FAO Field Operations Specialist Jobs 2023 – Zambia NGO Jobs

FAO Field Operations Specialist Jobs 2023 – Zambia NGO Jobs.

FAO Zambia looking for “Field Operations Specialist”.

Applicants with an Advanced University Degree may apply on or before October 26, 2023.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger and improve nutrition and food security. Its Latin motto, fiat panis, translates to “let there be bread”. It was founded in October 1945.

FAO Field Operations Specialist Jobs 2023

The FAO has published a job vacancy announcement on October 19, 2023 for qualified Zambia’s to fill in the vacant post of Field Operations Specialist to be based in Lusaka, Zambia.

FAO Job Vacancy 2023

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Support and participate in the implementation of research, agribusiness and agronomy field activities including capacity building and training of beneficiary farmers and participating farmer organizations, linking of farmers and farmer organization to input, and output markets and service providers and agronomy activities in the assigned province.
• Support and participate in the application and implementation of research, agribusiness and agronomy knowledge products, including analytical work and practical tools, related to the project initiatives; promote knowledge sharing and best practices at meetings and conferences, and interact with provincial partners.
• Support and participate engagement of provincial and district SMDOs, Cooperative Inspectors and DMDOs to identify key plans and milestones for private sector engagement and facilitation of farmer cooperatives and SME partnerships. This will include supporting provincial and district teams to organize and undertake smallholder farmer and SME partnership facilitation events.
• Support and participate engagement in consultative processes to identify and engage potential SMEs operating in farmer locations targeted by the project (identified at national, provincial and district level) to partner with farmer cooperatives in produce off taking, financing, input provision and mechanization needs for smallholder farmers. This will include identification of SMEs relative to the functional collaboration required by the project (off taking, financing, mechanization, etc)
• Support drafting and negotiating of partnership framework involving smallholder farmers, the SIFAZ project and identified private sector (SMEs) in the province. This framework to clearly outline the key contribution of each stakeholder (smallholder farmers, the SIFAZ project, the Private Sector) into the partnership and key commitments to be upheld by each stakeholder to ensure the successful management of the partnership. This activity will include highlighting key requirements for each of the SME category (off taking, financing, mechanization, etc)
• Support any other activities critical to ensuring that the agribusiness strategy of the SIFAZ project is responsive to successful partnering of smallholder farmers and SMEs.
• Supports and facilitates project operational matters and handles day-to-day operational activities of the SIFAZ programme at provincial level and takes action, in consultation and liaising with other support units at national level, on problems which arise during the execution of project activities.
• Participates in the preparation of provincial and district project work plans, monitor progress and, where necessary, identify corrective measures to overcome operational constraints in consultation and liaising with other support units at national.
• Perform any other related duties, as required for successful execution of SIFAZ activities in the assigned district.

Position in Organization:

• Positing Title: Field Operations Specialist
• Job Posting: 11/Oct/2023
• Closure Date: 26/Oct/2023, 3:29:00 AM
• Organizational Unit: FRZAM – FAO Representation in Zambia
• Job Type: Non-staff opportunities
• Type of Requisition: NPP (National Project Personnel)
• Grade Level: N/A
• Primary Location: Zambia-Lusaka
• Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension
• Post Number: N/A

Minimum Requirements:

• Candidates should meet the following:
• Advanced university degree in agribusiness, agriculture, natural resource management social sciences or other fields related to the FAO mandate.
• At least five years of relevant experience in field implementation of project activities, project operations and support involving agronomy and agribusiness activities.
• Working knowledge of English
• National of Zambia.

How to Apply FAO Field Operations Specialist Jobs 2023

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

https://jobs.fao.org/careersection/fao_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2303083

The Closing Date: October 26, 2023.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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