Deadline: 07 July, 2023

Location: Damaturu, Nigeria

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations is seeking to fill the role of Field Programme Coordinator.

FAO is working to achieve food security for all and make sure that people have regular access to enough high-quality food.

Responsibilities

• Support the coordination and implementation of FAO emergency and resilience operations related to agriculture, livestock, agribusiness, safe access to fuel and energy, aquaculture and fisheries, gender, protection and natural resource management and other areas of FAO’s mandate across the target northeast and northwest states of Nigeria
• Strengthen partnerships with ministries, departments and agencies and other non- governmental partners including UN agencies, international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), to reinforce synergies between key stakeholders
• Provide technical guidance/recommendations of approaches/strategies to improve livelihoods and strengthen resilience to shocks
• Contribute to resource mobilisation efforts of country office
• Provide regular field project updates including monitoring and evaluation, knowledge generation
• Contribute to progress and terminal reports for submission to donors and stakeholders
• Support the collection and analysis of information on food security and livelihoods in the northeast of Nigeria
• Support interagency coordination including participation in and contribution to coordination of the food security sector working groups and other state-level donor partners
• Support the development and review of letters of agreement for the engagement of field implementing partners
• Assist with periodic monitoring and assessment of the quality of implementing partners’ performance and compliance with FAO policies and humanitarian principles
• Support the monitoring of the implementation of projects across all programme components in collaboration with FAO MEAL team and contribute to the performance monitoring and plan strategy for the field programme implementation
• Work closely with local and international NGOs and state agencies to undertake or initiate collaboration
• Work directly with state emergency management agency and relevant state ministries and agencies and liaise with partners
• Perform other duties as required

Requirements

• Postgraduate degree in Development Studies, Agricultural Science, Economics, or a related field
• Eight years, minimum, of progressive experience in designing, coordination and implementation of emergency agricultural and resilience sensitive programme
• Working knowledge of English
• Experience working in humanitarian context in the field of agriculture and with deep understanding of emergency agriculture concepts and programming
• Experience working with communities and diverse stakeholders in conflict-affected areas
• Familiarity and proven experience in project management and development
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Excellent computer skills, communication, writing and presentation skills
• Readiness to carry out visits to project sites and duty travel as required
• Flexibility and adaptability to work in emergency situations with tight deadlines
• Excellent team-building and cross-cultural skills
• Sound knowledge and understanding of emerging policy issues in the areas of agriculture, food security, rural development, poverty eradication, and social protection
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and experience in working with a wide range of individuals at high levels in government, private sector, and civil society
• Experience working with government counterparts, national or international financial institutions, and private sector/civil society in the field of economic and social development in Nigeria

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