Emergency Livestock Specialist at FAO, Mogadiscio, Somalia

Deadline: 08 July 2023

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Emergency Livestock Specialist in Mogadiscio, Somalia. The duration of this post is 6 months.

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

Key Job Responsibilities

The Emergency Livestock Specialist will perform the following functions-

• Provide effective team leadership, coordination and facilitation of technical inputs, management support and technical oversight for the projects in place.
• Provide effective team leadership in carrying out baseline surveys and need assessments of the capacity of service providers and producers, and traders groups.
• Develop detailed work plans related to the different project outputs and outcomes in collaboration with relevant project and Livestock value chain staff.
• Ensure the operational and technical supervision of the projects as per FAO guidelines.
• Develop the contractual implementation documents (Letters of Agreement) of projects.
• Undertake quality control and monitoring of letters of agreement with programme/project implementing partners.
• Plan and supervise the implementation of field activities provision of inputs, good practices training, installation of equipment and infrastructure, collection and analysis of food security information etc.
• Liaise with Operations regarding operational and logistics requirements of the planned interventions.
• Guide the formulation and the implementation of a Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning plan to ensure activity monitoring, achievement of projects objectives and impacts.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicant must have:

• University Degree in Agriculture, Veterinary, Biology and any relevant study area.
• Advanced University Degree in the mentioned areas is an adeed advantage.
• Minimum 5 year’s relevant experience in livestock project management, design, and monitoring.
• Working knowledge of English.
• Working knowledge in the local language of the country (Somalia).
• Nationality of Somalia.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit applications through online process.

For more information, visit FAO.