Subregional Coordinator for Eastern Africa

The Subregional Coordinator for Eastern Africa leads FAO's response to subregional priorities in food security, agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry, and sustainable management of natural resources. The role involves strategic planning, programme development, resource mobilization, partnership building, and representing FAO to regional institutions including the African Union and UNECA.

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis and dialogue on subregional priorities and the development of subregional strategies.
• Advise and collaborate with internal partners to raise awareness of subregional priorities and needs and ensure that they are reflected in corporate and regional policies.
• Ensure the provision of timely technical support to the FAO components of the United Nations common planning and programming frameworks (e.g. UNSDCF, CAP, Flash Appeals), the Country Programming Framework (CPF) for all countries in the subregion and related FAO programmes, projects and/or other activities.
• Lead subregional mobilization of extrabudgetary resources, making optimum use of the expertise available in the Decentralized Offices.
• Support Member Nations in the subregion to address food insecurity, malnutrition, hunger and inequalities by working together with institutional partners in the subregion, in accordance with agreed priorities, approved programme/workplans/budgets, strategic objectives and corporate policies.
• Coordinate and ensure timely and appropriate implementation and technical backstopping to FAO programmes and projects in the subregion in close collaboration with FAO technical divisions and units and in line with corporate norms, standards and procedures.
• Undertake regular reporting and monitoring on subregional programmes.
• Support and, where relevant, lead the subregional policy dialogues on areas of FAO's mandate.
• Facilitate timely access by subregional stakeholders to FAO's knowledge resources and global public goods, and knowledge sharing within and beyond the subregion.
• Lead and manage the Subregional Office and ensure effective and efficient use of human and financial resources in line with corporate policies and administrative procedures.
• Manage all matters related to the security and safety of FAO personnel and their eligible dependents and ensure full adherence to the UN Security Policy, rules and regulations, as well as to security-related instructions issued by FAO.
• Promote and lead initiatives under the FAO Corporate Environmental Policy and its Corporate Environmental Responsibility Strategy 2020-2030 to reduce emissions, increase efficiency and integrate sustainability into the Organization's daily operations.
• Support the effective establishment of partnerships and collaborations with governments, donors, civil society, academia, NGOs, UN system organizations and other international organizations.
• Advocate FAO's policy positions in the relevant subregional fora, represent FAO in the media and implement a pro-active communications strategy to raise FAO awareness with the general public.
• Support the UN joint communication efforts at the subregional level and speaking with 'one voice'.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in the field of agriculture, fishery, forestry or international relations.
• Minimum of twelve (12) years of relevant professional experience in development issues and management, resource mobilization, especially familiarity with international financial institutions (IFIs), global funding envelopes for agriculture and environment e.g. Global Environment Facility (GEF), Adaptation Fund, etc., and private sector or blended financial modalities, development or humanitarian related issues, preferably with some years of experience in Africa.
• Extensive managerial and professional experience in fields related to the mandate of FAO.
• Demonstrated professional competence, proven leadership capability, effective management skills, intellectual, and strategic leadership of a high order in relevant subject areas and in an international setting.
• Extensive experience and competence in partnership with inter-governmental and international organizations, national governments, technical and donor partners, private sector, civil society organizations, youth and women organizations, farmer associations, etc.
• Working knowledge (proficient - level C) of English and limited knowledge (intermediate- level B) of another FAO languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish).

Skills

• Resource Mobilization
• International Financial Institutions
• Global Environment Facility Projects
• Adaptation Fund
• Development Management
• Humanitarian Issues
• Agriculture Development Projects
• Fisheries Management
• Forest Management
• Strategic Planning
• Program Development
• Partnership Building
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Leadership in International Context
• Management Skills
• Public Information
• Food Security
• Nutrition
• Sustainable Resource Management
• Representation to Regional Institutions

Languages

English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish