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FAO is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender and nationality
People with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality
The incumbent may be re-assigned to different activities and/or duty stations depending on the evolving needs of the Organization
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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
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.
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.
· Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement
· 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.
_______________________________________________________________________________________Please note that all candidates should adhere to FAO Values of Commitment to FAO, Respect for All and Integrity and Transparency
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