Job Description
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Job Responsibilities
• Provide strategic technical guidance on food and nutrition security analyses to inform national, sub-regional and regional food security and nutrition policies and planning.
• Coordinate with government institutions, UN agencies, donors, and other stakeholders to harmonize food and nutrition security analysis efforts and ensure coherence with national and international frameworks.
• Manage research agendas and commission external studies on key food and nutrition security topics, monitoring and analyzing food and nutrition security trends and vulnerabilities, identifying key drivers of food insecurity and supporting early warning mechanisms using advanced data analytics and forecasting tools.
• Lead capacity-building initiatives by training and mentoring national, sub-regional and regional partners in food and nutrition security data collection, analysis and monitoring tools.
• Share analysis results through briefs, policy dialogues, and presentations to ensure findings reach relevant stakeholders (government, humanitarian partners, policymakers, and development partners) .
• Identify funding opportunities and contribute to project proposals that integrate food and nutrition security analysis at country, sub-regional and regional levels.
• Design and coordinate surveys and assessments using standard tools and methodologies to support early warning and resilience efforts
• Ensure data is available and integrated into key analytical processes, such as the Integrated Phase Classification (IPC), Harmonized Framework, Anticipatory Action scenario building, and Humanitarian Needs Overviews, actively participating in these processes to enhance early warning and anticipatory action efforts in the region.
• Document lessons learned and best practices in food and nutrition security data collection, analysis and use to support methodological improvements and promote knowledge exchange/capacity-building initiatives within FAO and with external partners.
• Promote and ensure adherence to data management standards, including ethical data collection, protection, storage, and archiving, ensuring compliance with FAO and international best practices.
• Carry out additional duties as needed, including emergency response support and participation in technical working groups.
Educational Qualification
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Bachelor degree in any discipline
Other Educational Qualification
• Advanced university degree in economics, agriculture economics, statistics and social sciences or another field related to the FAO mandate. A University degree combined with 2 additional years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of an Advanced university.
Skills
• 5 years of relevant professional experience in food security and resilience analysis, agricultural statistics, data collection, and assessment methodologies.
• Working knowledge (proficient – level C) of English.
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work
• Familiarity with UN administrative, operational and financial procedures is an asset
• Strong expertise in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies, including survey design, sampling techniques, and statistical analysis.
• Proficiency in statistical software such as SPSS, STATA, R, or Python for data analysis.
• Familiarity with GIS tools, remote sensing applications, and data visualization techniques.
• Ability to develop analytical products such as food security reports, situation analyses, policy briefs, and dashboards.
• Extent and relevance of experience in programme/project formulation, analysis, planning and implementation
• Extent of experience in formulation, implementation and monitoring of projects
• Ability to develop plans for the implementation and coordination of project operations in developing countries, in partnership with UN agencies and other concerned stakeholders and/or partners
