Global Coordinator (Food Security Cluster) Lazio

Global Coordinator (Food Security Cluster)
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

Global Coordinator (Food Security Cluster) Status: Closed

Dates: Monday, April 12, 2021 - Saturday, April 24, 2021

Job Posting: 09/Apr/2021

Closure Date: 23/Apr/2021, 11:59:00 PM

Organizational Unit: Office of Emergencies and Resilience, OER

Job Type: Staff position

Type of Requisition: Professional Project

Grade Level: P-5

Primary Location: Italy-Rome

Duration: Fixed-term: one year with possibility of extension

Post Number: 2008437

CCOG Code: 1S01

Organizational Setting

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is the specialized Agency of the United Nations (UN) leading international efforts to defeat hunger. FAO works in over 130 countries worldwide to achieve food security for all and ensure that people have regular access to high-quality food.

FAO's Office of Emergencies and Resilience leads the Organization's efforts to support Members in their endeavours to save agricultural livelihoods of people and communities and enhance their resilience in the face of disasters, crises, and conflicts. The Organization strives to secure sustainable development gains while ensuring that all interventions to support agriculture and food systems are risk-informed and sustainably productive. The global Food Security Cluster (gFSC) is co-led by FAO and the World Food Programme (WFP) and led by two Global Coordinators.

Reporting Lines

The Global Coordinator (Food Security Cluster) reports to the FAO Director of the Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) and the WFP Director of Emergencies, and works closely with the Global Coordinator at WFP.

Technical Focus

Supports the implementation of FAO's resilience agenda at global, regional, subregional, and/or country level.

Key Results

Leadership and technical policy expertise for the planning, development, and implementation of Division/Office Programmes of work, projects, products, services.

Key Functions

• Plans, manages, or leads highly specialized or multidisciplinary teams; leads and coordinates Organization-wide committees and provides technical leadership on inter-agency committees, networks, and international working groups;

• Contributes to and coordinates the planning, budgeting, implementation, and reporting of the programme of work, team plans, supporting policy, tools, standards, and systems frameworks;

• Oversees and provides expert technical assistance to teams focusing on humanitarian policy, inter-agency collaboration, mobilization of emergency resources, and programming;

• Promotes best practices and provides technical support/services and operational coaching to the Decentralized Office network;

• Oversees ongoing operational emergency and recovery projects and programmes;

• Coordinates resource mobilization activities including corporate appeals and donor grants;

• Oversees knowledge management activities including the maintenance of FAO emergency information systems.

Specific Functions

• Develops and enhances cluster vision in the context of the Inter-agency Standing Committee humanitarian cluster approach;

• Ensures timely and effective interaction between the global Cluster Secretariat and country-level food security clusters;

• Represents the gFSC in relevant inter-cluster fora;

• Advises FAO and WFP Directors on the management and exit strategies of food security clusters at country-level;

• Co-leads the implementation of the global Food Security Cluster (gFSC) Strategic Plans;

• Manages the delivery of global cluster support services to country-level food security clusters;

• Develops and supervises implementation of a results-based work plan and staffing strategy.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree (masters or equivalent) in economics, social sciences, agriculture, business, development studies, or management;

• Ten years of relevant experience related to emergency and/or food insecurity crisis situations;

• Working knowledge of English and limited knowledge of a second official language of the Organization.

Competencies

• Results Focus

• Leading, Engaging and Empowering

• Communication

• Partnering and Advocating

• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

• Strategic Thinking

Technical/Functional Skills

• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions;

• Extent and relevance of experience in field operations in food emergency situations;

• Demonstrated success in building and maintaining partnerships with international and country-level partners;

• Comprehensive knowledge of humanitarian reform processes and policies.

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