Deadline: 14 October, 2020
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Senior Value Chain Expert.
FAO is a specialised agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
Responsibilities
- In close collaboration with the national project coordinator, contribute to developing the methodology and tools for the assessment
- Identify indicators framework as a tool to guide data collection process
- Contribute to developing a data collection tools (questionnaires, guidelines for focus group discussions, etc.) to characterise the city region food systems nodes for the selected value chains
- In close collaboration with the national project coordinator, conduct the assessment to define, characterise shocks, risks and vulnerabilities in the city region food system to a broad variety of climate shocks
- Train data collectors on how to accurately collect data using the developed data collection tool
- Collect and analyse primary quantitative and qualitative data through focus groups and individual/household surveys in the city region
- Analyse city region food systems vulnerability and resilience capacities and gaps to different shocks
- Define the priority areas for policy actions
Requirements
- Advanced university degree in Agriculture Sciences, Rural Development, Agro-Economics, and a related field
- Five years of relevant experience in the field of urban food systems analysis, climate risk assessment, urban and peri-urban agriculture, natural resources management
- Excellent communication and writing skills in English and Kinyarwanda
- National of Rwanda or resident in the country with a regular work permit
To apply and for more information, click here.
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