Apply: FAO Early Warning System Specialist

Deadline: 04 August, 2021

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has opened applications for the role of National Early Warning System Specialist.

FAO is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Responsibilities

  • Develop technical design of the early warning system and lead all technical consultations with OPM, DLGs and other ministries, departments and agencies of the government of Uganda
  • Determine system requirements, including information technology infrastructure and datasets in collaboration with relevant stakeholders and FAO divisions
  • Carry out a disaster risk prioritisation exercise for Karamoja subregion, including analysing recurrence intervals, likelihood assessments, and impact assessment
  • Lead the process of indicator selection in consultation with key stakeholders as well as build stakeholder consensus of (biophysical) thresholds for early action and response
  • Develop a template for the early warning system bulletin and integrate bulletin generation through the system in consultation with key stakeholders
  • Determine and design a strategy for the early warning system bulletin to enrich livelihoods and impact socio activities in Karamoja meaningfully
  • Develop a communication strategy to ensure early warning system messages are disseminated to communities of Karamoja through an appropriate medium
  • Determine and develop strategies to ensure that the early warning system bulletin is read by the communities of Karamoja subregion
  • Develop and maintain an early action repository for Karamoja subregion as well as contribute to district local governments (DLG) contingency planning processes
  • Contribute to the disaster scenario planning exercises in collaboration with key project stakeholders
  • Develop technical Terms of Reference (ToR) for implementing partners and support all procurement processes in line with FAO’s rules and regulations
  • Supervise and coordinate the work of capacity building officers based at DLGs of Karamoja 
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of the project’s monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEAL) framework
  • Identify and develop training and capacity building opportunities for project staff and stakeholders
  • Attend project coordination meetings as well as support the work of the project steering committees
  • Regularly travel to Karamoja for project monitoring and provision of technical support
  • Perform any other duties related to the development and implementation of the early warning system

Requirements

  • University degree in Meteorology, Agro-meteorology, Hydrology, Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Disaster Risk Reduction, or a related field
  • Five years, minimum, of relevant experience in agriculture, early warning systems, vulnerability analysis, disaster risk management, information technology, and/or project management
  • Extent of experience and knowledge with geographic information systems, remote sensing or computer programming
  • Extent of experience and knowledge of managing technical projects
  • Proficiency in English
  • Nationality of Uganda

To apply and for more information, click here.

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