Subregional Resilience Officer (Team Leader)

Johannesburg

Organization: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Location: Johannesburg
Grade: Senior level - P-5, International Professional - Internationally recruited position
Occupational Groups:
- Environment
- Disaster Management (Preparedness, Resilience, Response and Recovery)
- Managerial positions
- Subregional Office for Southern Africa, SFS
Closing Date: Closed

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Organizational Setting

FAO's Subregional Office for Southern Africa (SFS) is responsible for developing, promoting, overseeing and implementing agreed strategies for addressing subregional food, agriculture and rural development priorities. It develops and maintains relations with subregion-wide institutions including Regional Economic Integration Organizations (REIOs). The Subregional Office is a subsidiary of FAO's Regional Office for SFS.

Reporting Lines

The Subregional Resilience Officer (Team Leader) reports to the Subregional Coordinator and is supported technically and programmatically by the Strategic Programme Leader, Resilience Programme (SO5) / Director, Emergency and Resilience Division (PSE).

Technical Focus

Support to implementation of FAO's resilience agenda at global, regional, subregional and/or country level.

Key Results

Leadership and technical policy expertise for the planning, development and implementation of resilience programmes and projects at subregional and country levels in accordance with FAO’s Strategic Objective 5.

Key Functions

Coordination at the subregional level

• Provides leadership to FAO's work on resilience and supervises FAO subregional resilience team, ensuring coordinated and effective support to resilience programming at the subregional and country levels;

• Liaises with resilience and humanitarian actors at subregional level and represents FAO in interagency coordination meetings and programming exercises undertaken by the resilience humanitarian and early recovery community, working closely with the subregional organizations and partners;

• Supports the FAO Representations in resources mobilization for resilience projects and programmes; organizes/participates in regular donor meetings, as appropriate, informs the donor community on the prevailing livelihoods, food security and nutrition situation;

• Facilitates SP5 country support process and across SPs collaboration in close collaboration with the regional office and SP5 Management Team;

Policies, programmes to protect, restore and improve livelihoods and food security

• Provides strategic and policy guidance as well as required training, capacity development in resilience, food security and nutrition for national governments and subregional institutions;

• Supports the national teams in identifying CPF priorities and implementing FAO’s resilience programmes and project, providing programming and technical support;

• Coordinates monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment of resilience policies and programmes;

• Facilitates efforts in Early Warning Early Action and Disaster Risk management;

• Ensures that nutrition, gender and accountability to affected populations dimensions are integrated in FAO resilience programmes in the subregion;

Food security and resilience analysis to inform policies and programmes

• Prepares analytical and information notes on food security and resilience shared with all the sectoral stakeholders and used for policy decision making at country and Subregional levels;

• Identifies strategic priorities for FAO’s role in resilience and contributes to improved preparedness for, and effective response to, food and agricultural threats and emergencies in the subregion;

Knowledge Management

• Promotes lesson learning and sharing of best practices at country and subregional level for upscaling and policy preparation;

• Facilitates knowledge management and access to information in partnership with subregional organizations and SP5 Global team.

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CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced University degree in political sciences, agricultural economics, development economics, rural sociology, food security, nutrition, sustainable agriculture (including livestock, forestry and fisheries), or related field;

• Ten years of relevant experience in public and/or private sectors related to programming, planning and technical cooperation in food and agriculture, including experience in developing countries, especially in countries that are vulnerable to disaster or other emergency risks;

• Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of another FAO official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

Competencies

• Results Focus

• Leading, Engaging and Empowering

• Communication

• Partnering and Advocating

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

• Strategic Thinking

Technical/Functional Skills

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

• Extent and relevance of experience in resilience and humanitarian policies development, programme formulation and implementation;

• Extent of relevant experience at international level in formulating policy and programming managing field operations.