FAO recruits 01 Programme Officer

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Vacancy Announcement No:1900482

Deadline For Application: 21 March 2019

Position Title:  Programme Officer

Grade Level: P-4

Duty Station: Kenya, Nairobi

Organizational Unit: FAO Representation in Kenya, FRKEN Duration *: Fixed term: one year with possibility of extension   Post Number: 2007136

 CCOG Code: 1A02

The length of appointment for internal FAO candidates will be established in accordance with applicable policies pertaining to the extension of appointments

• FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender and nationality

• People with disabilities are protected from any type of discrimination during any stage of employment, including the recruitment phase

• All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality • The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations depending on the evolving needs of the

Organization

Organizational Setting

The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative, 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. The functions technically reports to the Emergency and Resilience Division (PSE) responsible for ensuring FAO’s efforts to support countries and partners in preparing for and effectively responding to food and agricultural threats and crises. PSE is also responsible for coordinating the development and maintenance of corporate tools and standards to enable Decentralized Offices to assist member countries to prepare for, and respond to emergencies. PSE 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. PSE supports food and nutrition security assessment and early warning activities related to emergency and humanitarian analysis and responses. PSE plays a major role in the development and leadership of the Organization’s programme to “Increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises” (SO5). This position is established within a partnership with the United Nations’ High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees (UNHCR).

Reporting Lines

The Programme Officer reports to the FAO Representative under the technical guidance of the Senior Programme Officer in PSE.

Technical Focus

Coordinate FAO and UNCHR joined efforts to develop, promote and strengthen joint actions for a coordinated, sustainable and technically sound support to refugees, asylum seekers, returnees, host communities and where applicable, IDPs, in camp and noncamp settings.

Key Results

Develops, implements, evaluates, ensures effective leadership and management of major projects and related teams.

Key Functions

• Develops, implements and evaluates assigned programmes/projects; monitors and analyses programme/project development and implementation; reviews relevant documents and reports; identifies problems and issues to be addressed and initiates corrective action; liaises with relevant parties; ensures follow-up action;

• Performs consulting assignments, in collaboration with the client, by planning facilitating workshops, through other interactive sessions and assisting in developing the action plan the client will use to manage the change;

• Researches, analyses and presents information gathered from diverse sources;

• Coordinates policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of impact evaluation or equivalent studies;

• Generates survey initiatives; reviews, analyses and interprets responses, identifies problems/issues and prepares conclusions; • Organizes and prepares written outputs, e.g. draft background papers, analysis, sections of reports and studies, inputs to publications;

• Provides substantive backstopping to consultative and other meetings and conferences to include proposing agenda topics, identifying participants, preparation of documents and presentations;

• Initiates and coordinates outreach activities; conducts training workshops and seminars; makes presentations on assigned topics/activities;

• Leads and/or participates in large, complex field missions, including provision of guidance to external consultants, government officials and other parties and drafting mission summaries;

• Coordinates activities related to budget funding (programme/project preparation and submissions, progress reports, financial statements) and prepares related documents/reports (pledging, work programme, programme budget).

  Specific Functions

• Coordinates FAO technical divisions’ contribution to FAO/UNHCR joint efforts;

• Supports the development of a mutual understanding and analysis of the food security and agricultural livelihoods situation of refugee and returnee populations:

• Supports the development and implementation of FAO/UNHCR quick impact on food security, natural resource and agricultural livelihoods projects for refugee and returnee populations;

• Supports the development of FAO/UNHCR programmes for the medium to long term inclusion of refugee and returnee populations in local rural economies;

• Leads FAO’s country efforts for the inclusion of refugee, displaced and returnee populations’ needs in national agriculture and food security policies;

• Supports advocacy and resource mobilization efforts at country and global level for FAO and UNHCR programmes.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in business administration or public administration, social science, political science or a related field;

• Seven years of relevant experience in programme/project management, inter-agency coordination and/or  field operations management;

• Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese, Russian.

Competencies

• Results Focus

• Team Work

• Communication

• Building Effective Relationships

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous

Technical/Functional Skills

• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions is desirable;

• Demonstrated ability to analyse complex emergency situations;

• Extent and relevance of experience in carrying out needs assessments, food security analyses and formulating programme strategies;

• Extent and relevance of experience in formulating and implementing projects in humanitarian and transition contexts at country level including with/for refugee and returnee populations;

• Extent and relevance of experience in humanitarian and development settings, especially food security and displacement issues and policies;

• Extent of knowledge of international humanitarian architecture, including processes, forums, agencies, NGOs, and other partners.

Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency.

GENERAL INFORMATION

 • All candidates should possess computer/word processing skills;

• Candidates endorsed in the selection process for this vacancy announcement will be considered for the FAO Professional Employment Roster for a period of two years. The Roster is used to fill other similar positions at the same or lower grade, and in the same or another duty station;

• FAO reserves the right not to make an appointment, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

 A competitive compensation and benefits package is offered. For information on UN salaries, allowances and benefits, click on the following link:
http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances/salary.htm

Other benefits, subject to eligibility, include:

• Dependency allowances

• Rental subsidy

• Education grant for children

• Home leave travel

• 30 working days of annual leave per year

• Pension fund entitlements under the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund

• International health insurance; optional life insurance

• Disability protection

FAO encourages a positive workplace culture to increase inclusivity and diversity within its workforce. FAO applies measures in which all staff members contribute equally and in full to the work and development of the Organization.

This includes:

• elements of family-friendly policies

• flexible working arrangements

• standards of conduct

HOW TO APPLY

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• To apply, visit the recruitment website at https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=1900482
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;

• Your application will be screened based on the information provided on your online profile;

• Please note that FAO will only consider academic credentials or degrees obtained from an educational institution recognized in the IAU/UNESCO list;

• 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;

• Only applications received through the FAO recruitment portal will be considered;

• Vacancies will be removed from the recruitment portal at 23:59 Central European Time (CET) on the deadline for applications date;

• We encourage applicants to submit the application well before the deadline date.

 If you need help, or have queries, please contact:
Careers@fao.org  

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