EMERGENCY AND REHABILITATION OFFICER (Strategic Positioning/Advocacy)

Job title:

EMERGENCY AND REHABILITATION OFFICER (Strategic Positioning/Advocacy)

Company:

FAO

Job description

Organizational Setting

The Office of Emergencies and Resilience (OER) is responsible for ensuring FAO’s efforts to support countries and partners in preparing for and effectively responding to food and agricultural threats and crises by i) increasing the numbers of people reached in Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) 3 and above; and ii) increasing the numbers of people supported to move out of IPC 3 and above from a humanitarian caseload onto pathways of resilience and development. FAO has mainstreamed a humanitarian, development, peace nexus approach and a localization agenda throughout its strategic positioning and programmatic design and implementation at country and regional levels. In this organizational setting, OER is responsible for coordinating the development and maintenance of corporate tools and standards to enable Decentralized Offices (Dos) to assist Members to prepare for, and respond to, emergencies as well as strengthen capacities of national and subnational institutions and partners for resilience and risk-informed development. OER ensures humanitarian policy coordination and knowledge, liaison with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee as well as with humanitarian resource partners, co-leadership with World Food Programme of the global Food Security Cluster, organizational preparedness, surge capacity and response to large-scale emergencies. OER supports food and nutrition security and sectoral/systems assessments, early warning activities related to emergency and humanitarian analysis and responses. OER plays a major role in the development and leadership of the Organization’s programme to increase the resilience of livelihoods to food and agriculture threats and crises of the Organization’s programme in areas such as risk governance and coordination, anticipatory actions, disaster risk reduction, early warning and response in agriculture and food chain crises.

The position is located in OER at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy.

Reporting Lines
The Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer reports to the Senior Emergency and Rehabilitation Officer (Strategic Positioning/Advocacy).

Technical Focus
Support implementation of FAO’s resilience agenda at global, regional, subregional and/or country level.

Key Results
Technical and policy expertise to support the planning, development and implementation of divisional programmes, projects, products and services in accordance with the FAO Strategic Framework.

Key Functions

• Plans and leads components of multidisciplinary teams, coordinates, and/or participates in Organization-wide committees, and provides technical expertise on international committees and working groups.
• Develops and updates the supporting approach, methodology, tools, systems/databases, policies and/or standards to support programme delivery and specific objectives, services and outputs of Division teams focusing on (i) humanitarian policy, interagency collaboration and mobilization of emergency resources; (ii) response, food chain crisis, special operations, Level’3 emergency preparedness, early warning and support to transition; (iii) and/or programming to integrate resilience into FAO planning at all levels.
• Develops position papers, proposals and/or policy briefs to support humanitarian policy development, coordination and liaison with international partners such as the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, WFP, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) ‘and other humanitarian groups involved in emergency and recovery activities.
• Undertakes FAO emergency needs assessment activities and missions, conducts food and nutrition security assessments and analysis, coordinates in-country early warning alerts and further coordination with all partners.
• Provides technical support to ongoing operational emergency and recovery projects and programmes and related capacity development in countries, and Regional and Subregional Offices supported with Standard Operating Procedures, surge mechanisms and Level-3 capable response systems.
• Promotes best practices and provides technical support/services to Decentralized Offices, in collaboration with Regional Offices, to facilitate emergency programming, resource mobilization and integration of emergency and development work in countries, as well as to provide capacity during critical phases of emergencies.
• Monitors, promotes and coordinates resource mobilization activities including corporate appeals, donor macrogrants, Central Emergency Revolving Fund/Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation (CERF/SFERA)’submissions, annual appeals and midyear reviews, as well as collaborates with countries and Regional Offices to facilitate resource mobilization through project and programme formulation.
• Maintains and updates FAO emergency information systems, crisis communications, information and advocacy, as well as providing up-to-date information for reporting, audits, evaluations and inputs to FAO Governing Body documents.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Specific Functions

• Ensures FAO Engagement at appropriate levels and consistent messaging in key humanitarian and resilience-related decision-making arenas, policies, and initiatives of relevance, including the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) and associated bodies, the Grand Bargain, pooled funds, regular and ad hoc interagency task forces and working groups, among others, at country, regional and global levels.
• Reports on relevant interagency discussions, humanitarian resolution development, UN Security Council discussions relevant to FAO’s humanitarian and resilience work, ensuring FAO management is fully aware of issues of concern, opportunities for engagement.
• Initiates and takes active responsibility in the development of advocacy strategies, briefing packages, talking points and strategic messaging around identified humanitarian and resilience priorities and processes, including global policy processes, etc.
• Prepares strategic advocacy products demonstrating FAO’s achievements and impacts in food crisis contexts.
• Provides strategic inputs to key interagency and FAO products, processes and events (e.g. UN Secretary-General Reports, Global Humanitarian Overview, Rome-based Agencies reporting, etc.).
• Liaises with relevant FAO colleagues based at headquarters, Liaison Offices, as well as Regional and Subregional and Country Offices to ensure that FAO is duly represented in all IASC workstreams.
• Acts as the OER focal point for selected FAO Liaison Offices to ensure consistency of messaging, language and engagement in relevant humanitarian and resilience fora.
• Engages and works closely with partners to develop studies and reports demonstrating the impact of FAO’s humanitarian and resilience work, fully engaging FAO colleagues across headquarters and Decentralized Offices, as relevant.
• Ensures relevant humanitarian/nexus/resilience guidance and information emerging from interagency discussions is disseminated within OER and Country offices, as appropriate.
• Undertakes travel in support of FAO Decentralized Offices to provide support in interagency engagement and/or advocacy.

CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

Minimum Requirements

• Advanced university degree in a subject related to the work of the Organization.
• Seven years of relevant experience in public and/or private sectors related to programming, planning and technical cooperation in food and agriculture, including experience in developing countries, especially in countries that are vulnerable to disaster or other emergency risks.
• Working knowledge (proficient – level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate – level B) of another official FAO language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

Competencies

• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills

• Work experience in more than one location or area of work, particularly in field positions.
• Extent of relevant experience at international level in interagency engagement and partnerships.
• Depth of experience in identifying and preparing programme strategies and policy position on humanitarian and transition contexts, at both global and country levels.
• Extent of knowledge of international humanitarian architecture, including agencies, NGOs, and other partners.
• Extent and relevance of experience in writing, editing and sourcing information for talking points and briefing notes.

Expected salary

Location

Roma

Job date

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:45:33 GMT

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