Chemonics seeks Regional Team Leads (RTL) to be based in one of the following regional offices: Niamey, Niger or Colombo, Sri Lanka for the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) 8 Decision Support (DS) project. The FEWS NET DS project maintains regional offices covering six regions (i.e. East Africa; Southern Africa; West Africa; Middle East, North Africa, and Europe; Asia; and Latin America and the Caribbean) that coordinate and oversee technical and administrative management of the country offices. Each regional office is composed of a cadre of technical experts and administrative staff led by an RTL, who serves as the technical analysis and administrative head of the region, as well as the representative for FEWS NET in regional fora, including at the regional USAID Mission. In addition, the RTL is responsible for supporting and supervising country-level field offices in their respective region, including providing quality control for regional- and national-level project deliverables and ensures that activities and products for the region are delivered in a timely manner. The RTL will be directly supervised by the deputy chief of party-field operations (DCOP-FO). Interested applicants must currently, and in the future, have legal authorization to work in the country where their regional office of interest is located. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
FEWS NET is an integrated set of activities funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and is intended to provide timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent food security early warning information and analysis. The eighth phase of FEWS NET includes the Decision Support (DS) project which is charged with providing integrated monitoring and analyses of current and forecast acute food insecurity in countries worldwide to support the USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) policy and programmatic decisions. Based on an in-depth understanding of local livelihoods, FEWS NET DS Team monitors information and data on factors that affect food security, such as conflict, weather conditions and climate, crops, pasture, markets and trade, and nutrition. The work of the FEWS NET DS Team relies on close collaboration with international, regional, and national partners on food security data and information gathering and analysis. Major activities include joint monitoring and assessments, data sharing and exchanges, collaborative analysis and reporting, and technical capacity strengthening.
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Please apply using the following link by October 29, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. No telephone inquiries, please. Chemonics will contact short-listed candidates.
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