DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Under the general guidance of the Chief, TCEO and the FAO Subregional Representative for Southern and Eastern Africa and FAO Representative for Zimbabwe, under the direct supervision of FAO’s Emergency Coordinator for Zimbabwe, and in full collaboration with other colleagues of the Emergency Coordination Unit, the Coordination and Information Officer will:

• manage the Coordination and Information Unit (subunit of the Emergency Coordination Unit);
• maintain and develop relationships with officials of NGOs, Government Institutions, donors and UN Agencies in relation to coordination both at field and headquarters (Harare) levels;
• develop and discuss plans with the FAO Emergency Coordination Unit (ECU) to strengthen coordination within the agriculture sector amongst different stakeholders (non governmental organization [NGOs], Government of Zimbabwe [GoZ], United Nations [UN] agencies, research institutes, donors);
• participate in and contribute to the Agricultural Coordination Working Groups and subworking groups;
• contribute in the identification of technologies/approaches for application in the Zimbabwean context, develop plans for dissemination and implement them;
• assist the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) Head Officer in the definition of key variables to monitor on food security and technologies, the development of strategies to disseminate M&E findings and in liaison with stakeholders;
• develop work plans for production of information materials relevant to the unit and contribute to, and supervise, the overall production of these documents (journals, newsletters, CDs, bulletins);
• prepare project proposals, mid-term reports and final reports;
• prepare project updates as request by FAO regional and HQ officers (monthly, by-monthly, etc);
• manage, update and develop the agricultural database. Assemble information from FAO and NGOs regarding current and planned interventions in agriculture;
• analyse data from the agricultural database, needs assessments and vulnerability surveys to be used for coordination tools and updates;
• produce, update and share information products required to facilitate humanitarian decision-makings (Global Information System [GIS] maps, presentations to the Agriculture Coordination Working Group [ACWG] and other fora, etc.)
• assist the operations and project officers in the preparation of assistance plans (geographical targeting, identification of areas, etc).
• perform other duties as required.
• PROMOTION TO THE POST IS ONLY FOR THE DURATION OF ASSIGNMENT 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
Candidates should meet the following:

SELECTION CRITERIA
Candidates will be assessed against the following:

Please note that all candidates should possess computer/word processing skills and should be capable of working with people of different national and cultural backgrounds.
* The length of appointment for internal FAO candidates will be established in accordance with applicable policies pertaining to the extension of appointments.

TO APPLY: Carefully read and follow the Guidelines to applicants

Send your application to:

V.A TCEO-295-08-PRJ
TCEO Africa Desk (c/o Ms S. Moroni)
FAO Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome ITALY
Fax No: +39 06 570 54941
E-mail: VA-295-08-PRJ-TCEO@FAO.ORG

This vacancy is open to male and female candidates. Applications from qualified women candidates and applications from qualified candidates from non/under-represented member states are encouraged. Please note that FAO staff members are international civil servants subject to the authority of the Director-General and may be assigned to any activities or office of the organization.

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