DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division works in post-disaster and complex emergency situations and helps to protect, restore and enhance food production and the livelihoods of farmers, herders, fishers and associated processors and artisans.

• The Rehabilitation and Humanitarian Policies Unit, TCER, is responsible for most cross-cutting issues important for the Division, interacting with many internal and external partners.
• Under the overall supervision of the Chief, Humanitarian Policies and Rehabilitation (TCER), the direct supervision of the Information Manager (TCER), will be responsible for reporting and communication activities for the assigned region (i.e. region 1: Latin America, the Carribeans and West and Central Africa, region 2: East and Southern Africa, region 3: Eastern Europe, Asia and the Pacific). Specifically, will
• plan and implement reporting and communication relevant activities for the assigned region in close collaboration with TCE field offices and Operations Officers.
• undertake missions to the assigned region to strengthen reporting and communication capacity of FAO’s Emergency Coordination Units (ECU), as appropriate
• contribute to the enhancement of divisional communication and reporting activities, including documentation of best practices and lessons learned, preparation of guidelines, models and templates
• oversee the production of final narrative project reports for the assigned region in accordance with Organization’s reporting and editorial guidelines
• provide drafting, translation and editing services for reports, project documents, working papers, for the assigned region;
• train and provide guidance to the assigned staff and consultants in the reporting unit at HQ and the field to ensure consistency and quality of reporting standards throughout the division
• participate in the design and implementation of advocacy strategies and advise TCE desk and field offices of the region on communication matters;
• coordinate the preparation of advocacy material on FAO’s emergency activities in the assigned region and ensure its distribution to the public. Prepare briefing material for the assigned region for TCE management and senior staff
• perform other related duties as required.

**APPOINTMENT/PROMOTION TO THE POST IS TEMPORARY AS ITS DURATION IS FOR ONE YEAR,
WITH POSSIBILITY OF EXTENSION

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.

REMUNERATION

Level carries a net salary per year (inclusive of a variable element for post adjustment) from US$ US$ (without dependants) and from US$ to US$ (with dependants)

TO APPLY: Carefully read and follow the Guidelines to applicants

Send your application to:

V.A 421-09-PRJ-TCER
Mr J. Tschirley, Chief, TCER
FAO Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100 Rome ITALY
Fax No: +39 06 570 59441
E-mail: VA-421-09-PRJ-TCER@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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