, strengthen coordination in evidence-based responses and collective across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) nexus, through analysis of the outcomes of FAO’s emergency and resilience interventions in food crisis contexts.
The position is located in OER at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.
Reporting Lines
The Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer (Technical Officer) reports to the Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer/MEAL Team Leader, OER.
Technical Focus
Support to implementation, monitoring and evaluation of FAO’s resilience agenda at global, regional, subregional and/or country level.
Key Results
Research, technical analysis and project related services to support the delivery of programme projects, products and services.
Key Functions
• Researches and analyses technical, food and nutrition security assessments, emergency response, policy related and/or funding/project related data and information to support the delivery of programme projects, products and services.
• Produces various reports, proposals, programme/project documents, position papers, policy briefs, financial/donor reports as well as critical information for inclusion in governing body reports, etc.
• Participates in project teams, collaborates in project and programme formulation and provides technical and/or administrative support to ongoing operational emergency and recovery projects.
• Liaises with FAO technical units as well as other UN Organizations to obtain and/or exchange information regarding food and nutrition security assessments, emergency and recovery activities and other related issues.
• Provides technical/administrative support and promotes best practices to Decentralized Offices.
• Monitors and provides support to resource mobilization activities including corporate appeals, donor macro grants, CERF/SFERA submissions, annual appeals and mid-year reviews; maintains information and prepares related reports.
• Maintains and updates information systems, databases and web pages.
• Performs other duties as required.
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Specific Functions
• Strengthens the links between project/programme monitoring and in-depth analytical processes.
• Contributes to the development of technical products to inform emergency and resilience programming based on rigorous economic analysis of key food security, agriculture, and HDP nexus programming both for FAO and for external actors against food crises.
• Contributes to the development of technical products, using rigorous economic analysis, on key food and policy topics related to HDP programming, with a focus on agricultural assistance.
• Provides technical, statistical, and/or analytical advice and support on various studies, projects and/or assessments and provides technical backstopping to field projects.
• Participates in the development of improved/updated technical, statistical and/or analytical tools, methodologies and systems related to FAO’s emergency and resilience programming.
• Maintains close collaboration with other teams within OER, and relevant divisions within FAO, to advance the Organization’s learning and knowledge about programming and decision-making in food crisis contexts.
• Develops/collaborates on capacity development initiatives within OER and towards Decentralized Offices, to further OER’s research and analysis agenda.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWINGMinimum Requirements
• Advanced university degree in agricultural or development economics, international relations, social science, political science or any other field related to the work of the Organization.
• Five years of relevant experience in public and/or private sectors related to programming, planning and technical cooperation in food and agriculture, including providing analytical support to formulating policy, programming and/or field operations, preferably experience in an international context, including developing countries, especially in countries that are vulnerable to disaster or other emergency risks.
• Working knowledge (proficient – level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate – level B) of another official FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).
Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions, is desirable.
• Experience in building analytical capacity particularly in country offices.
• Extent of knowledge of statistical software such as STATA, R.
• Demonstrated experience in program preparation and policy positions in humanitarian and transition contexts at both global and country levels.
• Depth of experience in needs assessments for Level 3 emergencies.
• Depth of experience in rehabilitation and humanitarian policies development, programme formulation and implementation.