National Technical Advisor - Agriculture (FAO), Padang

Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations

Job Title National Technical Advisor - Agriculture  

Duty station Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia 

General Description of task(s) and objectives to be achieved

On Monday, October 25, 2010, such the Mentawai Islands experienced an earthquake and tsunami, which caused loss and damages to the amount of 348,92 billion IDR, with the major impact on the productive economy. To support the Government of Indonesia’s efforts for recovery on the Mentawai Islands, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have formulated a joint livelihoods recovery programme under the guidance of the Office of the Resident Coordinator.

The National Technical Advisor (Agriculture) will work in close collaboration with the Local Government and Liaison Officer, and shall be responsible for providing technical inputs relating to agricultural livelihoods recovery. He/she will be also responsible in ensuring effective delivery of FAO activities and ensure alignment with partnering UN agencies, government counterparts, donors, and other relevant stakeholders.

Under the overall supervision of the FAO Representative and under the direct supervision of the Operations Coordinator and the A-FAOR Programme, the National  Technical Advisor (Agriculture) will perform the below range of duties relating to the objectives of the FAO Mentawai Islands Recovery Programme:

Programme Coordination Level:

• Participate to develop, appraise, and supervise the technical aspects of FAO’sagricultural component of the programme.
• Prepareand refine technical and agriculture components and technical assistance,evaluateneedassessments, contribute to project livelihoods analysis with agriculture base.
• Identify areas of weaknessand strengthin the technical and management capacities of the government and other stakeholders to implement FAO’scomponent in the overall livelihood recovery programme;
• Ensure all of FAO’s program activities occur in collaboration with local, district and provincial authorities where appropriate;

Field Activity Level:

• Review past FAOinterventions and strategies for the improvement and diversification of agricultural production taking into account the cropping calendars, agro-ecological conditions and market opportunities; in addition to farmer’s socio-culture and economic condition.
• Contribute to the FAO training and capacity development activities,including contribute to developing and delivering FAO trainings materials;
• Strengthen and develop farmer organizations and associations and support their formalization as producer associations;
• Make periodic visits to the sites where the project is operating to provide back-up support and gain first-hand appreciation of the achievements and challenges;
  

Reporting

• Prepare technical progress reports on all related matters concerning the implementation of the project describing achievements, constraints and performance to be submitted every quarter and to be consolidated into the overall programme progress report;
• Prepare other necessaryreports that will act asa tool to guide the work of FAOS’s activities and ensure compliance of FAO’s activities with overall Programme strategies;
• Prepare end of assignment report at his/her assignment period within two weeks upon his/her contract accomplished. 

AOB

• Perform any other duty related to the implementation of the Programme as required.

Required Competencies

Behavioural Competencies

• Demonstrates commitment to FAO’s mission, vision and values;
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and an ability to work alongside people from diverse cultural backgrounds
• Seeks to bring improvements in FAO programme working processes and achievements, particularly in Mentawai
• Prepared to be innovative and demonstrate initiative; is open to new ideas and provides new perspectives from which to operate
• Identifies, builds and maintains solid relationships and productive partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders to accomplish the Organization’s mission

Academic Qualification

• University graduate with minimum master’s degree in agriculture or other relevant field. Desirably PhD degree of an appropriate discipline and recognized qualification in Agriculture.

Technical Competencies and Experience Requirements

• Possesses work experience and knowledge in agricultural livelihoods recovery and/or rehabilitation project or programmes
• Possesses experience and sound technical knowledge in developing and promoting appropriate monoculture and mixed cropping system, and working knowledge in helping farmers adopting good agricultural new technologies and practices.
• Demonstrates an ability to manage programmes and projects (including the budget, people and process) efficiently under shifting priorities, in order to achieve targets
• Possess good planning, coordination, interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly in Word, Excel and Power Point
• Previous employment in international organizations preferably within UN specialized agencie
• Ability to work with minimum supervision

Please be informed that all applications should be submitted no later that 13th March 2013 and addressed to:

Operations Support Unit
Office of the FAO Representative in Indonesia 11th floor Menara Thamrin Building
Jl. M.H Thamrin Kav 3 Jakarta 10250   

email to: FAO-ID@fao.org        
 

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