Job Location: | Kabul |
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Nationality: | National |
Category: | Agriculture |
Employment Type: | Full Time |
Salary: | Based on organization policy |
Vacancy Number: | N/A |
No. Of Jobs: | 1 |
City: | Kabul |
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Organization: | Chemonics /FEWS NET |
Years of Experience: | 10-12 years |
Contract Duration: | Long-term |
Gender: | Male/Female |
Education: | Master/Bachelor |
Close date: | 2025-01-01 |
Chemonics seeks a Regional Technical Senior Specialist – Livelihoods (RTSS-LH) in support of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) 8 Decision Support (DS) project based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The FEWS NET DS project maintains six regional offices (i.e. East Africa; Southern Africa; West Africa; Middle East, North Africa, and Europe; Asia; and Latin America and the Caribbean) that coordinate and oversee technical and administrative management of over 40 country offices. The FEWS NET DS Team uses a livelihoods-based food security analytical framework grounded in Household Economy Analysis (HEA) principles. The RTSS-LH will liaise extensively with Household Economy Analysis (HEA) working groups throughout the region and must be able to articulate FEWS NET’s livelihoods approach, and its relevance for acute food insecurity analysis, to partners. The RTSS-LH will be expected to provide critical inputs to regional decision-support products, technical assistance and guidance to country teams, and training on relevant HEA food security analyses and tools, for FEWS NET and partner staff. The RTSS-LH will contribute to high-quality and effective early warning of threats to food security by supporting efforts to mitigate food insecurity and prevent food crises through the provision of actionable, evidence-based food security analysis.
While the preference is for candidates to be based in Sri Lanka, highly qualified candidates who have legal work authorization and are based in other select countries in which FEWS NET 8 operates in may be considered. Countries are as follows:
We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
FEWS NET is an integrated set of activities funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and is intended to provide timely, accurate, evidence-based, and transparent food security early warning information and analysis. The eighth phase of FEWS NET includes the Decision Support (DS) project which is charged with providing integrated monitoring and analyses of current and forecast acute food insecurity in countries worldwide to support the USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) policy and programmatic decisions. Based on an in-depth understanding of local livelihoods, FEWS NET DS Team monitors information and data on factors that affect food security, such as conflict, weather conditions and climate, crops, pasture, markets and trade, and nutrition. The work of the FEWS NET DS Team relies on close collaboration with international, regional, and national partners on food security data and information gathering and analysis. Major activities include joint monitoring and assessments, data sharing and exchanges, collaborative analysis and reporting, and technical capacity strengthening.
Responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the RTSS-LH include, but are not limited to:
Responsibilities
The main responsibilities of the RTSS-LH include, but are not limited to:
Qualifications
Application instructions
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