FIS NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION SYSTEM SPECIALIST

RE-VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NO: 12/13/FSS

Deadline For Application: 9-Aug-2013

GRADE LEVEL:    NOA   

DUTY STATION: Juba South Sudan

ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT: FRSSD

DURATION :       12 months renewable (subject to funding)   

POST CODE/NO: N/New post

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 Under the general supervision of the FAO Head of Office in South Sudan and under the direct supervision of the international Food Security Information System Specialist, and in coordination with the relevant FAO headquarters Lead Technical Unit (LTU), the incumbent will provide the technical support in the implementation of the programme. In particular, the incumbent will:

Assist to identify the most relevant stakeholders for food security information and assess past and current activities implemented by those stakeholders;

Assist to assess the food security information needs and gaps including institutional capacity for managing for security information;

Assist to develop a comprehensive work plan for the project duration focusing on capacity building of targeted institutions both at the National and State level;

Contribute to ensure the technical integration of key analytical sectors for food security analysis in Sudan including statistics, economic analysis, nutrition, agriculture, pastoralism and agro-meteorology;

Contribute to ensure that government food security information units are interlinked with each other and with international actors;

Assist to coordinate, monitor and follow-up all food security related data collection in the states of South Sudan;

In consultation with stakeholders, assist in the enhancing the database for food security information at national and State level;

Assist the FSTS and relevant ministries to produce/distribute policy briefs related to food security information system when necessary and develop regular briefing forums and coordination mechanisms within the FSC and the State FS institutional set-up applicable in order to present findings, progress and constraints and work plans;

Assist to facilitate awareness raising efforts of the government to the general public on the need for food security information data collection and analysis in making informed and timely decisions;

Contribute to provide regular updates to the CTA and relevant programme team members on progress, priorities and constraints, verbally and in writing on an agreed frequency and assure the preparation of required reports as per the rules and regulations of FAO;

Perform other duties as required.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Candidates should meet the following:
• Advanced university degree in Food Security, Agricultural Economics, Geography or in a related technical discipline
• Three years of relevant experience in food security information and analysis, including experience in database management and programming
• Working knowledge of English

SELECTION CRITERIA

Candidates will be assessed against the following:

• Extent and depth of knowledge and experience in Food Security Information Systems within different contexts, including household surveys data collection, market analysis, livelihoods based analysis, assessments of food security based needs etc
• Demonstrated capacity to support training processes on Food Security information systems
• Demonstrated ability to implement a variety of analytical methodologies / techniques including GIS
• Demonstrated ability to liaise with multiple UN, NGO, governmental, and media agencies
• Breadth of experience and demonstrated ability to work with multi-disciplinary technical teams
• Ability to plan, organize, implement and report on work
• Extent of relevant work experience in African, and in the region
• Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills in English
• Please note that all candidates should possess computer/word processing skills and should be capable of working with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.

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

REMUNERATION

• A competitive compensation and benefits package is offered. For information on UN salaries, allowances and benefits, click on the following link:  http://icsc.un.org/

 To apply send your application with CVs to:

FAO South Sudan Human Resource Department Juba 

Emails: Suzy.Wajo@fao.org, Esther.Wani@fao.org  with copy to: FAO-Juba-Coordination@fao.org

Alternatively hard copies of application with CV can also be submitted to FAO office in Juba (UN HOUSE JUBA 3) and to all FAO Field Offices in all states of South Sudan.

Please note that FAO staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the Director-General and may be assigned to any activities or office of the organization.

Applications from qualified women as well as

Persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence

FAO IS A NON-SMOKING ENVIRONMENT

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