IndirizzoOrganizational Setting
The Office of Emergencies and Resilience, OER is responsible for ensuring FAO’s efforts to support countries and partners in preparing for and effectively responding to food and agricultural threats and crises. It is 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. OER ensures humanitarian policy coordination and knowledge, liaison with the InterAgency 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. OER supports food and nutrition security assessment and early warning activities related to emergency and humanitarian analysis and responses. OER plays a major role in the development and leadership of the Organization’s programme to increase the resilience of livelihoods to food and agriculture threats and crises.
Reporting Lines
Under the general oversight of the Director, Office of Emergencies and Resilience and the direct supervision of the OER Management Support and Compliance Team Leader, the Specialist reports to the Programme Officer, OER
Technical Focus
Support the implementation of FAO’s resilience agenda at a global, regional, sub regional and/or country level.
Tasks and responsibilities
• Handle day-to-day operational aspects of emergency response and resilience projects and programmes in accordance with the project management cycle from initiation phase to operational and financial closure;
• Support the process of budgetary clearances of emergency projects;
• Assist in the improvement of overall budgetary oversight of emergency response programme by checking information in FPMIS and other FAO information systems ;
• Assist in providing support and guidance to decentralized offices on overall project management through the qualitative review of information in FPMIS and other FAO project management systems;
• Monitor and provide statistical information on resource mobilization for emergency response activities;
• Maintain and update information systems. as applicable;
• Perform other duties as required.
CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING
Minimum Requirements
• University degree in Business Administration or in a discipline relevant to the mandate of the Organization;
• At least 1 year (Category C) of experience in budgeting, management, accounting in humanitarian and agricultural/rural development sectors including work experience with national and international NGO’s, UN agencies, governments and donors;
• Working knowledge (level C) of English and limited knowledge (level B) of any other official language of the Organization (Arabic, Chinese French, Spanish and Russian). For PSA, working knowledge (level C) of English.
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
Technical/Functional Skills
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work;
• Excellent organizational skills;
• Good communication skills, including in emergency settings;
• Demonstrated ability to analyze problems, make appropriate recommendations, effective decisions, including in emergency settings.
