National Stakeholder Engagement and Liaison Specialist

The National Stakeholder Engagement and Liaison Specialist will lead the development and execution of the stakeholder engagement plan to ensure the success of project activities under the Samoa Readiness Project. The role involves supporting engagement with project stakeholders, partners, and participants, including government and industry stakeholders, and working with professional service providers to bring expertise to the project.

Responsibilities

• Plan and develop, edit, review and support stakeholder engagement plan for the implementation of the Samoa Readiness Project.
• Work with FAO, Samoa Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Samoa Readiness Team to support project stakeholder engagement needs.
• Work with the SAP Communications Specialist to ensure messaging, outreach, contacts and materials align with stakeholder activities and interests.
• Work with the SAP Communications Specialist to ensure content shared in media inquiries, articles, interviews, press releases aligns with Samoa and FAO messaging and stakeholder activities and interests.
• Provide advice to the Technical Advisor on community relations.
• Work with third-party service providers to source strategic stakeholder engagement expertise to support project and corporate needs.
• Track and report on the actual performance relative to the stakeholder engagement plan.
• Lead the planning, review and development of different stakeholder engagement strategies and tactics.
• Operate the various existing tools and systems to manage stakeholder outreach.
• Assist in managing the growing stakeholder community including engagement, partner support and outreach.
• Ensure timely response and follow-up to stakeholder requests and inquiries.
• Plan, develop and execute various stakeholder surveys, using web, telephone and live data collection.
• Summarize and analyse the results to provide key findings and recommend suggestions, or action plans based on collected feedback.
• Identify follow-on project opportunities and referrals from the existing contact base and support meetings and events as required.
• Coordinate project stakeholder engagement activities, including with the Readiness Needs Assessment and Country Programme through both institutional communication and participatory approaches, including by effectively engaging local stakeholders, with a focus on young women and men, and apply participatory methods to facilitate the mobilization and equal participation of young women and men in project activities.
• Establish relationships with communication focal points of, and other stakeholders in the project's area of intervention to facilitate inclusive and meaningful stakeholder engagement.
• Support the Liaison Assistant to coordinate communication between stakeholders, the NDA, relevant ministries and FAO SAP on development and finalisation of the Concept Note.
• Support the development of informational and communication materials in various formats, including audiovisual materials for social media, newsletters and other FAO institutional channels.
• Support the country office and the project team in identifying, documenting and disseminating results, success stories and learnings, including good practices and lessons learned from a gender perspective.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements

• University degree from an institution recognized by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/UNESCO in Agronomy, horticulture, agriculture engineering, or closely related field.
• Minimum of three years of proven experience in designing, building, and managing commercial hydroponic systems.
• Strong knowledge of water chemistry, plant nutrition, greenhouse climate control, and agribusiness modelling.
• Experience in environmental health, including a significant portion (at least 3 years) specifically focused on climate change and its health implications.
• Working Knowledge of English.
• National of Samoa.
• Extensive experience in nutrient management and chemistry.
• Extensive experience in system design and engineering.
• Extensive experience in environmental control.
• Extensive experience in crop and substrate management.
• Extensive experience in facility operation and data management.
• Experience working with international organizations and managing climate change and health projects, including proposal writing and reporting.
• Experience managing projects and developing proposals; developing capacity building materials; conducting health vulnerability and adaptation assessments; and working with communities to build resilience to climate-related health risks.
• Good knowledge of situation in Nauru and familiarity with Pacific Small Island Developing States.
• Experience working with a cross-section of stakeholders, including senior government officials in small and vulnerable states (SIDS and LDCs).
• Experience in working in Nauru or Pacific region will be an advantage.
• Strong writing skills and language proficiency.

Skills

• Hydroponic System Design
• Water Chemistry
• Plant nutrition
• Greenhouse Climate Control
• Agribusiness Modelling
• Environmental Health
• Climate Change Health Implications
• Nutrient Management
• System Design Engineering
• Environmental Control
• Crop Management
• Substrate Management
• Facility Operation
• Data Management
• Project Management
• Proposal Writing
• Capacity Building
• Health Vulnerability Assessment
• Adaptation Assessment
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Report Writing

Languages

English