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  • Posted: Jun 20, 2019
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    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is an agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
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    National Coordinator for Decent Rural Youth Employment

     

    Organizational Setting

    The main aim of the FAO country offices, which are headed by an FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner.

    The position is located in the FAO Representation in Kenya

    Background

    The Integrated Country Approach Programme is geared towards sustainable policy change and places emphasis on strengthening the capacities of national institutions responsible for agriculture and labour to promote decent rural employment, including through private-public partnerships and multi-stakeholder mechanisms. At country level, the approach aims in particular at enhancing the employment content of national strategies, policies and programmes for agricultural and rural development in order to optimize the contribution of the sector to improve the quantity as well as the quality of rural jobs. The approach is strongly focused on youth employment creation in agricultural food systems and value chain development, but also takes into account access to agri-finance, occupational safety and health, migration, youth engagement and digital tools.

    In Kenya, during the 4 years of implementation, the programme will focus on the following strategic entry points:

    • Policy/programmatic coordination around the youth in agribusiness strategy and linked to the forthcoming youth policy
    • Support youth organizations, groups and networking
    • Identification of youth role models and champions/mentorship
    • Youth access to agri-finance
    • Alternative means of accessing land for the youth
    • Assess VC opportunities, and promote youth access to agribusiness training, market and private sector collaboration (in priority counties to be selected)

    Reporting Lines

    The National Coordinator for Decent Rural Youth Employment will work under the overall guidance of the FAO Representative in Kenya and Assistant FAO Representative (Programmes); direct supervision of the sub-programme team leader - Inclusive Value Chains and technical supervision of the International Coordinator based in the Social Policies and Rural Institutions Division (ESP). The national coordinator will responsible for the day-to-day technical leadership and coordination for the project on “Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system”.

    The incumbent will work in close collaboration with the relevant colleagues in the ESP/Decent Rural Employment Team (DRET) and FAO Kenya country office; as well as relevant UN agencies (e.g. ILO, UNDP, etc.) and in close consultation with the Ministries responsible for Agriculture, Labour, Youth, Gender, etc.

    Tasks And Responsibilities

     

    • In close coordination with the international Project Coordinator, and based on the results and activities presented in the project log frame, support the implementation and M&E of project activities including contributing to the development of annual work plans, activity requests and calendars;
    • Oversee the process of policy dialogue with the national partners of the project and key agriculture, employment and rural development stakeholders;
    • Actively participate in meetings, workshops and any other relevant events organized by the national partners of the project and key agriculture, employment and rural development stakeholders;
    • Manage the day to day implementation of the project activities, including support to organizing periodic meetings and workshops/trainings, in collaboration with the FAO representation in that country, government, and its institutions, UN agencies as well as other relevant stakeholders;
    • Provide technical inputs to key national stakeholders in the processes of revision of existing or formulation of new policies, strategies, plans and programmes around youth employment in agriculture, agribusiness, value chain development, access to agri-finance and private sector engagement;
    • Prepare and submit report on progress of project implementation at national level on a quarterly basis, liaising with national partners;
    • Coordinate and assist the missions and trainings conducted by international consultants and FAO staff by processing the administrative procedures and coordination with relevant governmental agencies, UN agencies and national stakeholders;
    • Ensure the adoption of a sound project communication strategy, including by assisting in the development of information materials, to guarantee adequate access to information for all relevant stakeholders through different communication means;
    • Collaborate and support other youth-related Programmes and projects within the FAO work programme and beyond that may bring collaborations and partnerships with the ICA project. The support may range from technical input into the development of related projects and supporting related missions among others;
    • Contribute to the FAO Policy Database on Productive Employment and Decent Work by generating new entries and suggesting news;
    • Coordinate an assessment of the presence of Indigenous Peoples inside or close to the project area and, if relevant, coordinate, document and act as a focal point for the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) process throughout the different phases of the project in compliance with the relevant FAO Internal policies and procedures;
    • In collaboration with the Decent Rural Employment Team, coordinate and act as a national focal point for establishing and implementing the project’s grievance mechanism, which is culturally appropriate and compliant with the relevant FAO policies and procedures, including receiving, assessing and registering complaints, interacting with complainants as required, ensuring complaints’ resolution at the project- or higher level of the grievance mechanism (Lead technical Unit, FAOR, or Regional Office), and documenting the process, all in compliance with the rules agreed with stakeholders and with the relevant FAO internal procedures;

    CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

    Minimum Requirements

    • Advanced University Degree in Economics, Agricultural or Development Economics, Development Studies, Social Science or related fields.
    • Minimum of 7 years of experience working on agriculture and decent rural employment and/or youth employment issues
    • Fluent in both written and spoken English.
    • National of Kenya.

    FAO Core Competencies

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

    Technical/Functional Skills

    • Prior experience around the topics of (youth) employment in agribusiness, agricultural value chain development and private sector engagement;
    • Prior experience in policy assistance and/or programme management in the field of agriculture or rural development and/ or employment and entrepreneurship policies and programmes, with a special focus on youth policies and programmes;
    • Detailed knowledge and understanding of the principles of results-based management and capacity to develop plans, organize resources and take actions to ensure objectives achieved within realistic time lines
    • Good understanding of the government structure and experience in working with the government agencies.
    • High degree of team ethic and dynamic personality
    • Good communication skills.

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    Social Protection Specialist

    Organizational Settings

    The main Aim of FAO Country Offices, which are headed by FAO Representative, is to assist governments to develop policies, programmes and projects to achieve food security and to reduce hunger and malnutrition, to help develop the agricultural, fisheries and forestry sectors, and to use their environmental and natural resources in a sustainable manner. FAO Somalia’s work addresses social protection with a focus on risk-informed and shock-responsive social protection systems applicable in fragile, humanitarian and protracted crisis contexts

    Technical Focus

    Under the overall supervision of the FAOR for Somalia and the direct supervision of the Emergency Coordinator, the Social Protection consultant will support implementation of FAO Somalia agenda on social protection. The specialist will provide technical guidance including support to policy, programmatic, operational and analytical work on the role of social protection for resilience strengthening with a focus on FAO Somalia’s support to risk-informed and shock- responsive social protection systems.

    The Specialist Will

    Tasks and responsibilities

    • Undertake research and analysis on social protection needs in Somalia (agriculture, livestock, economic, market, social, environmental, natural resources, food security, nutrition and gender related data) with the aim of gaining an understanding of the poverty and vulnerability situations particularly linked to the FSN and the agricultural sector and use this to support the development of the social protection strategy;
    • Undertake stocktaking of FAO current practices in terms of cash based interventions (CBIs), identify and recommend pathways for i) linking these with the current efforts of the Federal Government to establish a national social protection system and ii) progressively move towards longer term interventions within FAO Somalia programme.
    • Represent FAO in national and sub-national discussion around the Somalia Social Protection Policy framework development, and revamp partnership with government and key partners in the Social protection.
    • Identify current emergency tools to develop social protection instruments and systems in the protracted complex emergency conditions in Somalia.
    • Develop/design a social protection strategy and action plan to support programming of FAO Somalia.
    • Promote mainstreaming of social protection issues in emergency programmes through effective coordination/collaboration with other sectors and building synergies within FAO Somalia programmes.
    • Undertake capacity building of staff to strengthen their technical capacity on social protection, in order to effectively handle social protection programing, and provide technical backstopping to field projects;
    • Contribute to programmes by producing a variety of social protection documents including technical reports, policy document, and input for technical documents, best practice documents, statistical and/or analytical tools, methodologies, systems and databases for social protection.
    • Participate in resource mobilization activities through contributing to development of concept papers.
    • Strengthen partnership with other stakeholders (local government, state authorities and partners) through participation in the organized technical working groups/committee meetings/workshops for information dissemination that address the country policy processes of social protection.
    • Undertake other tasks necessary in relation to the implementation of social protection in FAO Somalia.

    CANDIDATES WILL BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE FOLLOWING

    Minimum Requirements

    • Advanced University degree in political science, economics, institutional development, social anthropology , rural development or other relevant social sciences;
    • Five years of relevant experience in social protection systems development, quantitative and qualitative socio-economic analysis, policy formulation, capacity building, methodological development and operational (country level experience) in risk management, social protection (including in fragile and humanitarian settings) in relation to any of the following areas: rural employment, agricultural production, natural resource management, food security and nutrition, poverty reduction, social protection;
    • Working knowledge of English, French or Spanish and limited knowledge of one of the other two or Arabic, Chinese or Russian.

    FAO Core 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 and more specifically in the horn of Africa is desirable;
    • Demonstrated experience and knowledge in setting up and undertaking empirical socio-economic research on social protection and its linkages with rural development, agricultural production, and food security and nutrition;
    • Knowledge and experience in socio-economic development, social protection analysis at macro-meso and micro level, particularly in rural areas, fragile and humanitarian contexts, and in connection with agriculture, food security and nutrition and rural development (including in fragile and humanitarian settings);
    • Depth of familiarity with relevant social protection issues (including in fragile and humanitarian settings). and approaches and capacity to grasp, analyze and synthesize their relevance to current rural development issues and trends related to food and agriculture;
    • Extent of experience in the analysis and formulation of social protection policies for sustainability improvement in the rural sector;
    • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex social protection systems and their coherence with other development policies and programmes, particularly agricultural, rural and food security and nutrition.

     

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