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National Project Assistant

Azerbaijan

  • Organization: FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
  • Location: Azerbaijan
  • Grade: Consultancy - Consultant - Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Administrative support
    • Project and Programme Management
    • FEAZE
  • Closing Date: Closed

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FAO seeks gender, geographical and linguistic diversity in its staff and international consultants in order to best serve FAO Members in all regions.
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Qualified female applicants and qualified nationals of non-and under-represented member countries are encouraged to apply.

Persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.

All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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Organizational Setting\:

FAO Partnership and Liaison Office in Azerbaijan

Reports to\:

Mr. Bariz Mehdiyev, Assistant to Representative of FAO

Technical Focus\:

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative (FAOR) in Azerbaijan, operational supervision of relevant Program/Operations Officer, in close collaboration with the staff of the Office, technical experts and project personnel (national and international consultants) and the project counterparts, , the Project Assistant will be responsible for the following activities\:

Tasks and responsibilities\:
  • Support Project Manager in daily follow up and coordination of the project’s implementation according to the approved workplan.
  • Liaise between FAO, the national project team and the related ministries and institutions, coordinating their work.
  • Make regular visits to rural and urban areas within the project target region to liaise and communicate with key stakeholders at the regional level
  • Initiate and follow-through all necessary administrative actions, following FAO standard procedures and requirements.
  • Assist in the timely implementation of procurement actions and contracts according to FAO procedures.
  • Provide administrative support for the arrangements for workshops, training, seminars, recruitment of national consultants and field days as required according to the work plan.
  • Provide administrative support for field missions.
  • Participate and assist in summarizing the results of surveys as well as findings from meetings in the regions.
  • Support the development and implementation of the PR strategy for the project; assist the preparation of visibility materials and communication materials by providing necessary inputs and information that will be used in outreach and mass media campaigns.
  • Support Project Manager in regular communication with the donor to provide updates on project activities
  • Support the overall monitoring of programme through providing necessary inputs on a regular basis and assisting in drafting and finalizing the preparation of reports.
  • Draft minutes of meetings and sharing them in a timely matter.
  • Perform other duties as required

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements\:
  • University degree on social and administrative sciences such as economics, statistics, business administration, political sciences, international relations, sociology, social work, development studies with a focus on rural and community development and/or a degree on agrarian sciences or agronomy with an understanding of social and economic dimensions of rural and agrarian contexts
  • Working knowledge of English and Azerbaijani; Russian will be asset.
  • Minimum 1 year of working experience in similar assignments (project/program management
  • National of Azerbaijan

FAO Core Competencies\:

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

Technical/Functional Skills

  • Effective organization of project workshops and meetings
  • Drafting, following-up of finalization and proper achieving of correspondence
  • Coordinating Project meetings and their proper documentation through minutes and action points
  • Responsibility over the proper follow-up of Project work plans and initiation of relevant actions to achieve intended results
  • Completes tasks in a timely, cost-effective way and/or escalated properly
  • Knowledge or ability of learning and understanding the FAO Guidelines;
  • Experience working with rural communities, rural business development or organization of trainings

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

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