National Project Assistant

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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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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 foreseen to be implemented in our regional office with duty station in Gakh (regular visits to Zagatala, Balakan).

• 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.
• Drafting minutes of meetings and sharing them in a timely matter.
• Perform other duties as required

• 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
• Experience working with rural communities, rural business development or organization of trainings
• Knowledge or ability of learning and understanding the FAO Guidelines;
• Fluency in written and spoken in 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

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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.